NATIONAL SEP. 11, 2014 – 06:50AM JST ( 25 ) A Japanese F-15 jet approaches a Chinese plane (out of frame) in a spot where the two countries’ air defense zones overlap, in June.AFP TOKYO — More than half of… Read More ›
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China can weigh reconnaissance on US
(Global Times) 08:16, August 28, 2014 China and the US started a two-day meeting at the Pentagon on Wednesday to negotiate a code of conduct on the high seas, in the wake of a Chinese fighter jet intercepting a US… Read More ›
Chinese ships sail in disputed waters after Japan warning ” fears grow over a potential military clash “
→National Aug. 07, 2014 – 06:30AM JST ( 25 ) TOKYO — Chinese coast guard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials said, after Tokyo’s annual defense paper warned over China’s “dangerous… Read More ›
‘China has eclipsed Britain as superpower’, party mouthpiece declares amid Li Keqiang visit
Global Times rails against the British media and highlights dependence on China’s billion-dollar investments .PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 June, 2014, 12:30pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing China has overtaken Britain as a world power, a… Read More ›
Will the IMF headquarters move to Beijing?
(People’s Daily Online) 09:19, June 17, 2014 The International Monetary Fund’s headquarters may one day move from Washington to Beijing, aligning with China’s growing influence in the world economy, the fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde said early this month. Attaching… Read More ›
Japan, China trade claims over latest aerial provocation
by Reiji Yoshida and Mizuho Aoki Jun 12, 2014 Tokyo and Beijing traded blame Thursday over the second close and potentially dangerous encounter in just over two weeks between Chinese SU-27 fighter jets and Japanese reconnaissance planes over the… Read More ›
Beijing’s dangerous arrogance in the South China Sea
Philip Bowring says Beijing’s superiority complex and selective reading of Southeast Asian history have become the toxic brew fuelling tensions in the South China Sea Philip Bowring BIO China’s current behaviour vis-à-vis its South China Sea neighbours is aggressive, arrogant and… Read More ›
Hong Kong issues Vietnam travel warning after mobs torch Chinese factories
Beijing and Hong Kong authorities warn against travel to Vietnam after protesters, angry over oil drilling in disputed waters, run amok PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 14 May, 2014, 12:23pm Denise Tsang and Agencies in Hanoi The Hong Kong government issued an… Read More ›
War of words erupts as John Kerry calls Beijing ‘provocative’ in South China Sea disputes
Foreign minister hits back after John Kerry calls Chinese actions in South China Sea ‘provocative’ PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 May, 2014, 5:09pm Teddy Ng and Agencies in Hanoi and Washington Several thousand Vietnamese workers protested at Chinese-owned factories yesterday, vandalising… Read More ›
China warns Vietnam to leave South China Sea drilling area – Situation is Escalating Rapidly
Beijing accuses Vietnamese vessels of ramming Chinese ships, and tells Washington to mind its own business as tensions rise in South China Sea Teddy Ng in Beijing teddy.ng@scmp.com China has demanded that Vietnam withdraw its ships from a part… Read More ›
Ships collide as Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment in disputed waters
Beijing hits out after Philippines seizes fishing vessel and collision with Vietnamese boats Just Added from the diplomat.com – A low-quality version of that video has been posted on Youtube. It appears to have been taped by one of the… Read More ›
Chinese media threatens Vietnam with a ‘lesson it deserves’ over oil rig row
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 May, 2014, 10:47am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Vietnam reacted furiously to a decision by Beijing to move a deep-water drilling rig into disputed waters for the first time. Photo: Xinhua … Read More ›
Japan warns China that seizure of ship could have consequences
PUBLISHED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 5:12pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship. Tokyo warned on Monday that the seizure of a Japanese ship in Shanghai over pre-war debts threatened ties with China and could undermine… Read More ›
Manila’s provocations reflect weakness
“The Philippines could do nothing but provoke China like a clown under the indulgence of some Western forces” (Global Times) 07:36, March 31, 2014 The Philippines on Sunday filed a case against China’s “territorial invasion” with the UN arbitral tribunal. This… Read More ›
Professor: Breaking up big bank monopoly highlight of China’s financial reform
(People’s Daily Online) 20:31, March 22, 2014 Beijing, March 22 (People’s Daily Online) — To break up big bank monopoly will be the highlight of China’s financial reform in 2014, professor Li Daokui told People’s Daily Online in Beijing, March… Read More ›
Malaysian Airline passengers’ phones still ringing?
