... uth China Sea, through which US$5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims, as well as close military ties with the ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
Southeast Asian countries are walking back concern that recent actions in the South China Sea where Beijing is embroiled in territorial disputes has "the potential to undermine peace". The Association ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
A group of Filipino youth volunteers who sailed to the Scarborough Shoal on Sunday to plant a Philippine flag in the disputed South China Sea outcrop said they were harassed by the Chinese Coast Guard ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
... the North Sea and one of Germany's largest offshore windfarms. Reuters reported on Friday that China Three Gorges was closing in on a deal. The agreement was signed on Monday in the presence of Merkel ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
... uth China Sea to justify its claims and, in doing so, refers to the line as having been drawn by the Chinese government. Similarly, the Republic of China government of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-13
... uth China Sea territorial disputes. As a former president of Taiwan, Ma is still an influential political figure in Greater China and the rest of Asia. No one except Ma knows why he would want to give ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-13
... t. By the sea are ramshackle stilt houses, which serve as meeting areas for the villagers. Going farther you will reach Yim Tin Tsai and crossing the tombolo will lead you to Ma Shi Chau, which is one ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
... , sauteed sea cucumber with spring onion (葱燒海參) and dry-fried green beans (乾煸四季豆), for instance, are extraordinary Sichuan dishes that rely neither on numbness nor piquancy. Sichuan cuisine also varie ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
... oks major sea routes connecting the Pacific and the Arctic oceans. Nevertheless, some in Russia have raised doubts about Putin’s plan, given the harsh environment in the region and the country's slugg ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the East China Sea, according to US defense officials. The intercept involved a Chin ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
Taiwan will not recognize any air defense zone declared by Beijing over the South China Sea, the island's new defense minister said on Monday. "We will not recognize any ADIZ by China," Feng Shih-kuan ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-07
... for some sea breeze to cool themselves. The sampans provided food and drinks, and there were street singers to regale the diners every night. Today's society is completely different from what it was ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
... he Baltic Sea to Germany. The five European companies involved in the project (each with a 10 percent stake) say their partnership with Russia’s Gazprom (which owns the remaining 50 percent) is simply ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
... ssing the sea and reaching Japan, standnews.com reported. But others argued that it is unfair to blame China, given the fact that many pollution-creating factories in China were set up by companies fr ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
Chinese President Xi Jinping said he wants to deepen relations with the Philippines under incoming President Rodrigo Duterte amid rising tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. “A f ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
At least 700 migrants may have died at sea over the past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the UN refugee agency said. About ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-30
... uth China Sea and the Indian Ocean. With New Delhi and Hanoi on board, Washington has effectively put up another cordon on top of the first island chain that can secure key seaways with cooperation fr ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... e Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. And, as a newly released US Defense Department report shows, Pakistan – “China’s primary customer for conventional weapons” – is likely to host a Chinese naval hub ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... terranean Sea on Thursday last week during a flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board. The Egyptian navy has been scooping plane debris and body parts out of the water while the search conti ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... ff in the sea with hardly a house on it". It is said that the British had actually considered Zhoushan (舟山), near the Yangtze River estuary, as the preferred location to establish a colony. There was ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
