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US Pentagon chief visits Cambodia to boost ties with China ally
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Cambodia to reset ties with China ally, addressing concerns over China's influence in the region.
Meet the Chinese military's newest recruit: A gun-wielding robot dog showcased during Golden Dragon 2024 exercise
China unveiled its latest military innovation, gun-toting robot dogs, during a joint exercise with Cambodia. These robots, equipped for combat and reconnaissance, highlighted China's technological prowess. The Golden Dragon 2024 exercise, involving 2,060 troops, emphasized non-traditional security threats like counter-terrorism and anti-piracy. This event underscores China's strategic partnership with Cambodia, reflecting its significant investments and geopolitical interests in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea.
Chinese ambassador promises 'friendship' and 'cooperation' as 2 Chinese warships dock in Cambodia
Chinese warships docked at Sihanoukville Port for joint naval exercises near Ream Naval Base. Concerns over China's presence in the South China Sea. Ambassador Wang Wentian emphasizes cooperation. Controversy over Golden Dragon exercises, responses from Hun Sen and Gen. Vong Pisen, and denials of foreign military bases in Cambodia.
Myanmar in talks with Russia to build deepsea port & oil refinery upsetting Chinese
The Myanmar junta is keen for Russians to invest in the port project along with a special economic zone including an oil refinery, ET has learnt.
China, Cambodia to hold joint military exercises
Cambodia and China will hold joint annual military drills from Thursday, an official said, amid US concerns that Beijing could use a Cambodian naval base to expand its influence in the region. He said the Chinese vessels would test the "Ream Naval Base that China is constructing for Cambodia", and denied Chinese troops would be stationed at the base. suy/srg/sco
Chinese warships have been docked in Cambodia for 5 months, but government says it's not permanent
Cambodia's Defense Ministry insisted Wednesday that the months-long presence of two Chinese warships in a strategically important naval base that is being newly expanded with funding from Beijing does not constitute a permanent deployment of the Chinese military in the country.
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Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering
The 19th biennial meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium opened in Qingdao, where China's northern naval force is based, providing a vivid backdrop to China's massive military expansion over the past two decades that has seen it build or refurbish three aircraft carriers.
US Defence Secretary holds talks with Chinese counterpart, first since 2022
It is the first time since November 2022 that Austin has held talks with his Chinese counterpart when he spoke with the then defence minister of China Wei Fenghe in Cambodia. Dong was appointed China's Defence minister in December. China then named General Li Shangfu as its defence minister.
Why the MILAN matters to Southeast Asian countries
What makes this year’s MILAN even more significant for Southeast Asian countries is the geopolitical backdrop against which it is held. Today, the security dynamics between the Indian and Pacific Oceans are becoming increasingly interdependent due to the deepening and broadening of traditional and non-traditional security threats.
Chinese ships visit Cambodian naval base
Two Chinese warships visited Cambodia's Ream naval base, sparking concerns over Beijing's influence in the Gulf of Thailand, an area of interest for Washington. Chinese-funded expansion at the base near Sihanoukville is near completion. Cambodian officials confirmed the visit without divulging details. Despite strong China-Cambodia relations, the US worries this base will bolster China's strategic naval presence.
Indian Navy has a Rs 2 lakh crore plan to counter Chinese dragon in Indian Ocean
The Indian Navy has placed orders for 68 warships and vessels worth approximately Rs 2 lakh crore in its effort to strengthen its blue-water force and counter China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean Region. The orders include next-generation corvettes, submarines, survey vessels, and multi-purpose vessels. The Navy aims to achieve a force level of 155-160 warships by 2030, with a long-term goal of 175-200 warships by 2035.
As China looks to set up second military base on foreign soil, what it means for India?
China is recceing various spots, especially in South Asia, to set up overseas military bases. If China builds a military base anywhere in South Asia, India may be forced to pour in more funds for naval facilities and take additional measures to preserve its relations and influence among its neighbours.
China-funded naval base in Cambodia in India’s extended neighbourhood nears completion
The base, which has been in the making for a few years, has been under scrutiny. UK-based leading think-tank Chatham House in a report published last week referred to satellite images and claimed "dramatic transformation of the Cambodian naval base, near Sihanoukville on the Gulf of Thailand".
Cambodian leader's son, a West Point grad, set to take reins of power - but will he bring change?
