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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea plans to hold its “largest-ever” live-fire drills with the U.S. in a move certain to anger North Korea, which has ramped up its provocations to new levels in response to recent military exercises.

Taiwan's defence ministry has contingency plans for any moves by China during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's overseas visit, Deputy Defence Minister Po Horng-huei said on Wednesday ahead of Tsai going to the United States and Central America next week.

Since the dawn of international politics, smaller states have faced the formidable challenge of navigating great-power rivalries. Today, it is the geopolitical contest between the US and China that has compelled countries to balance their competing national interests. Toward which side they gravitate depends on domestic and external circumstances.

The two most fraught conversations this week both have Chinese President Xi Jinping on one side. In Moscow, he's currently talking to his Russian counterpart and host, Vladimir Putin. In a video conference or phone call that's assumed to follow within days, he'll then interface with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr…

Xi signs an agreement with Russian president Vladimir Putin cementing their ‘no limits’ partnership.

Xi offered Putin a significant show of solidarity by visiting Moscow this week.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping spoke for more than four hours in a meeting at the Kremlin, warmly praising each other as a "dear friend".

Kremlin toasts the Russian-Chinese partnership, which appears warm but far from equal

Presidents Xi and Putin hail a close strategic partnership as Western sanctions on Russia open a door for trade with China.