Hodges told The Associated Press that recent near-miss between US Navy and Chinese in the South China Sea was one of the signs pointing to an increasingly tense relationship and increasing in all the different domains.. ..…

The only reason why US interests are threatened is such as in the South China Sea, or South Korea and Japan... ..…

Trump has struck up and retained a cordial personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but has steadily moved to break down China’s trade surplus with the United States, encouraged China’s neighbors to join hands in resisting Chinese hegemony in the Far East, and used the preeminence of the..…

Destroyers with the US and Chinese navies collided last month during US freedom of navigation operation to snub Beijing's steadfast territorial claims that cover most of the South China Sea.. ... Wei, said military facilities were needed to protect Chinese interests in the..…

He will look to China for trade and investment and to Washington for security support as China becomes more in the South China Sea... ..…

South Korea, at the peak in 1964, had 950 US nuclear weapons in warheads, howitzer shells for delivery by plane, inside its borders — weapons which were for potential use against North Korea, China and Russia (the last US nukes were reportedly removed from South Korea..…

While countries such as Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland and UK are involved one way or another, US corporations make vast range of hitech products including microchips, cell phones and semiconductors using conflict minerals taken from..…