Geopolitical chess game heats up South China Sea
Text Beijing's move to set up a military garrison on disputed Yongxing Island—claimed by the Philippines as part of the Paracel chain—is escalating tension in the South China Sea.China's move to set...
View ArticleChina and Japan can't stop fighting World War II
Text The 67th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender saw a confrontation with Chinese activists over the contested Senkaku Islands in the oil-rich East China Sea.On Aug. 15—not coincidentally,...
View ArticleEast China Sea flashpoint for Sino-Japanese war?
Text Leon Panetta warned that the latest escalation over islands disputed by China and Japan could lead to war—even as he arrived in Tokyo to inaugurate a new anti-missile system.The prospect of an...
View ArticleJapan, Taiwan ships clash with water cannon
Text Japanese and Taiwanese patrol ships blasted each other with water cannon as a fishing fleet from Taiwan mobilized a protest flotilla to the contested East China Sea islands.Well, it finally came...
View ArticlePanama ups ante in Nicaragua canal race
Text The current expansion of the Panama Canal will accommodate 90% of the world's 370-vessel liquified natural gas fleet—a new bid to undermine Nicaragua's canal plans.The current expansion of the...
View ArticleTaiwan: 100,000 march against nuclear power
Text Some 100,000 across Taiwan marked the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster by taking to the streets to demand an end to nuclear power in the island nation.Some 100,000 people from...
View ArticleTaiwan gets a Maidan movement?
Text Hundreds of students remain barricaded in Taiwan's legislature in protest of the ruling party's push for a Cross-Strait Trade Agreement with the People's Republic of China.Hundreds of students...
View ArticleGuatemala's ex-prez took bribes from Taiwan
Text Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo pleaded guilty in the US to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan in exchange for continued diplomatic recognition.Former Guatemalan president...
View ArticleWildcat strikes surge in China —again
Text Some 10,000 workers at plants that produce sportswear for Nike and Adidas have walked off the job in Dongguan after finding the Taiwanese company was shorting them.Workers at six out of ten...
View ArticleTaiwan: anti-nuke action gets the goods
Text As thousands of protesters blocked a main traffic artery in Taipei and clashed with police, Taiwan's government agreed to halt work on two nuclear reactors.As thousands of protesters blocked a...
View ArticleRival trade pacts vie for Pacific hegemony
Text China is proposing a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) in a race with the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region.In a move being openly...
View ArticleTaiwan: drop criminal charges against protesters
Text Amnesty International urged the Taiwanese authorities to drop criminal charges against some 100 activists arrested during last year's Sunflower protests.Amnesty International (AI) on Feb. 10...
View ArticleVietnam tilts to US in Pacific 'Great Game'
Text Vietnam's paramount leader Nguyen Phu Trong meets with Obama at the White House, as the US and China play a dangerous game of chicken over disputed islands.Here's another one to file under...
View ArticleTaiwan: protesters occupy Education Ministry
Text Student protesters are occupying the Education Ministry grounds in Taipei to demand an end to planned textbook revisions that emphasize the "One China" view of history.The Education Ministry in...
View ArticleTiananmen spectacle, historical revisionism
Text The massive spectacle in Beijing commemorating China's victory in the Sino-Japanese War was preceded by arrests of activists pushing a dissident version of the conflict's history.In a massive...
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Taiwan: indigenous demand land restitution
Text Taiwan's Aboriginal peoples have launched a new push for restitution of usurped lands and recognition of local autonomy for indigenous communities.taiwan_sm_2015.jpgLegislator Tien Chiu-chin of...
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Taipei presses South China Sea territorial claims
Text President Ma Ying-jeou's provocative visit to the disputed Spratly Islands seems aimed at pressing the incoming Tsai Ing-wen to adopt a "one China" position.YongxingIsland3.jpgTaiwan's President...
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Tiananmen dissident: Trump threat to freedom
Text Wuer Kaixi, veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests, called Donald Trump a threat to values of freedom after the candidate called the 1989 pro-democracy movement a...
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Vietnam: protests over massive fish deaths
Text Hanoi saw a rare public protest as hundreds demonstrated against a Taiwanese firm they accuse of causing mass fish deaths along 120 miles of Vietnam's central coast.vietnam_sm_2015.gifHanoi saw a...
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Hong Kong: 'localists' boycott Tiananmen vigil
Text The annual Hong Kong vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre took place amid a split, with the city's biggest student union boycotting.Third-Plenum-600x399.jpgThe annual Hong Kong...
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