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Map Shows Where China Is Imposing Fishing Ban on Neighbors
China's annual moratorium covers waters claimed by several countries with ongoing territorial disputes with the East Asian power.
Japan and China accuse each other of violating airspace near disputed islands
Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, ...
China claims an island in the South China Sea. Satellite images show Beijing's growing power-hungry struggle in the region.
China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.
Indonesia's Bali island hit by power outage
Power has started returning in most areas affected by an outage in Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday, officials said, and efforts were continuing to fully restore services.
The Economist5d
Chinese military exercises foreshadow a blockade of Taiwan
As a country prone to typhoons and earthquakes, Taiwan has a comparatively good system of civil defence. But surviving ...
US Missiles Fall Short In Long-Range Game With China
The US is arming up for a Pacific missile race but China may already be playing on a larger board.Last month, the US Senate ...
World Policy Hub5d
China’s Policies and Mechanisms to Establish Its Presence in the Pacific Islands
The increasing engagement of China in the Pacific Islands indicates a significant shift in the regional balance of power, reflecting a facet of the ...
Philippines says China has not seized disputed South China Sea reef
The Philippines said on Monday there was no truth to news reports that Beijing has seized control of a disputed reef in the ...
Indian Defence Review10d
The Wallace Line: The Invisible Barrier No Species Can Cross Has Baffled Scientists for Centuries!
The Wallace Line, the invisible barrier that divides Asia and Australia, remains a mystery—until now. Scientists have ...
Indo Spice puts a new region on the map of South Philly’s Indonesian delights
An 8-foot-long wooden map of Indonesia spans a wall just beyond the entrance of Indo Spice on West Passyunk Avenue. It ...
AOL14d
Pope Francis’s death mourned by fans across southeast Asia where he transformed status of Church
Millions of faithful across Southeast Asia are mourning the death of Pope Francis ... to promote interfaith dialogue amid geopolitical tensions across the world. In the tiny island nation of ...
TASS Russian News Agency15d
"The land becomes irrevocable part of state when put on the map." The history of Yakutsk
The contribution and scale of the directly linked First and Second Kamchatka Expeditions cannot be overestimated. In the 18th century, research covered Eurasia's northern coast, the entire Siberia, ...