South East Asia
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Further Tensions
Chinese state media has reported that following Japan’s the latest developments, two patrol ships have been sent to the islands disputed with Japan China sends patrol ships to disputed East China […]
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Purchase Plan Confirmed
Tokyo has confirmed its intention to purchase disputed islands also claimed by Beijing from private owners, Sino-Japanese relations have been strained for some time and this latest development risks further heightening […]
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Rumbling Regional Tensions
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting Chinese leaders amid rumbling regional tensions over the South China Sea. Clinton meets China leaders amid South China Sea tension Mrs Clinton […]
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Japan Buys Islands
Media reports from Japan say the government has reached a deal to buy disputed islands in the East China Sea from their private owner. Japan government ‘reaches deal to buy’ […]
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Code of Conduct
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China to agree on a code of conduct for resolving territorial disputes in the South China […]
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Calming Tensions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Asia where she is discussing efforts by U.S. allies Indonesia and Singapore to help calm tensions over rival territorial claims in the South […]
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Island Mania
Why do islands capture imaginations and fire competitive passions at this particular moment in Asian history? From the Spratlys and Paracels to the south to the Senkakus/Diaoyutais near the midpoint […]
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Antagonising Beijing
The Japanese news agency Kyodo has reported that Tokyo has made a $25 million bid for the purchase of a group of islands Beijing considers ‘sacred territory’ Japan Plans To […]
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Much at Stake
Vast oil reserves, trillion-dollar trade routes, fervent nationalist sentiments, competing territorial claims and bitter histories – the waters off the east coast of China are a sea of money and […]
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Island Dispute
Several Japanese nationalists landed on a rocky island in the East China Sea which is at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing. Island landing sparks China protests Several […]
