BANGKOK (AP) — China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, ...

History makes this shift even more striking. Central Asia and the South Caucasus were once tightly bound to the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the ...

China's diplomacy in Southeast Asia has been ongoing for decades. It has been ASEAN's largest trading partner since 2009, and in 2024, China-ASEAN trade was valued at $998 billion US.

China and Russia have signaled that they are prepared to become the first nuclear-armed states to sign a Southeast Asian nuclear treaty, while the United States is reportedly reviewing its stance ...