Geography of Asia

Letters to the Editor, August 31, 2012

31 Aug 2012

Traders a real nuisance on border trains

As a regular traveller on the East Rail train between Tai Po and Lo Wu over the last few years, I have seen so many changes occur as a result of the...

Actions of HK Diaoyu activists have 'harmed China', state paper says

29 Aug 2012

The head of People's Daily's Japan-based partner news website says the actions of the Hong Kong activists who landed on the disputed Diaoyu Islands have "harmed" China by fuelling Sino-Japanese...

Diaoyu protesters cannot be allowed to hijack foreign policy

29 Aug 2012

After a group of activists who sailed from Hong Kong to the Diaoyu Islands was detained by Japan on August 15, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman issued a protest, calling the detentions "a...

Letters to the Editor, August 28, 2012

28 Aug 2012

Dispute will not be resolved in near future

It seems that China is trying its best to press its claim that the Diaoyu Islands are part of its territory.

Asia must resist pull of nationalism

25 Aug 2012

The recent visits - or invasions - depending on your point of view, by small groups of hot-headed but well-organised nationalists to isolated rocky islands shows just how intractable are questions...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Tom Holland

Signs of nightmare scenario in China's latest economic data

One man's island, another man's dream

You might know them as the Diaoyu or the Senkaku islands, but my people call them the Bezotteneijlanden, which once sheltered our ancestor Jakobus de Pechvogel, when he lived there as a castaway...

Diaoyu activists sail into Hong Kong to a heroes' welcome

The final members of a party that made an 11-day voyage to assert Chinese sovereignty over the Diaoyus sailed home to a heroes' welcome yesterday. But as they basked in the spotlight they raised a...

Bid to calm public after anti-Japanese protests in Shenzhen over Diaoyus

Mainland media attempted to calm public anger over the disputed Diaoyu Islands yesterday after an anti-Japanese protest turned ugly in Shenzhen at the weekend.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Taiwan warns of Spratly Islands training drill

Taiwan has risked angering its neighbours by warning that it will stage a five-day live-fire drill in the disputed Spratly Islands.

Foreign ministry spokesman Steve Hsia said the training...

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Diaoyu activists from Hong Kong played Beijing's game, analysts say

As Japan agreed to deport the Hong Kong Diaoyu activists, many analysts said they believed their actions had been tacitly approved by Beijing, to contain mounting calls on the mainland for tough...

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Chief Executive C.Y. Leung summons Japanese envoy over arrest of HK activists

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying summoned the Japanese consul-general yesterday amid a flurry of diplomatic protests following the arrest by Japan's coastguard of 14 activists from Hong Kong, Macau...