Tuesday, 11 March 2014 The ‘unprecedented mystery’ behind the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 deepened on Monday when relatives claimed they were able to call the cellphones of their missing loved ones. According to the Washington Post, family… Read More ›
Men with stolen IDs on missing Malaysian jet used stolen Austrian and Italian passports
Photo: EPA The two unidentified men who used stolen passports to board the Malaysian airliner that went missing on Saturday were not of Asian appearance, the chief Malaysian investigator said today. Flight MH370 disappeared early on Saturday about an hour… Read More ›
No automated messages from missing Boeing jet -sources
Source: Reuters – Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:28 PM Author: Reuters KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Reuters) – The Malaysian passenger jet that disappeared on Saturday did not make automatic contact with a flight data-monitoring system after vanishing from radar screens,… Read More ›
Stolen passports were used to buy two tickets for Malaysia Airlines missing flight
Passenger list at centre of missing Malaysia Airlines probe as radar shows flight ‘may have turned back’ UPDATED : Sunday, 09 March, 2014, 2:34pm Keith Zhai, Patrick Boehler, Danny Lee and agencies Malaysian authorities announced on Sunday that the… Read More ›
Chinese could be ready to invade in 2020: MND Taiwan
– China is boosting its combat capabilities to the point at which it could mount a full cross-strait attack in 2020 ANALYSIS:：Defense minister Yen Ming is to present the report to a legislative committee today. It says China poses the… Read More ›
Commentary: It’s U.S., Japan that need to clarify military intentionsBy
EEV: A commentary from the Peoples Daily Online are views of the Chinese Government. Language is very symbolic in this region. This is a pretty serious escalation. It was just a week a ago they publicly mocked Ambassador Locke. -Japan, for its… Read More ›
China boosts defence budget by 12.2 pc after warning military will respond if provoked
UPDATED : Wednesday, 05 March, 2014, 10:42am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Delegates from the People’s Liberation Army arrive for parliamentary talks in Beijing. Photo: AP China will raise its official defence budget by 12.2 per cent this year, the finance… Read More ›
This is the Racist Editorial on Ambassador Locke / Goodbye, Luo Shi Fei!
EEV: Bing Translator / Original Below February 27, 2014, at 20:37 source: China News Network Locke is a United States-born third-generation Chinese-American, his “yellow skin and white heart” banana person property into President Obama’s diplomatic advantage. United States Pacific revealed… Read More ›
Senior Navy intelligence officer ” China was training its forces to be capable of carrying out a “short, sharp” war with Japan in the East China Sea “
Pentagon plays down intelligence officer’s provocative China assessment Segment found at about 26:28 Source: Reuters – Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:31 AM Author: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday played down remarks by a senior Navy… Read More ›
Filipinos back Manila’s move to confront China over South China Sea
Move to challenge China’s territorial claims in UN-backed court popular: poll UPDATED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 1:27am Raissa Robles in Manila Philippine Foreign Affairs Department spokesman, Raul Hernandez. Photo: AFP A majority of Filipinos back the Philippine government’s move… Read More ›
Beijing denounces ‘groundless’ US remarks on South China Sea
– Beijing claims the South China Sea almost in its entirety, even areas a long way from its shoreline, but portions are also claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. AFP Friday, Feb 07, 2014 BEIJING – Beijing… Read More ›
China warns foreign military planes entering defense zone
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Jan. 25, 2014 – 06:46AM JST ( 14 ) BEIJING — China said Friday it has begun issuing warnings to foreign military planes entering its self-declared air defense zone over the East China Sea amid heightened tensions… Read More ›
China blocks foreign news sites that revealed elite’s offshore holdings
• Guardian among sites blocked over reports • China Digital Times publishes details of directive Tania Branigan in Beijing and James Ball in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 23 January 2014 14.44 EST The Chinese government has recently concentrated on improving… Read More ›
Abe tells world to stand up to China or face consequences
Jan. 23, 2014 – 06:55AM Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his special address at the opening session of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.AFP DAVOS, Switzerland — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday told the world it… Read More ›
China surpasses US as world’s largest trading nation
Beijing describes 2013 figures as ‘a landmark milestone’ as annual trade in goods passes the $4tn mark for the first time Angela Monaghan The Guardian, Friday 10 January 2014 06.17 EST China has overtaken the US in annual trade… Read More ›
Is World War Three about to start… by accident? Max Hastings asks whether rising tensions between China and Japan could boil over
Chinese diplomat argued that Japan risks ‘serious threat to global peace’ He even compared Japan today to Lord Voldemort, from Harry Potter It comes just weeks after China declared its own Air Defence Zone Japan’s prime minister has threatened to… Read More ›
Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao says he is in talks to buy New York Times
UPDATED : Wednesday, 01 January, 2014, 1:15pm Agence France Press in Beijing Chen Gunagbiao. Photo: Simon Song First he handed out cash to victims of China’s 2008 earthquake. Then he sold “canned fresh air” to residents of smog-ridden Beijing. Now… Read More ›
US corn trade rocked by fresh mainland China GM scrutiny
US grain sales plunge as Chinese screening of yet-unapproved variety is stepped up PUBLISHED : Sunday, 29 December, 2013, 5:04am Reuters Mainland quarantine authorities refused to accept 545,000 tonnes of US corn in November and December. Photo: Xinhua Corn exporters… Read More ›
