South East Asia
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Textbook approach to Asia disputes
Educationalists and historians hope that agreeing a common history textbook for South East Asia will help to diffuse escalation in competing territorial claims in the area. Textbook approach to Asia’s […]
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US top diplomat in China
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met China’s President Xi Jinping, in a visit expected to focus on North Korea and regional territorial tensions. US top diplomat in China […]
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S Korea and Japan clash over sea’s name in Virginia textbooks
An argument about what to call the sea between South Korea and Japan has spread to the United States. Virginia’s house of delegates has passed a bill requiring all school textbooks […]
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US presses Beijing over South China Sea dispute
A top US diplomat has called on China to clarify or adjust its territorial claims in the South China Sea in accordance with international law. US presses Beijing over South […]
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Malaysia navy chief denies incursion
Malaysia’s navy chief has denied a report that three Chinese navy ships patrolled an area claimed by the Southeast Asian country, saying the Chinese exercise took place hundreds of miles […]
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China playing chicken with the US
Vessels from the US military and other countries increasingly find themselves in high-stakes confrontations on the East Asian seas, where China has adopted a strategy of making rivals flinch or […]
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Japan to teach territorial claims
Japan’s Education Ministry says it is revising teaching manuals for schools to set out its ownership of disputed islands to teach its children “about integral parts of its territory”. Japan […]
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Abe urges Asia military restraint
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos that “military expansion” must be restrained in Asia. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe urges Asia […]
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Vietnam marks South China Sea battle
Forty years ago dozens of Vietnamese soldiers were killed in a bloody battle with Chinese troops over disputed islands in the South China Sea. Shift as Vietnam marks South China […]
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China ships enter disputed waters
Japan’s defence minister has vowed to defend the country’s territory after three Chinese government ships entered disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea. China ships enter waters […]
