President Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Xi Jinping of China may meet for the first time at the upcoming APEC summit. Abe has reportedly agreed to significant concessions regarding the disputed Senkaku Islands. The leaders of Japan and China have not met since taking their current positions on the status of the Islands in 2012. Abe is … Read more
The Pentagon has confirmed that it will go forward with plans made public last month to sail US Navy ships to the contested Spratly Islands, where China is undertaking large construction projects. The Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer U.S.S. LASSEN (DDG-82) has been deployed to the South China Sea, sending a message to Beijing that China’s recent claims to … Read more
Forgetting about blog writing, there are still various types of writing published on a news site. These commonly include opinion, analysis, commentary and editorial. * Opinion writing What does it look like when someone expresses an opinion? Tibet should be free. The Senkaku Islands are the territory of Japan. Police should wear body cameras. Politics … Read more
In what is considered to be a significant step towards resuming political and economic relations between the two contentious Asian superpowers, the leaders of Japan and China have publicly admitted that each nation has a claim to Japan’s Senkaku Islands and other territory in the East China Sea which China began to claim last year. Both sides … Read more
Dec 8. South Korea has announced the extension of its air defense zone (to take effect Dec. 15). The new zone overlaps the zones claimed by Japan and China. In the East China Sea a dispute arose Nov. 23 when China announced new borders for its air defense zone, and warned that all aircraft entering … Read more