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Sunday, October 22, 2023
Russian President Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban meet in Beijing.
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Russia To Supply Extra Gas To Hungary And China

Oct 22 (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom GAZP.MM will supply extra gas to Hungary through the coming winter and will also provide China with an

October 22, 2023
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Saturday, October 21, 2023
Mexico Asks China For Help Stopping Fentanyl Shipments
News

Mexico Asks China For Help Stopping Fentanyl Shipments

By Matthew Bristow (Bloomberg) Mexican diplomats and law enforcement officials visited China last week for talks over how to curb the smuggling of chemicals

October 21, 2023
Total Views: 2867

Friday, October 20, 2023
The picture provided by The Finnish Border Guard shows Finnish Border Guard's offshore patrol vessel Turva guarding on October 11, 2023 at sea near the place where damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline is pinpointed at the Gulf of Finland. Lehtikuva/FINNISH BORDER GUARD via REUTERS
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Chinese, Russian Vessels in Vicinity of Baltic Sea Links Damage

OSLO, Oct 20 (Reuters) – A Chinese container vessel and a Russian-flagged ship investigated over damage to a gas pipeline in the Gulf of

October 20, 2023
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Photo of Baltic-conector pipeline repair
Incidents

Baltic Sea Pipeline: Finland Questions China & Russia

by Anna Kauranen (Reuters) – Finland’s foreign ministry said on Friday it had contacted China and Russia via diplomatic channels regarding the

October 20, 2023
Total Views: 1806

Sunday, October 15, 2023
Philippines resupply mission in the South China Sea.REUTERS/Adrian Portugal
Defense

China’s Navy Must Stop Dangerous Moves At Sea, Philippines Says

By Cecilia Yap Oct 15, 2023 (Bloomberg) –The Philippines asked China to stop “dangerous maneuvers and aggressive actions” in the South China

October 15, 2023
Total Views: 3260

Sunday, October 8, 2023
Chinese ballistic missile submarine. Picture taken April 12, 2018.REUTERS
Defense

China Near ‘Breakthroughs’ With Nuclear-Armed Submarines

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A submarine arms race is intensifying as China embarks on production of a new generation of

October 8, 2023
Total Views: 13878

Saturday, October 7, 2023
port of los angeles-long beach. photo REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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US Nearshoring, Reshoring And Onshoring Is Booming

By Redd Brown Oct 7, 2023 (Bloomberg) –When Sterling Infrastructure Inc. Chief Executive Officer Joe Cutillo first started telling Wall Street that

October 7, 2023
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Friday, October 6, 2023
A Chinese Coast Guard ship is seen blocking the direction of a Philippine Coast Guard ship conducting a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Adrian Portugal
News

Near Collision, Tense Encounter as Beijing Flexes Muscles in the South China Sea

NEAR THE SECOND THOMAS SHOAL, South China Sea, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The crew of the Philippine coastguard boat watch anxiously as an

October 6, 2023
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Thursday, October 5, 2023
A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
News

Philippines Supplies South China Sea Outpost Despite China Attempts to Block

(Bloomberg) — The Philippines said it has successfully shipped fresh supplies to a military outpost in a shoal in the South China Sea despite what it

October 5, 2023
Total Views: 8584

Friday, September 29, 2023
A container terminal at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia. January 9, 2023
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150,000 Empty Containers Piled Up in Russia

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The huge trade imbalance between China and Russia since the invasion of Ukraine has led to some 150,000 teu of empty

September 29, 2023
Total Views: 3528

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
A China Coast Guard ship is seen from a Philippine fishing boat at the disputed Scarborough Shoal April 6, 2017. Picture taken April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
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Philippines Urges Fishermen to Remain at South China Sea Shoal Held By China

By Neil Jerome Morales and Andrew Hayley MANILA/BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The coastguard of the Philippines urged the country’s fishermen on

September 27, 2023
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
A fisherman repairs his boat overlooking fishing boats that fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, at Masinloc, Zambales, in the Philippines
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What is the Risk of Conflict at the Disputed Scarborough Shoal?

Sept 26 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Tuesday vowed not to back down against a Chinese move to block its fishermen from a hotly contested area of

September 26, 2023
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Monday, September 25, 2023
Philippines Removes Chinese Barrier at Disputed Shoal in ‘Special Operation’
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Philippines Removes Chinese Barrier at Disputed Shoal in ‘Special Operation’

MANILA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Monday it executed a “special operation” to remove a floating barrier installed

September 25, 2023
Total Views: 3345

Sunday, September 24, 2023
To match Special Report TAIWAN-CHINA/SUBMARINES.REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Defense

Taiwan Expects To Deploy Two New Submarines By 2027

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip

September 24, 2023
Total Views: 3036

Thursday, September 21, 2023
FILE PHOTO: The guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) transits the Suez Canal in Egypt, en route the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet, in this photo taken on April 7, 2023 and released by U.S.Navy Central Command on April 8, 2023. Elliot Schaudt/U.S Navy Central Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
News

U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China

Sept 21 (Reuters) – On a windswept island 50 miles north of Seattle sits a U.S. Navy monitoring station. For years, it was kept busy

September 21, 2023
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The first two SOVs for the Chinese offshore wind market are launched at ZPMC. Photo courtesy Ulstein
Offbeat

China’s First Offshore Wind SOVs Launched

The first two purpose-built Service Operation Vessels (SOV) for the Chinese offshore wind market have been launched at the ZMPC shipyard in China. The two

September 20, 2023
Total Views: 1884

Sunday, September 17, 2023
U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy team up in the South China Sea. Picture taken April 18, 2020. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Huynh/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
Defense

Philippines Says Japan, Australia Keen On Joint Maritime Patrols

By Ian Sayson Sep 17, 2023 (Bloomberg) –The Philippine armed forces said Japan and Australia “expressed willingness” to take part in joint

September 17, 2023
Total Views: 2116

Saturday, September 9, 2023
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59). U.S. Navy File Photo
Defense

US, Canadian Warships Transit Taiwan Strait In Latest Joint Mission

TAIPEI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, marking the second such

September 9, 2023
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Tiangin,,China. Photo: ambient_pix / Shutterstock.com
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China’s Export Slump Eases as Economy Searches for Stability

(Bloomberg) — China’s trade slump eased in August, adding to early signals the worst may be over for some parts of the world’s second-largest economy

September 7, 2023
Total Views: 859

Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Baltic Russian Icebreaker
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Russia Lacks Ice-Class Vessels to Develop Arctic’s Northern Sea Route

MOSCOW, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Russia must boost production facilities for the construction of ice-breaking vessels in order to meet its

September 6, 2023
Total Views: 2204