Trump maintains that China, Russia are staying out of Iran war, citing relationship with Xi, Putin
President Trump says he does not believe two strategic partners of Iran — China and Russia — are assisting Tehran in its war with the U.S.
Threat Status Indo-Pacific Region
The U.S. national security community is increasingly focused on threats emanating from the Indo-Pacific. Threat Status at The Washington Times delivers daily and big-picture coverage of the region — from China's expanding military to high-stakes economic and technology developments and the plight of democracy among America's allies.
Japan to launch new intelligence agency and intel oversight body at end of July
Japan is set to launch a new counterintelligence agency, the National Intelligence Bureau, and hold the first meeting of its new National Intelligence Council on July 31.
Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, his mother says
Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China where there are concerns he could be detained as a member of an ethnic group that has been targeted by the Chinese government, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Japan’s defense minister calls for debate on nuclear arms
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has urged his countrymen to consider a move unthinkable in the pacifist-leaning nation just a few years ago: adding nuclear arms to the country’s arsenal.
U.S.-China AI talks scheduled for September
The U.S. and China are reportedly slated to hold discussions over artificial intelligence in September.
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats hold security talks in Manila as U.S.-Iran fighting rages
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats opened three days of talks in the Philippine capital on Tuesday with an agenda topped by their most daunting security problems and a backdrop of unfolding crises led by resurging U.S.-Iran fighting and a violent skirmish in the disputed South China Sea.
Japan raises safety concern over Chinese destroyer’s live-fire drills
Japan expressed concern after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off a remote Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during its joint exercise with Russia, officials said Tuesday.
The great Chinese data heist
The news that U.S. intelligence knew the Chinese Communist Party acquired data on some 220 million U.S. voters should not be viewed only through the narrow lens of election security.
Trump signs order to make U.S. supply chains more secure, less reliant on foreign nations
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday that requires the government to ensure that national security contractors are not dependent on adversaries such as China or using unreliable sources for critical materials in the U.S. supply chain.
More than 100 senior PLA officers purged for corruption, says Air Force think tank report
China’s all-powerful civilian and military leader, Xi Jinping, has purged more than 100 senior military leaders in the past four years — far more than the People’s Liberation Army officially acknowledged, according to an Air Force think tank report.
Former China Development Bank president is under anti-corruption probe
A former president of the China Development Bank was put under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of party discipline and the law, the country’s top anti-graft watchdog announced on Sunday.
Rescuers in China search the rubble for survivors of landslide that killed 8 and left 34 missing
Rescue crews used excavators on Sunday to comb through the rubble in search of survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing.
China fumes at Trump as a new rift opens between the rival superpowers
China is reacting angrily to President Trump’s claims that it stole information about 220 million American voters during the 2020 election, dubbing them “groundless accusations.”
Classified documents reveal Chinese plan to destroy Starlink satellites
Chinese and Russian officials held secret meetings in China on military cooperation that included plans to shoot down Starlink satellites now providing key communications for Ukraine’s army, according to documents obtained by investigators at three news outlets.
China and Xi are seen more favorably than the U.S. and Trump in many nations, new survey says
The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions have flipped in Beijing’s favor this year, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, a remarkable shift driven in part by tensions between the Trump administration and U.S. allies.
America must win the biotech competition with China
The United States and China are engaged in a competition that will shape far more than the future of medicine.
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn warns Iran war delaying critical U.S. pivot to Asia
The war with Iran is delaying an already overdue U.S. foreign policy and national security pivot to Asia, warns retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
Taiwan intelligence: Chinese sub fired missile from surface
China’s recent test of a long-range ballistic missile did not launch from a submerged submarine but was fired from the ocean’s surface near the coast, according to a senior Taiwanese defense intelligence official.
Hong Kong booksellers are reportedly arrested over alleged sales of seditious publications
Hong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, local media reported Wednesday, in the latest step targeting independent booksellers.
Committee hears final arguments in probe of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades began hearing final arguments Wednesday as the inquiry moves toward a conclusion.
China illegally ignores South China Sea court ruling for 10 years, U.S. Pacific Command says
Ten years after an international tribunal ruled against China’s expansive claims to control most of the South China Sea, Beijing remains in violation of international law, according to the U.S. Pacific Command’s legal office.
