Companies also have been pressured to change how maps show China’s border with India and disputed areas of the South China Sea. Beijing uses access to China’s huge consumer market as leverage to pressure brands to conform to its official positions. They usually comply, but Xinjiang is unusua...
China's claim to a large part of the South China Sea (SCS) is indicated by a specific cartographic convention, the U-shaped (or dashed) line, shown on its official maps. The line has become an important element in Western popular discourse concerning the geopolitics of the SCS. This ...
Gaza and Israel Map Conflict October 2023-The region of Israel and Gaza has been a focal point of geopolitical tensions for decades. Rooted in a complex web of historical, political, and cultural discord, the ongoing conflict reflects larger narratives of territorial disputes and identity crises. ...
The region of Israel and Gaza has been a focal point of geopolitical tensions for decades. Rooted in a complex web of historical, political, and cultural discord, the ongoing conflict reflects larger narratives of territorial disputes and identity crises. This article delves into the recent escalati...
. The Luzon Strait inflow is at its height during the winter months creating — with the help of the northeasterly monsoon winds — a current flowing down the coasts of China and Vietnam and large-scale counter-clockwise circulation of the South China Sea (ibid.). On average, the speed ...
Major red line zones in Asia include the South China Sea and Taiwan. In Europe, repeated transgressions and muted responses in Ukraine are increasing risk tolerance. In the Middle East, red line violations are driving the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran (and its regional proxies). ...
The power struggle between China and the United States was thrust into daylight last week when a Chinese jet intercepted a US naval patrol plane over the South China Sea. After the fact, the US military claimed its plane had been flying routine patrols in international airspace. The Chinese ...
This is due to a number of factors, such as ineffective central planning, high levels of illiteracy, low self-esteem, limited access to foreign capital, remnants of colonialism, the slave trade, and the Cold War, as well as frequent tribal and military conflict. Its overall nominal GDP ...
China's claim to a large part of the South China Sea (SCS) is indicated by a specific cartographic convention, the U-shaped (or dashed) line, shown on its official maps. The line has become an important element in Western popular discourse concerning the geopolitics of the SCS. This paper...
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The