China will set up new civilian patrols with a 5,000-ton vessel in the disputed South China Sea, state-run media said on Tuesday, in another move that could inflame territorial disputes. Beijing claims much of the waters and has put a vast swathe of it under the administration of Sansha city, in the contested Paracel
Read moreThe China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd (CNCo) and Swire Pacific Offshore Operations Pte. Ltd. (SPO), major international shipping companies based in the Asia-Pacific region, have joined the leading companies from a range of industries that are distinguishing themselves as members of the World Ocean Council (WOC) – the international business leadership alliance on Corporate
Read moreChina is to send a military ship to help protect a specially adapted U.S. vessel that will destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Syria is due to hand over deadly toxins which can be used to make sarin, VX gas and other lethal agents under an international agreement forged
Read moreThe Singapore Port Authority’s decision to pull out of a 40-year contract to operate the new Gwadar deep sea port in southwestern Pakistan, now to be taken over by the Chinese, is causing consternation in India and the United States. Located at the entrance of the Persian Gulf and about 460 km from Karachi,
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