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How Beijing flipped the South China Sea game with a single island
Some observers predict that the island will become China's most advanced military facility and most important strategic base in the South China Sea, with the potential to reach 60 sq km (23 square ...
Five extraordinary night-time experiences around the world
From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...
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PLA decries US-Philippine air drill over South China Sea as tensions escalate
The Chinese military conducted routine airspace patrols over Scarborough Shoal on Tuesday, coinciding with a Philippine Air Force exercise with the US above the South China Sea, in a continuing ...
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Map Shows Chinese 'Monster Ship' Movements in South China Sea
and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan. You can get in touch with Micah by emailing [email protected]. Beijing claims most of the South China Sea as its territory, within its dashed ...
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Fiery Cross Reef
Although China is not the first state to build an airstrip in the South China Sea, it is the first state to employ island-building technologies to transform a contested maritime ...
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US Ally Challenges Chinese Ships As Dispute Flares Up
He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between ... over most of the trade-heavy South China Sea as its territory, rejecting the ...
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New China satellite photos of D-Day-style landing barges making experts sweat
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing has, for the past decade, been steadily ramping up tensions against the 23 million-strong island ... China’s interests in the South China Sea ...
Market Commentary: The Dog That Does More Than Bark
Sinking yields lessened the intense pressure on EM currencies, pressure which had forced 'doom loop' EM currency intervention ...
Live Updates: Trump to Impose Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum Imports
Mr. Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on metals is not new. In his first term, the president levied tariffs on foreign steel ...
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‘Built extremely quickly’: New China pics making experts sweat
The island has since transitioned to a ... but rather for a range of operations that might address China’s interests in the South China Sea, across the region, and even around the world.” ...
One thing to do in EVERY country before you die
Uncover the best bucket-list experience in every country, from iconic landmarks and stunning natural wonders to cultural ...
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Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense
The PRC views the island ... the 2010 Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement [PDF], in which they agreed to lift barriers to trade. China and Taiwan resumed direct sea, air ...