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China is staging a large number of China Coast Guard (CCG) and China Maritime Militia (CMM) ships near Scarborough Shoal one day before the Atin Ito! convoy sets sail to the feature. As of today, there are 26 CMM vessels and four CCG vessels in the vicinity of the shoal to block the convoy from entering the shoal. Atin Ito! announced...

On May 9th, the Taiwan Coast Guard (TCG) released a statement saying that 14 Chinese vessels entered restricted and prohibited waters surrounding Kinmen Island. The TCG deployed ships to intercept and monitor the Chinese vessels as they sailed inside Kinmen's waters. The deployment occurred after the China Coast Guard (CCG) and the China's National Defense Ministry (MND) announced they...

China’s Shanghai Composite Index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index saw significant rises after reports that the government would take various policy measures. Shanghai Composite Index The Shanghai Composite saw an increase of approximately 0.2 percent to 3,162 points in the first few hours of trading. Furthermore, the rise also represented an overall increase of 20 percent from the index’s lowest...

On May 9, during a visit to Hungary, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced an upgrade to their current relations. "We are willing to take this as a new starting point to push bilateral relations and pragmatic cooperation into a golden channel and move towards a higher level," Xi said. Several new economic projects were announced...

On May 6th, the Australian Defence Ministry (ADM) released a statement about an interaction that occurred between the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) helicopter and a People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft. The incident occurred on May 4th, when a PLAAF jet aircraft intercepted and released flares approximately 984 feet (300 meters) in front of the MH-60R as the...