Two Chinese patrol ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, further heightening the tensions over the uninhabited archipelago claimed both by Tokyo and Beijing. Japan’s Coast Guard said the Chinese vessels entered Japanese waters on Friday, despite their warnings to stop. China’s official news agency, Xinhua, Thursday quoted […]
2 Chinese Vessels Enter Japan’s Waters Near Disputed Islands
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Protesters Condemn Japanese Move to Nationalize Islands
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing Thursday to condemn Japan’s move to nationalize a disputed island chain in the East China Sea. The protesters called for Japan to leave the uninhabited islands — known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese — and for a boycott of Japanese products. Chinese […]
Pol Pot’s Sister-in-Law Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial, Released
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Cambodia’s United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal has ordered the release of Ieng Thirith, the aging sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. On Thursday, the court said the 80-year-old – once dubbed the “First Lady” of the Khmer Rouge – is unfit to stand trial for genocide because of a degenerative illness, likely Alzheimer’s […]
Vietnam Threatens ‘Serious’ Punishment for Bloggers
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam’s government has ordered a crackdown on three blogs who it says published “distorted and fabricated” material against the country’s Communist Party leaders. An online government statement says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered police to investigate the blogs, vowing that perpetrators will be “seriously punished.” Government employees have been forbidden from visiting the […]
Rights Watchdog Slams Thai Refugee Policies
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Human Rights Watch is blasting what it calls Thailand’s “arbitrary” policies toward refugees that it says leave thousands vulnerable to arrest and deportation. In a report Thursday, the rights monitoring group documented Thailand’s treatment of the estimated 140,000 refugees bunched in camps along Thailand’s border with Burma. The report said refugees living within the remote […]
Pol Pot’s Sister-in-Law Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial, Released
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
Cambodia’s United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal has ordered the release of Ieng Thirith, the aging sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. On Thursday, the court said the 80-year-old – once dubbed the “First Lady” of the Khmer Rouge – is unfit to stand trial for genocide because of a degenerative illness, likely Alzheimer’s […]
Chinese State Media Mention Xi, as Rumors Continue
Posted September 13th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Chinese state media have mentioned leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping for the first time since he mysteriously disappeared from public life 12 days ago. The official Guangxi Daily said Wednesday that Xi, currently vice president, joined other top leaders in expressing condolences to the family of a Communist Party official who died last week. The article did […]
China Cancels Invite to Japanese Lawmakers, Retaliating for Islands Move
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
Japanese media say the Chinese Communist Party has canceled an invitation for a Japanese delegation to visit Beijing, in the first sign of Chinese diplomatic retaliation for a Japanese move to nationalize disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Japanese news reports quote sources as saying Chinese authorities informed the Japanese delegation of the […]
N.Korea Rejects Emergency Aid from Seoul
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Flood-stricken North Korea has rejected South Korea’s offer of emergency food aid following a disagreement over what supplies were to be given. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Wednesday that Pyongyang objected to the contents of the proposed shipment, which was to include flour, instant noodles, and medicine. Last year, the North rejected a similar shipment of […]
Still No Word on Xi, as Rumors Swirl
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
Chinese officials and state media remained silent Wednesday on the status of the country’s leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, as rumors continued to swirl regarding his 11-day absence from public life. At a regular press briefing, China’s foreign ministry again refused to provide any details on the Chinese vice president, who was expected in just a few […]
