Tuesday 14 April In short: (ABC-Australia) China has been accused of poisoning disputed waters in the South China Sea with cyanide. The Philippines alleges that it had been taking place throughout 2025 and that troops had seized bottles from Chinese fishermen in the area. Beijing described the accusations as a “farce”. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/philippines-accuses-china-of-dumping-cyanide-in-south-china-sea/106561324 The Philippines has […]
Tag: Indo-Pacific security
Posted inOpinion
China tests a new Taiwan strategy — and a peace talk reveals the shift
By Bang Xiao Tuesday 14 April https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/china-xi-jinping-cheng-li-wun-visit-taiwan-strait-peace-talk/106559678 (ABC-Australia) At a private luncheon in Beijing last Friday, a single dish carried unusual weight: sea clams in chicken broth. The choice was deliberate. It echoed a meal served more than 50 years ago, when Beijing hosted Richard Nixon — who had met chairman Mao Zedong earlier that […]
Posted inPacific News
U.S Department of War flags CNMI economic strain, eyes stronger Indo-Pacific role
SAIPAN, 09 APRIL 2026 (RNZ PACIFIC) — The United States Department of War has acknowledged mounting economic pressure in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), warning it could have implications for Washington’s strategic posture in the Indo-Pacific. In a letter to CNMI’s delegate to the U.S Congress Kimberlyn King-Hinds, Assistant Secretary of War […]
Posted inWorld News
How Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are selling the Iran war to Americans
By Jade Macmillan https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/trump-hegseth-white-house-frame-iran-middle-east-war-as-a-game/106427790 (ABC-Australia)Day after day since the war in Iran began, the US defense secretary has taken an unapologetic tone about Operation Epic Fury. “They are toast and they know it,” Pete Hegseth said of the Iranian regime last week. “This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not […]