With his Cambodian People's Party virtually guaranteed another landslide victory in Sunday's election, it's hard to imagine dramatic change on the horizon. But the 70-year-old former communist Khmer Rouge fighter and Asia's longest-serving leader says he is ready to hand the premiership to his oldest son, Hun Manet, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who heads the country's army.
ASEAN planning first joint military drill amid 'regional tensions with China'
During the 20th ASEAN Chief of Defence Forces Meeting in Bali, organized on June 7, ten ASEAN military chiefs agreed to conduct routine joint training and coordinated patrols in waters of the South China Sea. There will be the army, naval and special forces involved from September 18 to September 25, despite scepticism from member state Cambodia, as per VOA.
China to join Indonesia's multilateral naval drills despite rising tension
China's navy is sending a destroyer and a frigate to participate in Indonesia's 2023 Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK), which will run from June 4 to 8 off the coast of Makassar. The event will also host North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States. China and the US are escalating military diplomacy in the region by organising frequent war games with allies and partners around Taiwan, the South China Sea, and the west Pacific amidst rising tension in the Asia-Pacific arena.
World's largest Army, Navy: How China has ramped up its defense capabilities
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has over two million trained men and women on active duty. Ground troops make up the bulk of the army with 965,000 soldiers, while the navy has 260,000 members and the air force 395,000. There is also a strategic missile force of 120,000 and a paramilitary arm with 500,000 soldiers.
Sri Lanka crisis will have 'big impact' on Chinese investments, bilateral ties: Experts
“In the short run, there will be a big impact on China's relations with Sri Lanka because the influence of the Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka's political circles will be undermined and a political comeback will be unlikely in the near future,” Lin Minwang, a South Asia expert at Fudan University in Shanghai said as quoted by Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post on Tuesday.
China accuses US of trying to 'hijack' support in Asia
No country should impose its will on others or bully others under the guise of multilateralism," he said. " The strategy is an attempt to build an exclusive small group in the name of a free and open Indo-Pacific to hijack countries in our region and target one specific country, China said.
Cambodia, China revamp naval base, stoking US fears
Concerns about the base go back as far as 2019, when the Wall Street Journal reported on a secret draft deal allowing Beijing to dock warships there. Cambodia has since dismantled facilities at the base that were built partly with American money and played host to US military exercises. The project, paid for with a Chinese grant, also includes upgrading and expanding a hospital as well as donations of military equipment and repair of eight Cambodian warships.
China secretly building foreign base in Cambodia
The base is reportedly located to the west of the South China Sea, where Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with several countries. It will be capable of hosting large naval vessels, according to sources.
China is struggling to establish military bases
With two million members, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the world's largest military. Yet, for most of its existence, the PLA has had an inward and landward focus.
Dual-use infrastructure projects cause of concern in the Indo-Pacific
The lack of transparency in dual-use of Chinese infrastructure projects casts doubt over its ultimate intentions in the region. The reported facility at Cambodia fits a pattern previously seen in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar, in which Chinese state- owned enterprises build dual-use facilities capable of supporting military operations.
US says denied full access to Cambodia naval base during visit
While on a trip to Cambodia on June 1, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman raised questions about China's military presence at the Ream Naval Base and asked for clarification about the demolition of U.S.-funded buildings there.
China hosts Southeast Asian ministers as it competes with United States
Beijing has been building influence with the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, despite frictions with some of them over competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. The Philippines has complained repeatedly over the presence of Chinese boats moored at a reef that it claims and Malaysia last week protested over an alleged intrusion by 16 Chinese military aircraft.
China defends Cambodia relations after United States expresses concern
She sought clarification about the demolition of two U.S.-funded buildings at Ream without notification or explanation, and "observed that a (Chinese) military base in Cambodia would undermine its sovereignty, threaten regional security, and negatively impact U.S.-Cambodia relations," according to the State Department.
Cambodia's government denies new speculation about Chinese base plans
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared in June that China has not been given exclusive rights to use the base, while also saying that warships from all nations, including the United States, are welcome to dock there. He pointed out that Cambodia's Constitution does not allow foreign military bases to be established on its soil.
U.S. fears Cambodia resort may become Chinese naval base
China is now the single largest financier for infrastructure in Africa, funding one-in-five projects and constructing every third one, according to a Deloitte report.
China denies reports to set up 18 naval bases in Indian Ocean
Chinese military today termed "utterly groundless" reports that it is setting up 18 naval bases in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and several other places in the western and southern Indian Ocean.
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