Tag Archives: ASEAN

• ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings 25 April 2021 | Niniek Karmini This post has no comments yet

  ASEAN leaders demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar in an emergency summit Saturday with its top general and coup leader who, according to Malaysia's prime minister, did not reject them. ...

• US says ‘major conflict’ with North Korea possible, China warns of danger of escalation 28 April 2017 | Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom This post has 5 comments

  North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests and numerous missile tests, including one this month, a day before a summit between Trump and Xi in Florida. ...

• Clinton vs Trump: Who’s best (or worst) for Tibet issue 24 August 2016 | Tenzin Tsedup This post has 2 comments

  Whoever wins, Tibet needs the next US president to work with us closely, and to firmly deal with China on critical issues facing Tibet, its people and peaceful culture. ...

• SE Asia deadlocked as South China Sea split deepens 24 July 2016 | Martin Abbugao and Annabel Symington This post has one comment

  Southeast Asian nations were deadlocked Sunday about how to confront China's territorial claims in the South China Sea as pressure from Beijing again drove a wedge between countries ...

• Indian PM Modi meets Chinese Premier Li in Malaysia 22 November 2015 | KJM Varma This post has no comments yet

  Terming Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as his "friend", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he had "wide ranging talks" on bilateral issues with him during their meeting at Kuala Lumpur. ...

• China hosts ASEAN meeting amid South China Sea tensions 16 October 2015 | Christopher Bodeen This post has no comments yet

  China hosted Southeast Asian defence ministers on Friday in an effort to burnish its reputation in a region wary of its territorial ambitions, while expectations grow that the US might directly challenge Chinese claims in the South China Sea. ...

• Beijing ‘poised to take de facto control’ of South China Sea’ 27 April 2015 | Martin Abbugao This post has one comment

  Beijing is poised to take "de facto control" of the South China Sea, the Philippines warned Sunday, but its call for a robust Southeast Asian response at a regional summit was shot down. ...

• China hits out at US proposal on South China Sea 11 August 2014 This post has one comment

  China accused the US of deliberately stoking tensions in the South China Sea as it rejected Washington's proposal for a freeze on provocative actions in the region, the foreign ministry said Monday. ...

• China tells US to stay out of South China Seas dispute 15 July 2014 | Ben Blanchard This post has no comments yet

  China told the United States to leave countries in the region to resolve problems themselves, after US said it wanted a freeze on stoking tension. ...

• China’s Xi sidesteps SE Asia pressure over South China Sea disputes 3 October 2013 | Kanupriya Kapoor This post has no comments yet

  Chinese President Xi Jinping showed no sign of bending to Southeast Asian pressure to resolve increasingly irascible territorial disputes over the South China Sea on Thursday, simply repeating calls for dialogue. ...