Boyuan announces change in auditor Mar 30, 2009
TORONTO, March 30 /CNW/ - Boyuan Construction Group, Inc., a leading builder of commercial, residential and municipal infrastructure projects in China's fast-growing regions of the Yangtze River Delta and the city of Sanya on Hainan Island, announced today that in connection with its reverse takeover of SND Energy Ltd., as previously announced on March 3, 2009 and March 11, 2009, that Manning Elliot LLP will be replacing Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP as auditor of the Company ... From its... (Canada Newswire)
US concerned over assertive China Mar 26, 2009
The Pentagon noted China's construction of large naval base on Hainan Island "with direct access to vital international sea lanes". offering "the potential for stealthy deployment of submarines into the deep waters of the South China Sea". (BBC News -- Americas)
China's Flash of Maritime Muscle May Signal Push for Power in Asian Seas Mar 25, 2009
Just eight weeks after Obamas inauguration, the Chinese boats crowded dangerously close to the American surveillance and demanded it leave waters about 75 miles south of Hainan Island, Chinas southern-most province, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, which sent a warship escort. China said the U.S. broke international law by spying close to its shores. (Bloomberg)
Indonesia's Obama,Washington's Indonesia Mar 25, 2009
On March 8, Chinese vessels harassed an American intelligence-gathering ship in disputed waters south of China's naval base on Hainan island. I asked a panel of Indonesian defense-policy analysts and officials whether they supported Beijing's or Washington's view of the incident. (Asia Times Online)
US Posts Videos of High-seas Encounter With China on YouTube Mar 23, 2009
"Impeccable was conducting routine survey operations in international waters 75 miles south of Hainan Island when it was harassed by five Chinese vessels," the U.S. Navy said in a brief statement on March 8. The Chinese government interpreted the events differently. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Naked aggression Mar 20, 2009
According to the Americans, their unarmed ship Impeccable, under naval supervision but with a civilian crew, was peacefully surveying the ocean floor in international waters about 120km (75 miles) south of China s Hainan Island (see map). Five Chinese boats naval and civilian approached her on March 8th. (The Economist)
Escalation At Sea Mar 20, 2009
Moreover, it was operating off Hainan Island, where the Chinese have built a large, protected submarine base. China's maritime strength is heavily dependent on its growing submarine fleet--currently at 65 boats, and including diesel-electric and nuclear-powered attack submarines and nuclear-powered ballis 00004000 tic missile subs. (CBS News)
Gates: Sino-US military ties steadily improving Mar 20, 2009
The Pentagon complained earlier last week that the U.S. surveillance ship, the USNS Impeccable, was confronted by Chinese ships on March 8 in areas off China's Hainan Island. China rejected the U.S. accusation and said the U.S. surveillance ship was operating "illegally" within its exclusive economic zone. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chicago in the News Mar 20, 2009
Yang, who is Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, said the incident is similar to a 2001 event in which an American spy plane landed on Hainan Island after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet, but unlike the spy plane clash, the ships in this case had already parted and so it will be much easier to calm things down. Report puts price on gun violence ABC-7 Chicago and the Chicago Tribune featured a new study from the University of Chicago Crime Lab, which estimated that gun violence... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
China 'to step up naval patrols' Mar 20, 2009
In an incident earlier this month, the US Navy complained that a naval survey vessel was "harassed" by Chinese ships in what it called international waters off Hainan Island, south China. China rejected the complaint, accusing the US of breaking international law by operating in its Exclusive Economic Zone. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* US-Chinese contacts are imperative for military Mar 17, 2009
The surveillance ship Impeccable resumed her mission, mapping the treacherous sea floor, islands, atolls, rocks, banks and reefs, and gathering intelligence on Chinese submarines based on Hainan Island, 120km away. This confrontation, however, was far more than a skirmish at sea. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Hainan Island, a Chinese tropical haven Mar 16, 2009
