DefenceTalkDefenceTalkChina would not have exclusive access to a Cambodian naval base, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday, despite Beijing chipping in for upgrades after a US-funded facility was razed at the site last month. The Ream base is strategically located in the Gulf of Thailand, providing ready access to the fiercely contested South China Sea […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cambodian-pm-says-naval-base-not-just-for-china-76437/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkTaiwan will not “yield an inch” in defending itself, President Tsai Ing-wen warned Tuesday, as new figures revealed the island is scrambling fighter jets at more than double the rate of last year in response to Chinese incursions. Authoritarian China views democratic Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to one day seize it, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tsai-defiant-as-taiwans-anti-china-jet-flights-double-76434/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkEurope and the United States need to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany’s point man on transatlantic ties told AFP. With just five weeks to go until the US election, the German government’s coordinator for relations with the United States and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-cold-war-with-china-demands-us-europe-united-front-germany-76408/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkShares in China’s biggest chipmaker tumbled Monday on reports that the United States had imposed export controls on the company, the latest salvo in the countries’ battle for technological dominance. In a new blow for China’s advanced tech ambitions, the US Commerce Department reportedly ordered companies to seek permission before selling equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-chip-giant-smic-shares-sink-on-us-export-controls-76389/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkChina on Thursday lashed out at the United States at a high-level UN meeting over its criticism on the coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, “Enough is enough!” Two days after President Donald Trump used his annual address to the General Assembly to attack China’s record, the US ambassador to the United Nations also took an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/enough-is-enough-china-attacks-us-at-security-council-76385/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkIndia’s new French Rafale jets have flown “familiarisation” flights above the border region contested with China where a deadly clash between soldiers from the nuclear-armed neighbours took place in June, an official told AFP Monday. The first five planes of a $9.4 billion order for 36 Rafale aircraft were formally commissioned on September 10, with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-tests-new-french-fighter-jets-in-skies-near-china-border-76373/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkTaiwan on Tuesday demanded that China “back off” and accused it of threatening peace, after a Beijing official rejected a largely respected marine boundary following recent incursions. Foreign minister Joseph Wu urged Beijing to “return to the civilised international standards” after a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said there was no so-called median line in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-must-back-off-says-taiwan-76366/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkTaiwan said it scrambled fighters and deployed anti-missile systems Monday after Chinese military jets entered its air defence zone for the fourth time in five days. Two Chinese Y-8 anti-submarine planes intruded into Taiwan’s southwest air defence identification zone (ADIZ), the defence ministry said. Last week, Chinese fighters and bombers breached the same zone three […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-scrambles-fighters-again-as-china-says-independence-doomed-to-fail-76363/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wasn’t ready to approve a deal for an American company to partner with Chinese-owned video app TikTok, which would allow it to continue operating in the United States. The president said the day before that Silicon Valley tech giant Oracle was “very close” to agreeing to become the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-says-no-tiktok-deal-yet-amid-security-concerns-76360/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkSecretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Wednesday an ambitious plan to expand the US Navy with a range of unmanned and autonomous ships, submarines and aircraft to confront the growing maritime challenge from China. The Pentagon chief said a sweeping review of US naval power dubbed “Future Forward” had laid out a “game-changer” plan that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eyeing-china-pentagon-plans-larger-more-lethal-navy-76357/