The Latest Breaking News on China

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tells Asian security summit that lines of communication with China are crucial.

The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn

American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin rebuked China on Saturday for refusing to hold military talks, leaving the superpowers deadlocked over Taiwan and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Brief smiles and handshakes by U.S. and Chinese military leaders at a luxury hotel in Singapore on Friday belie a deep freeze in communications between the two armed forces that is becoming a growing worry at the Pentagon.

Prime minister also seeks to reassure regional nations wary about Australia’s reasons for acquiring nuclear submarines under Aukus pact

As Brics foreign ministers meet in South Africa, diplomats from the bloc of major emerging economies say the group is open to enlargement. However their two-day conference has been overshadowed by questions over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told a regional security forum that dialogue is a vital “guardrail” in dealing with China, and praised US President Joe Biden’s effort to establish “reliable and open” US-China channels of communication.

Tensions have again been rising between Beijing and Washington, prompting the prime minister to use his keynote address at a peak regional security summit to call for improved dialogue between the two powers as a precondition for peace.

Washington says trade agreement will ‘strengthen and deepen the economic and trade relationship’ with Taiwan

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