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Barren Rocks, Barren Nationalism
THE wave of anti-Japanese protests that has erupted across China, after tit-for-tat landings by ultra-nationalists on uninhabited islands which the Japanese call the Senkakus and the Chinese the, is...
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Obviously, The Political Leadership In Tokyo And Seoul Never Learned About...
Read Here – Japan TimesFiled under: Asia Tagged: China, diplomacy, islands, Japan, Japanese Emperor, Lee Myung Bak, Morimoto Satoshi, North Korea, Politics, South Korea, Takeshima
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Some Major Japanese Companies Announce Factory Shutdowns In China Ahead of...
China’s worst outbreak of anti-Japan sentiment in decades led to weekend demonstrations and violent attacks on well-known Japanese businesses such as car makers Toyota and Honda, forcing frightened...
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Japanese Trade Hit Hard By Diaoyu Dispute, Says China Times
The Japanese government’s illegal purchase of China’s Diaoyu Islands is hurting trade between the two countries. A poll shows a large number of Japanese companies are paying the price. And the row is...
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As Recriminations Over Anti-Japanese Protests Mount, Deep Divisions in China...
The protest, argued all those engaged, was a spectacle of solidarity, and it appeared so at first glance: Beginning September 16, anti-Japanese grievances that had been simmering for months over the...
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The Coming Economic Shift?
The dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku / Diaoyu islandscontinues to simmer. Even as International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde warned about the dangers to the global...
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How Beijing Sees Abe’s Return
An Xinhua editorial that also appeared in the U.S. edition of the China Daily asserts that the impending premiership of Japan’s Shinzo Abe would “destabilize” East Asia. Yet the piece in reality makes...
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The United States Heads to the South China Sea: Foreign Affairs
The growing involvement of U.S. energy companies in the extraction of oil and natural gas from the South China Sea has added another layer to the United States’ strategy. According to a recent report...
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Rumbles Across The Great Wall
China’s highly nationalistic new leadership may no longer simply accede to the existing international economic and security order; instead it appears to want to change that order, even if that means...
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The World In Quotation Marks
From Russian “volunteers” in Syria to Chinese “islands” in the South China Sea, foreign affairs today is full of deception. Read Here – The AtlanticFiled under: Foreign Policy Tagged: China, deception,...
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China’s Island Radar Bigger Threat Than Missiles
China’s airstrip construction at Fiery Cross, Mischief, and Subi reefs, and more recently developments in the Paracel Islands, have dominated the South China Sea discussion. But capabilities being...
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A Court You’ve Never Heard Of Is About To Raise The Stakes In The South China...
An obscure court in The Hague will soon issue a ruling likely to inflame tensions in the South China Sea and force Washington to clarify how far it is willing to go to defend its allies in Manila. Read...
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Beijing’s South China Sea Claims Rejected By Tribunal
An arbitration court ruled that China has no historic title over the waters of the South China Sea and has breached the Philippines’ sovereign rights with its actions, infuriating Beijing which...
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Xi’s ‘Neighborhood Diplomacy’ Runs Aground In South China Sea
An international tribunal’s rejection of China’s claim to most of the South China Sea has exposed a problem with President Xi Jinping’s “neighborhood diplomacy.” It hasn’t been very neighborly. Read...
View ArticleUS Accuses Beijing Of Using Coronavirus As Cover For South China Sea Activity
The United States has accused China of using the global coronavirus pandemic to further expand its “unlawful claims” in the South China Sea. In a strongly worded statement, the US State Department...
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