ASEAN states unlikely to choose sides between US and China, say officials and experts — Radio Free Asia

Cambodian Minister of Defense Tea Banh and Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian are seen swimming following Ream Base groundbreaking ceremony in Sihanoukville. Credit: Tea Banh’s Facebook page.

When Cambodia’s Minister of National Defense General Tea Banh was seen taking a leisurely dip in the Gulf of Thailand with Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian after a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Cambodian naval base being built with China’s help earlier this month, no one in the region batted an eyelid.  As U.S.-China friction is getting

Kishi warns Beijing over Sino-Russian military exercises near Japan

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Singapore on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI

Singapore – Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi has conveyed Tokyo’s concern to China about a number of regional security issues, including repeated Sino-Russian military flights near Japanese airspace and Beijing’s activities in the East and South China seas. Following his first in-person meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe — held on the sidelines of the

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