CHINA said today that a plan by the Philippines to deploy mid-range missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions.
The warning to the close ally of the United States comes as China slams the US for being the biggest threat to global security and for its occupation of part of Cuban territory.
Lieutenant General Roy Galido told reporters in Manila on Monday that the military plans to acquire a mid-range system to defend the country’s territory.
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ


