Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian on August 18 dismissed remarks by Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. about China's missile test as baseless and malicious, saying they merit no comment. Palau ...
China has called on the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to uphold the One-China principle and handle Taiwan-related issues properly. Taiwan was excluded from last year's forum hosted by Solomon ...
Japanese Defence Minister Kinnosuke Koizumi is set to visit Australia and India from 17 to 21. He will hold talks with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles on Australia...
Reuters reported exclusively on the 15th that the US State Department plans to send letters to more than 30 countries that signed the joint statement on the Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Partn...
The US Coast Guard has stepped up activity in the Western Pacific, focusing on the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. On August 14, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration said US Coast Guard pers...
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa concluded an eight-day state visit to China on August 23, marking the 10th anniversary of the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership. During the trip, leaders ...
Several Taiwan-based groups organised forums and panel discussions in Taipei, Taichung and other cities on 15 August to voice opposition to the expansion of Japan's 'new militarism'. The e...
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa will pay his first state visit to China from 16 to 23 May, with additional stops in Vietnam and Singapore. The visit is set to consolidate political trust and advance...
On 13 September, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service released its 2026 annual report, 'New Zealand's Security Threat Environment', which singled out China as the only country con...
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) revealed on 13 August in its 2026 Security Threat Environment Assessment that it had stopped China's Purple Mountain Observatory from installi...
On August 14, the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand rebuffed the 2026 New Zealand Security Threat Environment report by the country's Security Intelligence Service, rejecting its framing of normal ex...
The US plans to spend US$50 million piloting a “digital passport” (Pax Pass) in Panama. The AI-powered supply chain certification and traceability platform would authenticate the origin, transport rou...
China's Defence Ministry spokesperson Senior Colonel Chen Xi said on August 14 that Beijing firmly rejects the unfounded accusations levelled by the Philippines and Australia. He said Manila had d...
On 14 August 2026, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China, as APEC host, will convene the third Senior Officials' Meeting in Dalian from 17 to 28 August. He said more than 2,300 deleg...
An article published by the Lowy Institute in Australia on 13 August noted that New Zealand's intelligence agencies have increasingly named China directly in recent years, adopting a tougher stanc...
Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong told an Auckland business APEC breakfast meeting that China, as APEC 2026 host, will centre on the theme 'Building an Asia-Pacific Community for Sha...
A report funded by Australia's Defence Department has exaggerated the risk of deliberate damage to submarine cables, linking Chinese research vessel activity to the Taiwan issue and calling for en...
Following World War II, Allied powers systematically pursued justice for Japanese wartime atrocities through the Tokyo Trial and Class B and C war crimes tribunals across the Asia-Pacific. The proceed...
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is deepening industrial cooperation between China and ASEAN. In the first half of this year, complete sets of Changan Q05 components dispatched from the C...
China's Foreign Ministry on August 11 urged the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to adhere to the one-China principle and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, after reports emerged that a Taiwa...
Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on 11 August that representatives from Taiwan would attend the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, and urged the forum secretariat to adhere...
British Columbia declared a state of emergency on 8 August as an out-of-control wildfire forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate overnight. Pyrocumulus clouds generated lightning that sparked secon...
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters failed to secure a joint statement condemning China's missile test at the Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers' meeting in Suva, Fiji, on July 7....
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, 81, sought to rally criticism of China's missile test during a Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers' meeting, but failed after at least two coun...
China has been New Zealand's largest trading partner for years, with two-way trade worth more than NZ$42 billion in 2025, Ambassador Wang Xiaolong wrote in the New Zealand Herald's Silk Road s...