China was humiliated when a special tribunal rejected its claims to disputed waters in the South China Sea. But from the beginning, Beijing made it clear it would not be bound by any decision. Nonethe ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
People in several Chinese cities joined boycott campaigns over the weekend against US fast-food chains in a show of protest against Washington's perceived meddling in South China Sea disputes. Accusin ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... restimate sea conditions, he said. In June 2013, a 29-year-old man was washed away by huge waves in Ham Tin Wan. His body was found three hours later. Kwok said night swimming is extremely dangerous a ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
Tensions over an international tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea apparently claimed its first victim -- a mainlander who was attacked on an MTR train for allegedly being a traitor. The attack t ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is sticking to his promise not to "flaunt or taunt" an international court ruling on the South China Sea, days after his country dealt a blow to China. Duterte hel ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
A group of Hong Kong movie and TV celebrities wasted no time weighing in on the decision by an international tribunal to shoot down China's claims to disputed waters in the South China Sea. They are u ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
An international court in The Hague has ruled that China's trump card in its claims in the South China Sea – its long historical relationship – as depicted in a nine-dash-line shown on official maps e ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
China is refocusing its territorial claims in the South China Sea to land resources after an international tribunal rejected its historic rights to disputed waters. The State Council, China's cabinet, ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
Washington is quickly moving to ease tensions after an international court threw out China's claims to disputed waters in the South China Sea. Reuters is reporting that the United States is quietly tr ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
The ruling against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague will be met with relief in the region's capitals. But it is unlikely to re ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
An international tribunal's ruling denying China's claims in the South China Sea will "intensify conflict and even confrontation," Beijing's ambassador to the United States said. Ambassador Cui Tianka ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
An international tribunal on Tuesday rejected China's claims to economic rights across large swathes of the South China Sea, dealing a victory to Philippines which took the matter to court. "There was ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
... uth China Sea. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea doesn’t bestow any territorial status on low-tide elevations, which is what the majority of China-controlled features were before cem ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
... Maritime Search and Rescue Center received a report on the accident from the crew of a ship passing by Nei Lingding Island in the Pearl River estuary at about 5:05 a.m. on Sunday, and subsequently de ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
... tting the sea surface from the sky. The Observatory said the number of lightning strikes, most of which belonged to the cloud-to-ground type, reached as many as 7,887 on Saturday, the most in one day ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
... ng due to seashore and recreational activities. People need to change their habits if they want clean shores, the spokesman said. After visiting Cheung Sha beach, Leung and other officials went to nea ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
