EU, Beijing set to hold summit in China in July

A representative for the European Council announced on Friday ( Apr 11 ) that top EU officials and Chinese leaders are scheduled to hold their next summit on July, marking 50 years of ties in, China. Before US President Donald Trump took office and unleashed broad tariffs, the European UnionContinue Reading

Pentagon chief says US will ensure ‘deterrence’ across Taiwan Strait

Japan :  The United States will ensure “robust, ready and credible deterrence” in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Sunday ( Mar 30 ), calling Chinese actions “aggressive and coercive”.

” America is committed to sustaining powerful, available and reliable punishment in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait,” Hegseth said in Japan after speaks with rival Gen Nakatani.

” Japan would be on the top ranges of any emergency we may encounter in the northern Pacific and we stand up in support of each other.

” That’s why nowadays Minister Nakatani and I talked about the significant and urgent safety culture around Japan, and we discussed what we are going to do about it,” Hegseth told investigators.

Beijing has stepped up military force in recent years around Taiwan, including near-daily heat attacks, and has not ruled out using power to take the area under its power.

” Today’s sessions have affirmed the extraordinary durability of America’s ally with Japan. After today’s conversation, it is obvious to me that our empire is the basis of peace and security in the Indo Pacific dialogue,” Hegseth said.

” America and Japan stand strongly up in the face of violent and aggressive behavior by the Communist Chinese. “

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Pentagon chief Hegseth says ‘warrior’ Japan indispensable to deter China

TOKYO: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday ( Mar 30 ) that Japan was indispensable in tackling Chinese aggression by helping Washington establish a” credible” deterrence in the region, including across the Taiwan Strait.

” We share a warrior philosophy that defines our makes”, Hegseth told Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani at a conference in Tokyo.

Calling Japan a” basis of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific”, the Pentagon indicated that President Donald Trump’s state would, like previous administrations, continue to work strongly with its key Eastern ally.

Japan hosts around 50, 000 US military officers, squadrons of fighter squadrons and Washington’s just ahead deployed aircraft carrier strike party along a 3, 000km archipelago that helps hem in Chinese military strength.

Hegseth’s reward of Japan contrasts with the condemnation he levelled at Western friends in February, telling them they should never assume the US existence that would last long.

Hegseth, who is in Asia on his first official attend, travelled to Japan from the Philippines. On Saturday he attended a memorial service on Iwo Jima, the page 80 years ago of fierce fighting between US and Chinese forces during World War Two.

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US-Japan alliance unequal, Trump complains

However, Tokyo’s business, trade and industry secretary Yoji Muto told reporters that he hoped his US journey had “be a win-win for both Chinese and US regional interests”. He said the attend was being coordinated and did not confirm the Mar 9 to 13 times given by Chinese internet orContinue Reading