The United States is stationing warplanes in the Philippines in response to Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported. The US and the Philippines began joint pat ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
Russian warplanes flew simulated attack passes near a US guided missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to the US military. One official described them as one of the most aggressive ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
... uth China Sea issues. In March, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi publicly accused Japan of “double dealing”, saying that Japan on one hand proclaims “nice things about wanting to improve relations” bu ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
... on. Dried seafood retailers from Des Voeux Road West gather at Hop Lee Ho, where boxes of salted fish of different species, origins and quantities are stacked on top of each other. After inspecting th ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... he Yellow Sea in 1886 was Li Lianying (李蓮英), a eunuch close to Empress Dowager Cixi (慈禧). No wonder China suffered a crushing defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War eight years later. It is said that m ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... looted by sea pirates near Malaysia. He wrote that he would send her a parcel with all his savings, 295,000 pounds (US$414,500), in it and said he hoped she would keep it safe for him. Yung then gave ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... uth China Sea in May 2014, triggering an uproar in Vietnam. Anti-Chinese riots broke out in several parts of the country at the time, while Chinese and Vietnamese coast guard and fishing vessels stood ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... ng “land, sea and air forces”, arguing that it seems to be in direct contradiction with the existence of the country’s Self-Defense Forces. At a glance, Abe’s proposal seems deeply unpopular. Accordin ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Photos of Hong Kong tourists showing off what they caught in Andaman Sea in Thailand triggered an uproar on social media after they were accused of illegal fishing in the Similan National Park, a top ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
... the cross-sea bridge would require up to HK$100.9 million in management fee for the 2016-2017 financial year, and a team of 123 people from the Highways Department to oversee the project. The informat ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
... uth China Sea drive countries to take tougher action to defend their maritime sovereignty, the Wall Street Journal reported. Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said her office used explo ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
Fishery has added more strain to Beijing’s long-running spat with neighbors in the South China Sea. The string of recent incidents in the disputed waters is no coincidence but evidence of some underly ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing", US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said. US offic ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-31
... ed to the sea". The headline ran a day after Xi's media tour. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-29
Japan has switched on a radar station near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, drawing an angry response from Beijing, Reuters reports. The new Self Defence Force base on the island of Yonagun ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-29
North Korea launched five short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, a show of defiance as it faces tighter sanctions following its nuclear and rocket tests earlier this year. ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... uth China Sea have raised questions about China’s commitment to the rule of law. The [British] foreign secretary raised both these issues with counterparts during his visit to China in January. Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
... ty at the sea was only 50 meters. The hydrofoil, which was carrying 67 passengers and seven crew members at the time, managed to arrive in Macau with no injuries reported to those onboard. But the ves ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday that flew about 800 kilometers (500 miles) off its east coast into the sea, South Korea's military said, days after fresh US sanctions were imposed on t ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
SeaWorld said it will stop breeding killer whales in captivity, bowing to years of pressure from animal rights activists, Reuters reports. But the killer whales, also known as orcas, that are already ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
