Yangtze lakes drying up as China’s water crisis spreads
A water scarcity crisis is expanding from the north of the country to the south, with major lakes along the Yangtze river drying up, state media reports. And even at lakes and rivers that are not...
View ArticleOfficials Warn China Over Oil Rig in Disputed Waters
The rig was at the center of a standoff between the countries in May 2014. ......
View ArticleRemarks by MOFA Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on activities of China’s HYSY 981...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) Remarks by MOFA Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on activities of China's HYSY 981 oil rig outside mouth of Gulf of Tonkin (MOFA) -...
View ArticleNorth Korean propaganda drops into defector’s yard in the South
SEOUL, South Korea (Tribune News Service) — The irony wasn’t lost on Lee Min Bok when he spotted propaganda leaflets fluttering down in front of his home just south of the border dividing the Korean...
View ArticlePhilippines plans tracking system for civilian flights over South China sea
(From Reuters) The Philippines plans to install a $1-million satellite-based system to track commercial flights over the disputed South China Sea, after China landed its...
View ArticleNorth Korean Propaganda Drops Into Defector's Yard in the South
The irony wasn’t lost on Lee Min Bok when he spotted propaganda leaflets fluttering down in front of his home just south of the border dividing the Korean peninsula: it was airborne pamphlets flown the...
View ArticleAustralian PM uses US visit to warn Beijing against the trap of conflict over...
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called on China on Monday to avoid actions in pursuit of territorial claims in Asia that could make conflict with the United States more likely. Speaking in...
View ArticleChina urges Japan to be cautious on South, East China Sea comments
BEIJING - China on Tuesday urged Japan to be cautious with its comments on the South China Sea and East China Sea. Japan should do more to enhance mutual trust with neighboring countries and promote...
View ArticleA Rocky 2016 Expected: New Leaders in Asia Face Economic, Security Issues
Lien Hoang HO CHI MINH CITY— This week, communists in Vietnam and Laos are picking leaders to run their countries for the next five years. In Taiwan, the election of the first female president has...
View ArticleVietnam to pick new leaders as nation balances ties with China, U.S.
When Vietnam starts the process of picking its new leadership this month, the Communist Party is set for a tense behind-the-scenes debate: Opt for officials who want to preserve ties with neighbor...
View ArticleChina offers support for Yemen government as Xi visits Saudi Arabia
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has signaled its support for Yemen's government, which is fighting an Iran-allied militia, on the first day of a visit to Saudi Arabia by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who...
View ArticlePhilippines delicately wedged between US and China
The past few days have been abuzz with coverage of China's wild economic swings, as volatility in its financial markets coupled with structural slowdown chip away at the country's long-held image of...
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull waxes philosophical but treads carefully about US and China
The PM has delivered a sensible and careful speech in Washington that really only hints at how a Turnbull government - re-elected - might approach the world. Yes, there is the usual affection of...
View ArticleSouth China Sea? For Beijing, Taiwan is the No. 1 security issue
By Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) - For China, whose President Xi Jinping is already taking an increasingly muscular approach to claims in the East and South China Sea, the question of...
View ArticlePhilippine plane warned by ‘Chinese navy’ after it flew close to...
Philippine officials say they received two intimidating radio warnings from people who identified themselves being from...
View ArticlePhilippine plane warned as it flies near South China Sea island
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials said Monday that they received two intimidating radio warnings identified as from the Chinese navy when they flew a Cessna plane close to a...
View ArticlePhilippine plane warned by ‘Chinese navy’ in disputed South China Sea
Philippine officials say they received two intimidating radio warnings from people who identified themselves being from...
View ArticleIrresponsible talk of neighbors will not ease tensions
Vietnam and the Philippines have protested against China's test flights to its newly built airstrip on Yongshu Jiao in the Nansha Islands despite China's reiteration that the flights are within China's...
View ArticlePhilippine plane warned by 'Chinese navy' in disputed sea
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials said Monday that they received two intimidating radio warnings identified as from the Chinese navy when they flew a Cessna plane close to a...
View ArticleManila exaggerating aircraft incident to raise tensions: China
(From Reuters) China accused the Philippines on Tuesday of deliberately trying to scare people by saying China had warned a small civilian plane carrying Philippine officials over an island in the...
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