NHK has learned a South Korean naval ship beamed fire-control radar toward a Japanese patrol plane multiple times and it continued to do so for a period of time. Defense Ministry officials informed NHK of the findings from an investigation by the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The MSDF has confirmed that a South Korean destroyer beamed fire-control radar at its P-1… Read more »
Japan’s Defense Ministry has restated its protest against a South Korean naval ship for directing fire-control radar at a Japanese patrol plane. The incident Thursday involved a South Korean destroyer and a P-1 patrol aircraft of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. It took place over the Sea of Japan off the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. Japan first lodged a protest… Read more »
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — Lawrence Lau, former vice president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, still vividly remembers his trip to the Chinese mainland in 1979. “I saw fried dough sticks and baked sesame seed cakes along the streets. They looked fairly tasty and were only five cents each,” Lau recalled. “But the vendors wouldn’t allow me to… Read more »
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — China Thursday expressed firm opposition to the United States on its signing into law of the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018, saying it is a gross interference in China’s domestic affairs and sent a seriously wrong message to “Tibetan independence” forces. The U.S. act has seriously violated the basic norms of international relations… Read more »
China has just granted Canada access to both detainees that were arrested in China following Canada’s arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanshou. Canada was very upset of the fact that Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were arrested in China’s retaliation to the arrest of Wanshou. Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau had told China that these arrests were “unacceptable”… Read more »
The environment is probably the most important part of the world that we live in. Even though issues concerning the environment are frequently in the news, they don’t seem to be as popular as other issues such as political and military conflicts. Without the environment our world is doomed. In Malaysia, the Malayan tiger is in danger of becoming extinct…. Read more »
China has been investing a lot of resources into their ship building programs, specifically their aircraft carriers. The Chinese government has invested in a new aircraft carrier as well as updating their old one with new technologies. The new carrier has new technologies that allow for more room to be used for the launching and storing of aircraft. Their old… Read more »
The EU and Japan made a deal that will allow personal data from EU countries to seamlessly flow between them and Japan. This is extremely important for business. With a globalized world people need to be able to easily connect. How ever uncomfortable it makes me that businesses and other governments have access to a lot of information about myself… Read more »
Scores of workers at China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC), whose former general manager has been accused of selling state secrets – a crime punishable by death – have been schooled in how to protect classified information.SCMP TODAY: INTL EDITIONGet updates direct to your inboxE-mail *By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy According to a statement released on social media, the company… Read more »
The bodies of six fur seal pups have been found decapitated in a popular bay on New Zealand’s South Island. The 11-month-old seals were discovered on Monday by a tourism operator in Scenery Nook in Christchurch, said the Department of Conservation (DOC). The seals’ heads could not be found and the DOC believe the seals were killed elsewhere before being… Read more »