U.S. scientist held in China for nearly 2 years, family reveals, in a case Trump has raised with Xi
A China-born American seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years, an advocacy group advising the family said Tuesday, a revelation that came a couple of months before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.S.
China’s payment foothold threatens American small businesses
This summer has delivered a shot in the arm for small businesses across the U.S.
South Korean court sentences ousted President Yoon to 2 years over manipulated opinion polls
A South Korean court on Monday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving manipulated opinion polls for free from a political broker, potentially helping him secure his party’s 2022 presidential bid, in return for political favors.
U.S. joins Western, Asian allies in reasserting illegality of Beijing’s South China Sea claims
The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling.
America’s leading Asian allies pummel freedom of religion
Japan and South Korea are both prosperous, successful democracies and core American allies — but both Asian powerhouses have, in recent months, cracked down on religious freedom.
China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it
China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country’s space program, state media said.
State Department calls Chinese nuclear missile test ‘irresponsible’
The State Department ratcheted up criticism of China on Thursday for failing to provide sufficient advance notification of a nuclear-capable missile test in the South Pacific on Monday.
Iran, North Korea, Russia care only about regime survival
Back in 2018, I had a front-row seat in Singapore when President Trump became the first sitting U.S. leader to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
China’s war on American agriculture has already begun
In July 2024, a customs officer at Detroit Metropolitan Airport found four baggies filled with reddish plant material hidden in the backpack of Chinese national Zunyong Liu.
Chinese nuclear missile test flight passed near Guam
A Taiwanese government official provided new details on the test flight of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched Chinese ballistic missile on Monday that drew widespread regional and U.S. condemnation.
Trump confuses Iran, Japan in missile attack claim at NATO summit
President Trump appeared to mix up Iran and Japan Wednesday while describing a missile attack on a U.S. aircraft carrier, telling reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, that 111 missiles had been fired at the USS Abraham Lincoln by the “Islamic Republic of Japan.”
China allocates millions in new disaster relief after storms and a deadly landslide
China allocated millions of dollars in additional relief funding for disaster-hit areas Wednesday after severe storms destroyed homes and displaced thousands of people and a landslide killed 21 forestry workers.
China quietly expands economic reach in Russian-occupied Ukraine
At the Karansky Quarry in occupied Donetsk, Chinese machinery has helped revive an industrial site that had been idle for more than a decade.
China’s military builds new multi-missile launcher for mass salvos against Taiwan, report warns
China’s military recently built two new multiple missile launch systems that appear capable of firing massive numbers of ballistic and cruise missiles at Taiwan or against regional U.S. and allied forces, according to a new Air Force think tank report.
GOP cheers as jailed China pastor freed after Trump raises case with Xi
Congressional Republicans are celebrating Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri’s release from a Chinese prison just weeks after Mr. Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
U.S. universities need transparency, not foreign influence
In 2019, a bipartisan Senate investigation of “Confucius Institutes” exposed policymakers to China’s pervasive use of America’s world-renowned higher education to promote false narratives.
Germany beats out ambitious South Korean bid for Canada’s biggest arms buy
A spirited South Korean bid to supply 12 Arctic-capable diesel-electric submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy lost out to a German pitch Monday, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prioritizes links with NATO over ties to Indo-Pacific partners.
Sen. Rick Scott wants pharmaceutical tariff carve-out reversed over China’s forced labor
Sen. Rick Scott is lobbying the Trump administration to reverse forced-labor tariff carve-outs for pharmaceuticals, proposing placing duties on drugs linked to China’s use of Uyghur forced labor.
Trump administration accuses China of nuclear proliferation after submarine missile test
The Trump administration on Monday criticized China for conducting a test launch of a provocative submarine-launched, nuclear-capable missile that the State Department called a sign of Beijing’s continuing arms buildup.
President vs. vice president showdown kicks off in Manila
In a political-legal battle that is consuming the Philippines — and likely being closely watched by the U.S. State Department — the impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte got underway in Manila on Monday.
China test-launches a ballistic missile in the South Pacific and raises regional concerns
China’s navy test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific in a rare move that drew protest and concerns from countries in the region.
Indonesian troops recover body of U.S. pilot slain by rebels in West Papua
Indonesian security forces recovered the body of an American pilot killed by rebels last week in the restive province of West Papua, according to footage posted online by Jakarta.
Taiwan is the epicenter of the AI revolution
Several months ago, I began studying artificial intelligence at Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
