US Defense Secretary Ash Carter will visit an American warship in the South China Sea on Thursday, a move aimed at sending a message to Beijing that Washington is determined to maintain a strong naval ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
... uth China Sea in the document. Officials from Malaysia, which is hosting the meeting of defense chiefs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), did not immediately comment on reasons for ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
... uth China Sea between China and the US. US law requires anyone inside the country seeking to influence American policy or public opinion on behalf of a foreign government or group to register with the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
... said the search was continuing across the 9 square kilometer crash site. Security sources said intelligence agencies had obtained a copy of the passenger list. Russian officials have said the plane, ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
The US Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea at least twice per quarter, Reuters reported, citing an unidentified American defense officia ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
China suffered a double whammy in the South China Sea last week as the US navy carried out a freedom-of-navigation operation, sending a destroyer to within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Ignoring Beijing’s harsh objections, Washington sent its guided missile destroyer USS Lassen into the disputed waters surrounding the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea last week. The area has ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
An arbitration court in the Netherlands ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea. In a legal de ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-30
Two Australian warships will hold exercises with the Chinese navy in the South China Sea next week, Australia's defense minister said Thursday. The announcement comes two days after a US navy patrol a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
China is tightening its claim to disputed waters in the South China Sea but it faces a greater challenge in enforcing its authority in the skies above them. Beijing has been warning planes away from r ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
... extensive search was under way in the area after what was thought to be the largest maritime disaster off Greece in terms of numbers involved since a massive refugee influx began this year, the news a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
... ence that sea turtles in Hong Kong are eating a lot of trash, which is a worrying situation. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department was quoted as saying that it has been informed about ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
A guided-missile destroyer from the US Navy on Tuesday came within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea, a challenge to Beijing's territorial claims in the dis ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... g" on the sea at 6.05 pm, causing a huge impact to the vessel and throwing passengers off their seats. The accident took place as the ferry was near Siu A Chau, the northernmost and the second largest ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... he Yellow Sea, called the shooting a "military provocation". The North's official KCNA news agency said the boat was conducting a "routine" operation. In February last year South Korea said a patrol b ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
US plans to send warships or military aircraft within 12 nautical miles of China's artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, possibly within days, could open a tense new front in Sino-US riv ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... nd's twin sea caves. The left one is a very long cave with the water falling like a curtain on the front. Going into the cave, you could see clusters of sea urchins bathing in the shallow water as the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
... er in the sea area just outside the Aberdeen fish market on Thursday, and the rubbish they collected, mostly styrofoam boards and lunchboxes as well as plastic bottles, filled up a 70-liter rubber bin ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
... ent about sea urchins on the menu, saying they had enough flavor to make him cry. And there was unbelievably tasty prime Japanese beef and seafood, he said. As for the drinks, Sugardada revealed that ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday that it has stopped flying over Iran and the Caspian Sea after an air safety body issued a warning about Russian missiles being fired at Syria. "In view of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
