... st Arctic sea ice melt and "new highs" in carbon dioxide levels, point to quickening climate change, it said. June marked the 14th straight month of record heat, the UN agency said, according to Reute ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
While the Hague ruling on the South China Sea dispute has remained the focus of international attention, another new development in East Asia has largely gone under the public radar. This is the concl ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
Anti-US protests have erupted in several cities in the Chinese mainland, a week after an international tribunal ruled against China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea. The protests tar ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
US military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law. Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson reaffirmed the US stance during a visit to a Chinese ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
A senior Chinese official said there is no boycott of foreign products in the wake of a recent ruling by an international tribunal on the South China Sea arbitration case. Deputy Minister of Commerce ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
The Philippines is refusing to negotiate with China over their South China Sea dispute because of Beijing's insistence that a court ruling that nullified most of its claims be left off the table. Phil ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
Two years ago, in my article on the South China Sea arbitration case, I stressed that it was the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), rather than the much more well-known International Court of Justi ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
... uth China Sea has eased after the Philippines agreed to launch bilateral talks with China. The failed military coup in Turkey has also reduced the geopolitical risks triggered by “Black Swan” events. ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... uth China Sea. Last week, Reichler, a partner at US law firm Foley Hoag, achieved another landmark victory as lawyer for Uruguay in a case filed by tobacco giant Philip Morris against the South Americ ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... uth China Sea groundless, netizens described it as "not a single dot less". The phrase echoes a People's Daily post about China's disputed "nine-dash line" in the disputed waters. -- Contact us at eng ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
Beijing will ignore the verdict handed down against it last week at the Hague and will continue to develop disputed islands in the South China Sea, first for tourism, and then send more civilian settl ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
China will continue build structures on disputed islands in the South China Sea, regardless of foreign opposition. Navy chief Adm. Wu Shengli told his visiting US counterpart, Adm. John Richardson, th ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles 600 kilometers into the sea off its east coast early Tuesday. The missiles were launched from the North's western region called Hwangju, Reuters reports, cit ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
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
