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
How on earth did the common carp, a freshwater fish, thrive in the sea? Answer: In name only. And the name probably applies only to Lei Yue Mun, a small sea lane that separates Kowloon and Hong Kong I ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... ing users sea view of Deep Bay. The spa facilities can house up to 100 people. Each session will last 1.5 hours. As the park is at a remote location, there will be free shuttle buses taking users to a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... uth China Sea on Tuesday. Hong urged Washington to stop such “close-in reconnaissance activities”, saying they pose a security threat to China. US defense officials earlier said the Pentagon is review ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military aircraft on Tuesday over the South China Sea, according to the Pentagon. The incident happened in international airspace as ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
... uth China Sea this year. Chinese defense ministry spokesman Yang Yujun expressed "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the Pentagon report, according to Reuters. The report "hyped up" Chin ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
A Hong Kong man and three other people who went missing off Malaysia's eastern Sabah state have been found safe after 10 days at sea. They were rescued by Vietnamese fishermen, China Daily reports, ci ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
A US navy warship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Tuesday, Reuters reported. The freedom of navigation operation by the USS William P. Lawrence, travelling within 12 nautical ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the impact of climate change on coastlines in the Pacific, Reu ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines' international court case against Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, arguing that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... he scenic sea view. Chung Kee Store (松記士多) at Kuk Po village has been serving numerous hikers and visitors typical Cantonese restaurant dishes for more than 10 years. Business is robust, and there can ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... uth China Sea. The Stennis strike group leads those patrols, seen as a counterfoil to China's aggressive moves in disputed waters in the vital channel. In a highly symbolic move last month, US Defens ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
... to a deep-sea port on the Bay of Bengal, highways extended to India, and the Irrawaddy River transformed into a waterway for Chinese freight headed west." At the same time, special economic zones mode ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
... of local seafarers and westerners by Abu Sayyaf. The extremist group, which claims ties to Islamic State, has defied decades of attempts by the US-backed Philippine military to eradicate it, the Wal; ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-27
A foreign worker hired to help build the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge drowned Saturday after a broken fence dragged him into the sea, Apple Daily reported. Eight workers have now died since construc ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
