Indo-Pacific — updates

The Philippines filed a map with the UN. China answered with warships and bombers.

2026-09-05T13:00:00+02:00

The Philippines filed a UN chart on Scarborough Shoal's baseline. Within days, China sailed a destroyer and anti-ship bombers to the same waters.

Trump turned Taiwan's own weapons into his bargaining chip with Xi

2026-09-04T12:00:00+02:00

Trump paused Taiwan's $14bn arms package to use as leverage with Xi, while China sanctions US defense firms and Taiwan's own backlog nears $30bn.

A gas carrier paid $4.6m to skip the Panama queue — and the canal has not even started rationing yet

2026-08-24T12:00:00+02:00

Hormuz is a war zone and Suez runs 41% below normal. Now Panama is rationing daily slots — and a gas carrier has paid $4.6m for one.

China's squeeze on Japan followed one line about Taiwan

2026-07-31T06:00:00+02:00

Japan's PM called a Chinese attack on Taiwan existential. China cut rare earths to zero, banned seafood, and sailed warships past Japan since.

Canada's customers changed — one of its two export routes exists

2026-07-30T06:30:00+02:00

Japan's biggest refiner is buying Canadian crude and Germany's Uniper has signed 20 years of Canadian LNG. One of those two things has a pipeline behind it.

Britain committed to 12 AUKUS submarines — delivery is a 2030s promise

2026-07-29T10:30:00+02:00

Britain committed to 12 AUKUS submarines to counter China in the Indo-Pacific. Delivery is a 2030s promise — and its own MPs say the programme is slipping.