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airspace incursion ‘totally unacceptable’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tokyo says two-minute incident was first involving Chinese military plane and marked a threat to national security]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0cf7784d-f1f2-4dd6-9ecb-976b8eeec293</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0cf7784d-f1f2-4dd6-9ecb-976b8eeec293</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:58:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China and Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea collision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Incident comes despite temporary détente last month over disputed territory]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9ad66c23-e21a-43c0-85c0-d20c29b33c41</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9ad66c23-e21a-43c0-85c0-d20c29b33c41</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 05:24:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia and China fly joint air patrols near US for first time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Manoeuvre marks further deepening of military co-operation between Moscow and Beijing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b2ef8e97-55b1-474b-acbf-a44f55892a1e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b2ef8e97-55b1-474b-acbf-a44f55892a1e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Indian investors sitting on a bubble? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millions of India’s citizens have piled into shares and options, egged on by online ‘finfluencers’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8287edeb-e777-4a76-9c1f-35f1640b4678</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8287edeb-e777-4a76-9c1f-35f1640b4678</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flashpoints that threaten a détente between China and the Philippines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Manila fears control of Sabina Shoal could help Beijing enforce territorial claims over disputed region]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/43f017a6-b36a-450f-b5c5-e24024fca6e7</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China rejects Nato accusations of supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beijing accuses military alliance of ‘lies and smears’ and warns it to stay out of Asia ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/66b423ce-7fa2-4d37-acc2-9ed5ce19b628</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b423ce-7fa2-4d37-acc2-9ed5ce19b628</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:49:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan and Philippines deepen defence ties in response to China threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reciprocal access agreement will allow armed forces to train and conduct military exercises in each other’s countries]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/213d39ad-eb28-4fc0-ba91-f7e3c86e40f0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">213d39ad-eb28-4fc0-ba91-f7e3c86e40f0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:33:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beijing and Manila hold talks to defuse South China Sea tensions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meeting comes two weeks after China menaced Philippine boats near Indo-Pacific flashpoint]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d6be81dd-0ad1-4fd4-8d7c-dfda75a64db0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d6be81dd-0ad1-4fd4-8d7c-dfda75a64db0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 22:12:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China confiscates Taiwanese fishing vessel, Taipei says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Incident off island of Kinmen close to Chinese coast heightens tensions]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e24fdad4-4b8e-4543-8ba2-7699bb3fbf17</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e24fdad4-4b8e-4543-8ba2-7699bb3fbf17</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:07:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A deepening stand-off in the South China Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US is correct to support the Philippines in countering Chinese encroachment]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e582469d-e366-4ab7-9ac0-5fb26998437b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e582469d-e366-4ab7-9ac0-5fb26998437b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:25:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philippines warns of region-wide conflict over South China Sea dispute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ambassador to Washington raises spectre of nuclear war as tensions deepen around disputed Second Thomas Shoal]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b159b5a6-ba06-401c-8585-bc71ad73a69f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b159b5a6-ba06-401c-8585-bc71ad73a69f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:59:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philippines secretly reinforces ship at centre of South China Sea dispute]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sierra Madre has become the most dangerous flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2d5751da-9588-406a-b5db-39b7911a429d</link><guid 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war]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Ferdinand Marcos Jr says red line would be crossed if any Filipino dies in clashes with Chinese vessels]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/29d992db-c052-4b88-a807-ea4504876854</link><guid isPermaLink="false">29d992db-c052-4b88-a807-ea4504876854</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 15:45:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philippines urges US and allies to boost inward investment to counter China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rising tensions between Beijing and Manila spark fears of wider economic fallout]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9de2a04f-086f-488c-80ae-cf4c697f52f1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9de2a04f-086f-488c-80ae-cf4c697f52f1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 00:50:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missing Baltic buoys mark out maritime border faultlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russia and China are challenging the global system of national boundaries at sea and in inland waters]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cf2c092d-66b2-4406-9670-48d9448182cc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cf2c092d-66b2-4406-9670-48d9448182cc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 11:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>