South China Sea weaponized as fortifications sprout on islands
From Newsmax China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported Wednesday, citing new satellite imagery. The Asia…
Guyana Is Proof of the Pitfalls of Chinese Aid and Investment in the Caribbean
By Jared Ward From World Politics Review The small developing nations dotting the Caribbean have recently become sites for massive amounts of foreign aid from China. Large Chinese-built infrastructure projects and millions in investments have taken their place next to…
One picture perfectly illustrates China’s biggest problem in the Pacific
By Alex Lockie From Business Insider In the picture above, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, shakes hands with the Philippines’ secretary of national defense, Voltaire Gazmin, aboard the back of a V-22 Osprey as it flies over the South…
Chinese government has ordered online news sites to stop producing original reporting
By Elian Peltier, VICE News From Business Insider It’s the latest step in a gradual crackdown on the media that has been taking place since President Xi Jinping came into power. Reuters When floods killed at least 154 people in…
Caribbean, beware the South China Sea disputes
From Jamaica Observer The Caribbean had better keep a close watch on the continuing disputes in the South China Sea between China and other Asian countries, notably Japan. China has claimed sovereignty over various small sand banks in the area…
Important shipping lane could become ‘China’s Caribbean’
By HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei senior staff writer From Nikkei TOKYO — The South China Sea will essentially be “a Chinese lake” by 2030, according to a recent study by a U.S. think tank. The report sounds the alarm about China’s…
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China’s mandate of Communism poisons Dalai Lama’s reincarnation
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling “But of course, religion is poison!” exclaimed Mao Zedong to Tenzin Gyatso, the “Great Fourteenth” Dalai Lama of Tibet.(1) Though initially impressed by China’s first communist leader and promise to modernize Tibet and interest…
Two lighthouses in Spratlys solidify China’s territorial stake
Xinhua and Staff Reporter From Want ChinaTimes China’s Ministry of Transport held a completion ceremony for the construction of the Huayang and Chigua Lighthouses on Huayang Reef, built on disputed Nansha (Spratly) island territory. The ceremony has marked the start…
Six reefs in disputed Spratlys turned into islets by China
From Want China Times China’s proactive campaign to assert its territorial claims over most of the South China Sea has taken another step after satellite images revealed that six reefs in the disputed Spratly Islands have been effectively turned into…
Philippines’ first typhoon since Haiyan approaching
From Dr Jeff Masters Weather Underground The Philippines Islands are bracing for the impact of Typhoon Rammasun, the islands’ first typhoon since the devastating strike by Category 5 Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Haiyan was the deadliest and most…
