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By Dean Cheng The Foundry Heritage.org Amidst all the regional concerns about North Korea, the Senkaku dispute between China and Japan has continued to fester. This past week, the situation has escalated, with the Chinese Foreign Ministry specifically stating that the Senkakus are a “core interest.” General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that the Chinese had used this term Read More …
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano Poverty in the Philippines cannot be effectively and substantially resolved. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men cannot raise at least 5 million Filipino families out of poverty, not for as long as they do not change they way they look at the poor. The poor are not the problem, we are. The poor are the victims, not Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz The collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1991 catapulted the United States as the only superpower on Earth. It ushered in a new age — Pax Americana — with the balance of power securely ensured by the United States encircling what is left of the once-mighty Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the Russian Federation. But don’t be fooled by the Read More …
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) The South China Sea is a critical world trade route and a potential source of hydrocarbons, particularly natural gas, with competing claims of ownership over the sea and its resources. Stretching from Singapore and the Strait of Malacca in the southwest to the Strait of Taiwan in the northeast, the South China Sea is one the most important trade Read More …
By Jenny W. Hsu Dow Jones Newswires RIGZONE TAIPEI – Taiwan’s government-run oil refiner CPC Corp. said Friday it plans to conduct a geophysical survey on disputed Spratly Islands in South China Sea next year, reviving the exploration for potential hydrocarbon reserves which was halted more than 20 years ago due to technical difficulties. Wang Meng-hsuan, the deputy chief of CPC’s Exploration and Production Division Read More …
By Sarah Brown CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS * The Philippines has the longest Christmas season in the world — from September to January * The festive season is marked by traditional masses, spectacular light displays and family gatherings * Traditional paper and bamboo lanterns known as ‘parols’ light up many Filipino villages and towns * Some villages organise contents for the best Christmas decorations Read More …
By Indrani Bagchi, TNN Times of India NEW DELHI: Navy chief, Admiral D K Joshi’s recent comment on the South China Sea may not have warmed hearts in China, or in the South Block, but they have bolstered India’s standing among Asean countries. Welcoming the underlying sentiment as part of India’s Look East policy, vice-president of the Philippines, Jejomar Cabauatan Binay, told TOI in an Read More …
By JEREMY PAGE The Wall Street Journal BEIJING—A Chinese official clarified new regulations allowing Chinese police to board foreign ships in parts of the disputed South China Sea that had raised fresh alarm among some of China’s neighbors. Several experts on the region had said the rules, which have yet to be published in full, appeared to apply to waters around islands that China claims, Read More …
By John Ruwitch and Michael Martina Reuters SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – New Chinese regulations allowing police to board vessels deemed to be breaking the law off the southern island of Hainan were a provincial-level initiative, but Beijing likely signed off on them, an official said on Wednesday. China is in an increasingly angry dispute with neighbours including the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia over claims Read More …
Source: Bankok Post The United States has sent an aircraft carrier and support ships through the South China Sea in a show of support for Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam in their territorial disputes with China. Vietnamese officials were invited aboard the nuclear-powered USS George Washington as it cruised off the coast of Vietnam Saturday. There were exhibitions of F18 warplanes taking off and landing, Read More …