... number of sea birds lying dead on a beach on an island that is among the UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites. Over 200 pieces of plastics were found in a bird’s stomach, Leeson and the researchers foun ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-05
... e illegal sea transit of migrants from Turkey to Greece, Reuters quoted Tusk as saying after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens. ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
Southeast Asian nations avoid confronting China over the disputed South China Sea because of the country's sheer clout, former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad said. While countries like Malaysia may ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-03
China must refrain from aggressive actions in the South China Sea region, including the placement of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said, warning that mi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... uth China Sea remain as deep as ever. And, on the heels of Wang’s departure from Washington, the US State Department condemned China on human rights. On Thursday last week, Samantha Power, the US amba ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... uth China Sea and were worth about HK$5,000. In February last year, a seafood restaurant in the district lost lobsters and crabs weighing about 20 kilograms to two thieves, who were identified and arr ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
Southeast Asian nations expressed serious concern about growing international tension over disputed waters in the South China Sea. Friction has increased over China's recent deployment of missiles and ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
As sea levels rise, threatening cities from New York to Shanghai, the economic damage will increase even faster, scientists said on Monday. Extreme floods whipped up by storms will become ever more co ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... osing his seat in parliament. Lord Patten, as he became, was not only the most powerful governor Hong Kong ever had but he also came without ties to the old order and benefited from a direct line of ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
... king as a seaman and a fireman for a British shipping company in the 1910s. They were soon promoted as supervisors. Later they opened a recruitment agency for foreign steamships and made a fortune. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
China has begun construction of a logistics base in Djibouti, its first military facility overseas. The facility will be used primarily for military rest and resupply in carrying out naval escort, pea ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
Australia will boost defense spending by A$29.9 billion (US$21.5 billion) over the next decade, including increasing naval capacity as concern over Chinese militarization in the South China Sea intens ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
China says media are ignoring radars and weapons deployed by other claimants in the South China Sea, and unfairly targeting China, following reports of its deployment of fighter jets and radars in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
The United States will increase its freedom-of-navigation operations in the South China Sea amid worries over China's military buildup in the disputed waters, a senior Pentagon official said. "We will ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... uth China Sea. Sabah and Sarawak had gained a substantial degree of autonomy from the British colonial government before they joined the Federation of Malaysia, and they managed to retain much of thei ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
China is being accused of trying to dominate East Asia by deploying missiles and radar in the South China Sea. It is "clearly militarizing" the disputed waters, Reuters reports, citing Admiral Harry H ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
... uth China Sea row.” The discussions in California were held behind closed doors. However, a Philippine official, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., told Manila-based reporters: “In their di ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
China said its military deployments in the South China Sea are no different from US deployments on Hawaii. The Chinese foreign ministry made the remarks on Monday after the United States last week acc ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
A secondary school teacher from Britain was found dead in Cheung Chau after he fell, apparently drunk, into the sea from a pier, Apple Daily reported Monday. James Christopher Philips, 41, was a contr ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
... enjoy the sea breeze and get stunning views of Victoria Harbour. What the government should do is to abandon its mindset that mainland visitors are the be all and end all of Hong Kong tourism. The in ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
