In the midst of the territorial spat between the Philippines and China for claims over the Spratly Group of Islands, PAGASA is urging Filipinos to stop using the term South China Sea and start using a much more local name for the body of water west of our country, the Philippine West Sea. Science Undersecretary [...]
Japan announced that it will ask China to pay for damage to its patrol boats after a collision with a Chinese trawler that sparked tensions between Asia’s top two economies. “We will be asking for the boats to be returned to their original condition,” government spokesman Yoshito Sengoku said at a news conference. The trawler [...]
Japan continues to hold Zhan Qixiong, captain of the trawling ship involved in a collision with a Japanese Patrol Boat in the East China Sea. In response, China has suspended top-level exchanges with Japan. A foreign ministry statement aired via Chinese state television said that Japan’s decision to hold the captain had “seriously damaged Sino-Japan [...]
Guanghan, China – At least two carriages of a passenger train fell into a river as the bridge it was running on collapse under the strain. Passengers were evacuated minutes before a section of bridge fell, taking the two carriages with it. The passengers watched in horror as the fallen carriages were swept 200m downstream. [...]
Beijing, China – A North Korean airforce plane has crashed northeastern China earlier this week. Chinese authorities cited mechanical problems that caused the plane to lose direction and crash into a residential district, destroying one household. According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, Pyongyang has apologized to Beijing for the incident and the two sides [...]
There’s no question that China is on an aggressive stance with regards to it’s economic policy but it takes an achievement like overtaking Japan in terms of economic numbers to make the layman stop and wonder. China is now the world’s Second Largest Economy. According to Martin Schulz, a senior economist at Fujitsu Research Institute [...]
Beijing China – A fire at a gold mine in the notoriously dangerous mining sector of eastern China has killed 16 miners and trapped 7 more in the tunnels Saturday. More than 300 have been lifted to safety, state news agency Xinhua. More than 300 miners had been working underground when the blast occurred, a [...]
With the Green Dream Park, an environmental awareness project of China that will over run the area used for the 2008 Olympic Games, nearing it’s opening, they have unveiled a new attraction that is simply pure awesome, an Optimus Prime statue. This 40 foot tall replica of Optimus Prime (the movie version) is located northwest [...]
Qinghai, China – In 2008, it was discovered that batches of milk from provinces in mainland China had shipped milk contaminated with melamine. At least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill from drinking milk laced with the toxic substance. Two people last November for their role in the melamine-milk incident. Today, it [...]
