Cambodia has formally re-opened a naval base on its southwestern coast after a substantial upgrade supported by China, but denies it will allow any foreign country to establish a base on its soil. Prime Minister Hun Manet on Saturday officiated the re-opening of Ream Naval Base. The Chinese ambassador to Cambodia and a member from China’s Central Military Commission attended the ceremony. “The royal government of Cambodia, led by the Cambodian People’s Party, in the past, now and in the future will not violate its own constitution to allow any…
Day: April 7, 2025
Philippines calls China’s arrests of alleged spies ‘retaliation’
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Philippines said the detention of three Filipinos in China for alleged espionage could be retaliation for Manila’s crackdown against alleged Chinese spies. Chinese authorities arrested the Filipinos, accusing them of working for the Philippine intelligence agency to gather classified information on its military, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported last week, citing state security officials. It said the three had confessed to the crime. The Philippine National Security Council, or NSC, rejected China’s espionage accusations, describing the detainees as “ordinary citizens with no military training” or…
Trump says TikTok sale stalled by China’s objections to US tariffs
Updated April 7, 2025, 09:15 a.m. ET TAIPEI, Taiwan – China’s objections to new U.S. tariffs stalled a deal to sell off TikTok and keep it operating in the United States, said President Donald Trump on Sunday, emphasizing that he would not reverse tariffs on foreign nations unless the trade deficits that the U.S. faces with various countries, including China, disappeared. Trump administration officials have been working on an agreement to sell the popular social media app, owned by China-based ByteDance, to an American buyer, as required by a bipartisan…