The U.S. wants to create some disorder in the South China Sea, but not total chaos. It hopes that the Philippines will continue to cause trouble, allowing Washington to claim that the Philippines' security, especially in the South China Sea, is threatened by China. Consequently, Washington ...
Steven Groves: It's China who is a party to the treaty who doesn't obey the rules of the road. They're the ones getting into near collisions with U.S. uh vessels in the South China Sea. The United States respects and adheres to international law. It is ...
The People's Republic of China has not made a single new territorial claim. Although it patrols the South China Sea and works to protect its trade routes and to prevent any potential blockade being imposed by the United States, it has never once impeded international trade. So when the Unit...
British Airways is opening two new routes to Italy this summer - but does the claim that they could be cheaper holiday options stack up? The airline will offer direct flights from London to Rimini on the Adriatic Coast and Salerno on the Amalfi Coast from May. ...
This is not just about the north-south divide at the UN in condemning the invasion; it’s about the alienation of civil society and ordinary folk from the global order. Which begs the question as to whether the very adoption of the rules of global order has been systematically s...
China has never been very explicit as to precisely what the claim includes but it has been persistent in seeking to advance the claim. This has especially been the case since Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam have begun to advance their own claims to parts of the South China Sea, which...
and anyway, if it does rain a bit in the winter, it makes you appreciate the sunny weather when it comes along. Where i live, in the south west, at the moment (although it is winter) the weather is extremely good - fairly dry, blue sky, warm, windy and generally really good for ...
Question 4: What does the report say about the birth of the new baby elephant? C) It was smooth. News report 3 Three years ago, a couple was enjoying a meal at a beach restaurant. The restaurant was built on a wooden structure above the sea water. During the meal, the man's weddin...
You might wonder how I can claim that conservatives favor deflation? Well look at the sentence that preceded Forbes sarcastic dismissal of markets: In late November China’s ruling Politburo declared that the nation’s monetary and fiscal promiscuity will continue into 2010. ...
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with the release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount.