China Pacific Row

Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging security deal on Monday.

Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong warned on a visit to Fiji on Friday that there were regional consequences to the Solomon Islands' security pact with China.

The US is not asking countries like India and Vietnam to take sides in the Asia Pacific region, but steps Beijing is taking in the disputed South China Sea are "self-isolating" and driving countries towards America, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said.

The US military's commander in the Pacific called Friday for compromise in Asia's worsening maritime territorial rows, cautioning against a "winner-take-all" strategy that some nations fear China is pursuing.

Asian shares fell for a third day in a row on Wednesday as investors grew more risk averse

Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging security deal on Monday.

Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong warned on a visit to Fiji on Friday that there were regional consequences to the Solomon Islands' security pact with China.

The US is not asking countries like India and Vietnam to take sides in the Asia Pacific region, but steps Beijing is taking in the disputed South China Sea are "self-isolating" and driving countries towards America, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said.

The US military's commander in the Pacific called Friday for compromise in Asia's worsening maritime territorial rows, cautioning against a "winner-take-all" strategy that some nations fear China is pursuing.

Asian shares fell for a third day in a row on Wednesday as investors grew more risk averse