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Posted on 27 November 2013. Tags: Beijing, China, concerns, defense, East, irks, over, zone

US concerns over East China Sea air defense zone irks Beijing A senior Chinese diplomat lodged solemn representation with US ambassador to China on Sunday over US response to Beijing’s East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said that China’s assistant … Full News here – Read more on WantChinaTimes

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Posted on 01 September 2013. Tags: Beijing, East, Middle, shortage, than, water, “Worse

Beijing Water Shortage “Worse Than Middle East” The per capita annual water availability is now around 120 cubic metres, well below the United Nations absolute water scarcity threshold and puts China’s capital city in a position of more severe water scarcity than some countries in the arid Middle … Full News here – Read more […]

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Posted on 05 July 2013. Tags: 2008, agreement, Beijing’s, China, DEVELOPMENT, East, undermines

Beijing’s gas development in East China Sea undermines 2008 agreement Beijing’s recent moves to develop a new gas field near the Japan-China median line in the East China Sea undermine a bilateral agreement signed five years ago to seek joint gas development in the area. In May 2008, then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo … Full News […]

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Posted on 12 September 2012. Tags: …, Anger, Beijing, boats, China, East, over, patrol, sends, Show, Tokyo

Beijing sends patrol boats to East China Sea in show of anger over Tokyo … The Beijing-sent vessels are a display of China’s outrage over Tokyo’s £16.4m purchase of the largely barren islands from their private owners last week. The quarrel over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan, has been heating up […]

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