Given significant war preparations, it’s unlikely Beijing’s willingness to sign the protocol to the Bangkok Treaty is the result of peaceful intentions.

Russia and China would be the first nuclear powers to sign a treaty barring use of the weapons in Southeast Asia.

China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, ...

China firmly supports establishing a Southeast Asia nuclear weapon free zone and has made clear its willingness to take the ...

China is going from around 300 to a stated goal of 1,500 deployable nuclear warheads. We’ve never had a three-handed triangle of major nuclear powers," Admiral James Stavridis warns on the latest ...

The foreign minister says China's pledge is a major boost for the Asean security framework amid wider maritime discussions.

As global powers vie for influence in Southeast Asia, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is renewing its push ...

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- China firmly supports the establishment of a Southeast Asia nuclear weapon-free zone, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Monday.

China is set to sign the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone treaty, confirming its commitment to prohibiting nuclear arms in the region. The treaty has been in effect since 1997, and ASEAN aims ...

China has committed to signing the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty "as soon as possible" without ...

KUALA LUMPUR - China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all ...

Beijing's reaction comes after Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan says China, Russia have agreed to sign Southeast Asia ...