Japan ends its nuclear freeze with reactivation of reactors
A Japanese power company in the southern island of Kyushu on Aug. 11 re-activated the first nuclear reactor under the new nuclear safety guideline since the March 2011 Fukushima (more…)
China, Russia still can’t reach a deal on fifth generation Su-35s
The news of the marathon negotiation for Russia to sell China the world’s newest fighter jet, the fifth-generation Su-35s has resurfaced following hush-hush negotiations in Moscow. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Chinese fighter jet deal could make Iran top regional air power
Multiple sources in Russia and Israel have reported the near completion of one of the largest arms transactions in recent history. Iran plans to buy 150 Chinese supersonic J-10 (more…)
ASEAN foreign ministers collectively condemn Chinese reclamation
The entire ASEAN community, including China’s usually reliable client state Cambodia, has taken a rare united stand against China’s unilateral action of land reclamation in the South China Sea. (more…)
Taiwan’s former president: The Senkakus belong to Japan
The fiercely-disputed uninhabited Senkakus isles in East China Sea belong to Japan, not China, said Lee Teng-hui, the first-ever democratically elected government top execute in Chinese history. SUBSCRIBE l (more…)
USPACOM indicts China’s naval expansion in strongest terms yet
U.S. Pacific Command commander Adm. Harry Harris singled out China for disturbing the global commons, or resource domains that are independent of any one nation’s sovereignty, in the region. (more…)
U.S. Pacific Fleet commander joins surveillance flight, rattles China
Adm. Scott Swift, the newly appointed Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, made public a July 18 7-hour surveillance flight he joined onboard a P-8A Poseidon plane over the (more…)
Life sentences: Burma lowers the boom on illegal Chinese loggers
On July 22, a court in Myitkyina, Kachin State in northern Burma (Myanmar) sentenced 153 Chinese illegal loggers to life in prison and 2 underage youth 10 years in (more…)
Japan’s 2015 White Paper raises threat level on China provocations
Japan’s 2015 defense report placed unusual emphasis on China’s rapid development of large-scale oil drilling platforms just on the Chinese side of the maritime border between China and Japan. (more…)