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
... ng by the sea and fishing patiently. The closer to the apex, the more the weathering rocks on the way, making the trail challenging yet still largely manageable for most people. Gazing down from the m ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... into the sea, they said. But Dr. Lincoln Fok, assistant professor in the Department of Science and Environmental Studies in the Education University of Hong Kong, said the garbage did not appear to b ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... t lost at sea. Following an alert from his family, authorities launched a search operation. He was eventually found at around 9 pm the same day, calling for help from inside an open nullah near a land ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
As an international court prepares to deliver a ruling on July 12 on a maritime dispute, Beijing has not only sent aircraft and battle ships to the South China Sea, it has also launched propaganda vid ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
Beijing sought to downplay comments by a state newspaper of potential conflict in the South China Sea, reiterating that it is committed to peace and dialogue with other countries in the region. "China ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
China is ready to begin negotiations with the Philippines on South China Sea-related issues if Manila ignores an arbitration ruling expected next week on their territorial dispute, according to a repo ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-05
China's military plans seven days of exercises in the South China Sea from this week, adding to tensions ahead of a ruling by an international tribunal over disputed maritime claims in the area. The d ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
Chinese military activity is escalating in the East China Sea, with Japanese emergency scrambles to counter Chinese jets almost doubling in the past three months, Reuters reports, citing Japan's top m ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
... uth China Sea, Reuters reports. Indonesia has taken unprecedented steps in the past week to lay claim to the remote island chain, whose gas-rich waters Beijing recently said were subject to "overlappi ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
Indonesian President Joko Widodo held a cabinet meeting aboard a warship off the Natuna Islands on Thursday, asserting sovereignty over waters in the southern reaches of the South China Sea and sendin ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
... uth China Sea, forcing Southeast Asian nations to run to Washington for a united front. Last week Wang and his ASEAN counterparts failed to reach a formal joint declaration during a foreign ministers' ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
