US wades into Pacific to counter China’s gains

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If you are looking for traces of the United States’ long and layered ties with all the Pacific Islands in Washington DC, you have to look hard. Apart from the names of well-known battles chiseled to the Washington Mall’s 2nd world war memorial, evidence of America’s complicated Pacific history stretching out back to the beginning of […]

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Ports in eastern China at standstill as Typhoon Muifa closes in

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BEIJING: China’s eastern Zhejiang state ordered ships to return to port, asked schools to shut and evacuated travelers on nearby island destinations, with one of the most powerful typhoons this year making landfall imminently. Typhoon Muifa intensified into a strong typhoon on Wednesday (Sep 13) since it barrelled towards theContinue Reading