Tag: freedom of navigation
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Houthi Influencer Urges Followers to Prioritize Palestine Cause Over His Looks
“Hot Houthi pirate,” wants followers to shift focus from his viral looks to advocate for a free Palestine amidst the Red Sea conflict.
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Houthi Warning: US Warships at Risk in Response to Red Sea Coalition
Abdel-Malek al-Houthi issues a warning, stating that US warships will be targeted if Yemen’s Houthis face US attacks.
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US, Canadian warships reach Taiwan to anger China
British, Canadian, French and Australian warships have made passages through the Taiwan Strait in recent years, sparking protests from Beijing.
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China launches third aircraft carrier as tensions rise with US
Launched in a Shanghai shipyard to great fanfare, the Fujian is more technically advanced than the other Chinese carriers.
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Beijing warns Australia over jet interception
China’s stance has heightened tensions with the United States and its allies, which insist on freedom of navigation in the area.
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China marks National Day by sending 38 fighter jets to Taiwan
The show of force on China’s National Day on Friday near the self-ruled democratic island, which Beijing claims as part of its territory, came in the same week it accused Britain of sending a warship into the Taiwan Strait with “evil intentions”.
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Challenging China, UK warship makes rare transit through Taiwan Strait
It was the first time a British warship transited through the waterway separating Taiwan and mainland China, a move that challenges Beijing’s claim to the sensitive waterway. Until recently, Washington was the main global power that sailed through the Taiwan Strait.
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Eyeing China, Biden seeks a free & open Indo-Pacific with Quad allies
In Biden’s latest effort to cement US leadership against China, the so-called Quad agreed to move ahead on a joint plan for a free and open Indo-Pacific. “Free and open” has become code for expressing worry about swelling Chinese economic, diplomatic, and military presence.
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Biden urges ‘free and open’ Pacific in China counter
A “free and open Indo-Pacific is essential,” US President Joe Biden said Friday in a near-certain reference to an increasingly assertive China. Biden made the remarks during a historic meeting of the leaders of Japan, India and Australia, a group formally known as the Quad. Friday’s session marks the first leader-level meeting since its inception…
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French submarine patrols South China Sea, likely angering Beijing
A French nuclear attack submarine was among two navy ships that recently conducted a patrol through the South China Sea, its defence minister announced, in a move likely to anger Beijing, which claims most of the strategic waters as its territory. The SNA Emeraude was accompanied by support ship BSAM Seine for the passage, Defence…