Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
The appearance of these new islands has happened suddenly and is a dramatic new move in a longstanding territorial struggle in the South China Sea. At the beginning of this year, the Chinese presence in the Spratly...
Monday, April 21st, 2014
Japan has begun construction work on a military radar station near a string of islands that is at the centre of a territorial dispute with China. Correspondents say the move will anger Beijing as it may allow...
Monday, December 30th, 2013
Maps created by Chinese government-affiliated publishers after the 1949 establishment of the People’s Republic of China and until July 1971 had no reference to Diaoyu, the Chinese name of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China...
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Taiwan’s intention to spend $112 million on the dock as part of a broader three-year infrastructure plan would raise its profile in the heavily contested South China Sea at a critical time as other claimants retrench. The...
Friday, September 21st, 2012
China issued a thematic map on the Diaoyu Islands (known as Senkaku in Japan) and its affiliated islands. China News Survice reported on Thursday that the maps are available in book stores in main cities across the country. National...
Monday, August 27th, 2012
Sansha, a new prefecture-level city in the South China Sea, which was established, last month launched its first infrastructure projects. Undeterred by protests lodged by Vietnam over establishment of a new city in the disputed islands, China...
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
China on Tuesday officially launched its state-run mapping website that rivals Google Earth, showing Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in Jammu and Kashmir -- two key areas of dispute with India -- as part of its territory....
