South China Sea: how a Trump win could reshape the US-Philippines alliance

“We are confident that there will be no new major changes,” Romualdez said, as quoted by the Manila-based Daily Tribune newspaper. Is the Philippines becoming a US ‘proxy’ against Beijing in the South China Sea? Trump’s administration rejected China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea delineated by Beijing’s historical nine-dash line, which includes much … Read more

TikTok may be banned in the US. Here’s what happened when India did it

The government cited privacy concerns and said that Chinese apps pose a threat to India’s sovereignty and security. TikTok wasn’t a one-off case. Today, India has banned over 500 Chinese apps to dateNikhil Pahwa, digital policy expert The move mostly drew widespread support in India, where protesters had been calling for a boycott of Chinese … Read more