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The Latest: China, Japan spar over disputed seas

November 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Leaders from 21 countries and self-governing territories are gathered in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Nov. 17. The meeting’s official agenda is focused on trade, business and economic issues but terrorism, South China Sea disputes and climate change are also set to be in focus. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, APEC, Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry, East China Sea, Gregory Domingo, Hong Lei, MANILA, Pacific Rim, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert, Philippine Navy, Philippines, South China Sea, Southeast Asian, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, japan

Thousands rally as Hong Kong braces for democracy

June 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of people, many holding yellow umbrellas, marched in Hong Kong on Sunday to urge lawmakers to vote down Beijing-backed election reforms that sparked huge street protests last year, although the turnout was lower than organizers had expected. With a crucial vote on the southern Chinese […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Civil Human Rights Front, Hong Kongers, Hong Lei, Louis Cheung, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, attention

China says new air routes needed to ease its flight delays

January 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — New commercial flight routes off China’s southeast coast are intended to ease chronic flight delays, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday, without commenting on Taiwan’s concerns they could affect flight safety in its airspace.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, Central News Agency, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, Pearl River Delta, Taiwan Strait, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30

Flag-raising by Taiwan in Washington riles China

January 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Monday it was not given advance notice about a New Year’s flag-raising ceremony at the residence of Taiwan’s representative to Washington that has angered China.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Jen Psaki, New Year, Obama, Shen Lyu-shun, State Department, Taiwan Strait, Twin Oaks, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

Kenny G distances self from Hong Kong protesters

October 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Smooth jazz star Kenny G insisted Thursday that he’s not a foreign provocateur supporting Hong

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Going Home, Hong Kong, Hua Chunying, Kenny G, Leung Chun-ying, Vol 33 No 45 | November 1 - November 7, social media

Vietnam allows anti-China protest over oil rig in Paracel Islands

May 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam allowed several hundred demonstrators to stage a noisy rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on May 11 against Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig in the contested South China Sea that has triggered a tense standoff and raised fears of confrontation.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, ASEAN, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese Embassy, Chinese Foreign Ministry, HANOI, Ho Chi Minh City, Hua Chunying, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nguyen Xuan Hien, South China Sea, South Sea, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23

Japan talk of warning shots heats up China dispute

January 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan says it may fire warning shots to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between Tokyo and Beijing that raises concerns that a dispute over hotly contested islands could spin out of control.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, China News Service, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Christopher Bodeen, East China Sea, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, Japanese F-15s, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Qin Gang, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Taiwan, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 5 | January 26 - February 1, attention

Beijing’s rivals protest new passport map

December 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annie Huang The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has enraged several neighbors with a few dashes on a map, printed in its newly revised passports that show it staking its claim on the entire South China Sea and even Taiwan.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese Embassy, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, India, Luong Thanh Nghi, Mainland Affairs Council, Malaysia, Oliver Teves, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 49 | December 1 - December 7

Chinese warships cross waters near Japanese territorial islands

October 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Japanese military officials said they were keeping a close eye on seven Chinese warships spotted in waters off a southern island Tuesday, Oct. 16. It was unclear whether the ship movements were related to a territorial dispute that has prompted both countries to show off […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Asia Pacific, Beijing, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Defense Minister Morimoto, Defense Ministry, East China Sea, Hong Lei, Nearby Taiwan, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, japan

Japanese, Chinese ships exchange warnings

September 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Chinese and Japanese government ships exchanged warnings Friday, Sept. 14, in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, while Tokyo called on Beijing to protect its citizens amid anti-Japan protests and reported assaults in China.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese Marine Surveillance, Diaoyu Islands, East China Sea, Elaine Kurtenbach, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura, Japanese Coast Guard, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Mari Yamaguchi, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, State-controlled China Central Television, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 39 | September 22 - September 28, Yasuhiko Oku, Yasukuni Shrine, Yoshiyuki Terakado

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