Space trips open to Chinese travelers
(Xinhua) 09:47, December 28, 2013 – Travelers will pay a minimum of 580,000 yuan (about 95,000 U.S.dollars) to board the Lynx Mark I spacecraft produced by the U.S. private aerospace company XCOR – The Lynx Mark I spacecraft, which is… Read More ›
Mao Zedong remembered: China’s multi-faceted deep-thinking leader
EEV: What is significant, this enlightening article was reported by the BBC. – More, because Mao is the George Washington figure, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, the great unifier of his ancient, far-flung and multifarious people. Sidney Rittenberg met Mao… Read More ›
Liquid nitrogen may help to clean up Beijing smog, Chinese scientists say
Scientists say pumping the super-cold gas into the atmosphere had the best results in tests PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 December, 2013, 11:43pm UPDATED : Thursday, 19 December, 2013, 9:14am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com Residents cover their faces they ride their… Read More ›
Britain faces backlash for splashing millions in aid on wealthy China
MPs and public demand David Cameron’s government to explain £27 million worth of funding to a country that can afford sending rover to the moon PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 December, 2013, 10:08am UPDATED : Tuesday, 17 December, 2013, 10:19am Peter… Read More ›
China bitterly attacks Japanese prime minister over air zone remarks / “The Diaoyus are an inherent territory of China. Japan’s seizure and occupation of the islands are illegal and invalid”
China bitterly attacks Japanese prime minister over air zone remarks Shinzo Abe’s comments that Beijing is violating freedom of aviation are condemned as ‘malicious slander’ Staff and agencies in Beijing theguardian.com, Sunday 15 December 2013 00.02 EST Shinzo Abe,… Read More ›
US and Chinese warships nearly collide amid tensions over airspace
USS Cowpens was near Liaoning aircraft carrier in South China Sea when another Chinese ship closed in, officials say Reuters in Washington theguardian.com, Friday 13 December 2013 22.30 EST China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier on an East China Sea exercise in… Read More ›
New Yellow Sea naval drills seen as warning message
PUBLISHED : Friday, 06 December, 2013, 1:24pm UPDATED : Saturday, 07 December, 2013, 3:33am Minnie Chan minnie.chan@scmp.com A ship gun fires during last month’s exercises. Photo: SCMP The PLA Navy launched eight days… Read More ›
China pulls out of UN process over territorial dispute with Philippines
• Move underscores China’s tough geopolitical stance in region • Territorial claims continue to dominate visit by Joe Biden Paul Lewis in Washington theguardian.com, Friday 6 December 2013 13.25 EST Fallout over China’s territorial claims has become the… Read More ›
State media calls for ‘timely countermeasures’ against Japan over air zone “We are willing to engage in a protracted confrontation with Japan.”
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 30 November, 2013, 4:02am UPDATED : Saturday, 30 November, 2013, 5:56am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Japan and South Korea both said on Thursday that they had disregarded the air defence identification zone that Beijing declared last weekend,… Read More ›
U.S. advises airlines to comply with China air zone demands
By IAN MADER National Nov. 30, 2013 – 04:40PM JST ( 16 ) BEIJING — The United States on Saturday advised U.S. carriers to comply with China’s demand that it be told of any flights passing through its new… Read More ›
China scrambles military planes after US and Japan fly sorties into new zone
EEV: Read the Link to article at bottom – “japan-prime-target-chinas-new-air-zone-state-media” Tensions rise as US and Japan fly sorties and South Korea puts contested island in its own zone Kristine Kwok kristine.kwok@scmp.com PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 November, 2013, 10:26am UPDATED : Friday,… Read More ›
No more elite training classes for ‘smart’ kids? Chinese tiger parents are not impressed
Pupils of Zhongguancun No. 1 Primary School watch performances during an art festival in Beijing on May 30, 2013. Photo: Xinhua Tang Wanyuan, the father of a sixth grader in Beijing, said he has not paid much attention to the… Read More ›
China sends warplanes to new air defence zone amid tensions
China has reacted to US and Japanese breaches by reportedly announcing it will now carry out regular patrols A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan… Read More ›
Criticism of China’s ADIZ increases; Japanese airlines do a policy U-turn / All Nippon Airways now refuse to comply with China
An All Nippon Airways Co. jet taxis at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Oct. 27. Japanese airlines reversed their earlier announcements that they would follow rules set by China over its air defense identification zone. | BLOOMBERG AFP-JIJI Nov 27, 2013… Read More ›
South Korea caught in crossfire amid air defence zone row / China’s air defence zone overlaps with some 3,000 square kilometres of South Korea’s
UPDATED : Wednesday, 27 November, 2013, 3:13pm Audrey Yoo audrey.yoo@scmp.com China’s air defence zone aimed at Tokyo puts South Korea in an awkward position South Korea is finding itself caught in the crossfire amid growing Sino-Japanese tensions after Beijing’s… Read More ›
US military aircraft defies China’s new defence zone to fly over disputed East China Sea
Two US B-52 bombers have flown over the disputed Senkaku/Daiyou islands, ‘in a direct challenge’ to China’s new air defence zone A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island , Minamikojima and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in… Read More ›
U.S. vows to defend Japan after China announces new air zone
Nov. 24, 2013 – 03:00PM JST ( 18 ) U.S. vows to defend Japan after China announces new air zone The disputed islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyus in ChinaAFP… Read More ›
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