Launching my surfboard from the beach on Hainan Island, I paddle out to catch a wave. Hainan Island has often been called the Chinese Hawaii, and indeed, it is the only tropical beach destination in China ... Map: Hainan Island, China. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
* US ups ante in South China Sea by sending destroyer Mar 15, 2009
In the meantime, the Pentagon has made it abundantly clear that despite aggressive harassment from five small Chinese vessels, the USNS Impeccable X a surveillance ship X will continue on its controversial mission to map the ocean floor near the Chinese submarine base on Hainan Island ... The harassment occurred in the South China Sea about 120km south of Hainan Island. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
U.S. Destroyer Escorts Surveillance Ship in South China Sea, Pentagon Says Mar 14, 2009
The encounter occurred in international waters in the South China Sea, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Hainan Island and was preceded by days of increasingly aggressive conduct by Chinese vessels, the Defense Department said. The previous acts included a March 4 incident when a Chinese Bureau of Fisheries Patrol vessel used a high-intensity spotlight to illuminate the entire length of the ocean surveillance ship USNS Victorious several times, the U.S. said. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
* Sailor standoff a cold shower for US-China ties Mar 14, 2009
Chinese military officials went further, hinting that the Impeccable, an unarmed US ocean surveillance vessel intercepted last Sunday off Hainan island by five Chinese ships, was on a spying mission. If so, this would be unsurprising. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Obama calls for more dialogue with Beijing Mar 14, 2009
The United States said five Chinese ships improperly surrounded and harassed the Impeccable off Hainan Island on Sunday. Yang also met with Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, a retired US Marine Corps general. (Boston Globe)
China-US spat a drop in the ocean Mar 14, 2009
HONG KONG - Tensions over a China-United States naval standoff in the South China Sea seem to be rising, with the US sending an armed destroyer to escort the US Navy surveillance ship which was confronted by Chinese vessels near Hainan Island last weekend ... It is clear that Chinese vessels confronted the US surveillance ship because it thought it was violating Chinese sovereignty, making the standoff similar in some ways to the air collision eight years ago over Hainan Island. (Asia Times Online)
Couples therapy for the `Odd couple' Mar 14, 2009
It was sailing in international waters south of China's Hainan Island, and, interestingly enough, not that far east of Vietnam. Hanoi didn't complain, but Beijing did. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
U.S. destroyer sent to guard ship near China Mar 14, 2009
The arrival of the destroyer underscores the Pentagon's determination to continue with the surveillance mission in spite of China's claims that it represents an illegal military activity - aimed, according to Chinese experts, at monitoring submarine activity south of Hainan Island. It also signaled heightened U.S.-China tensions on a day when President Obama met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the White House. (San Francisco Chronicle)
U.S. Destroyers Head to South China Sea After Standoff Mar 13, 2009
The US government has protested to Chinese authorities over the incident, which occurred in the South China Sea, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Hainan Island. Copyright 2009 AFP. All rights reserved. (Newsmax)
US and China try to resolve row Mar 13, 2009
China has a key submarine base on Hainan island, 75 miles north of where Sunday's incident occurred. Dispute unresolved. (BBC News -- Americas)
Is Obama Failing the Foreign Affairs Test? Mar 13, 2009
The Impeccable, operating in the South China Sea seventy-five miles off the coast of Hainan Island (a major PRC Naval and submarine base), was repeatedly buzzed by PRC Y-12 Maritime Patrol Aircraft and then surrounded by no less than five PRC vessels ... George W. Bush was in office for less than 40 days when a PRC J-8 fighter, harassing a U.S. Navy EP-3 seventy miles off Hainan Island collided with the slower, less maneuverable U.S. surveillance plane. (Human Events Online)
US tries to play down naval confrontation with China Mar 12, 2009
AFP/US Navy Two Chinese trawlers stop in front of the USNS Impeccable, forcing the ship to conduct an emergency "all ; WASHINGTON (Reuters) The United States sought on Wednesday to play down a confrontation between Chinese and U.S. naval vessels as the two sides held high-level talks on reviving growth and reining in North Korea's nuclear program. Tensions between the two countries rose over a weekend incident in the South China Sea in which five Chinese ships jostled with a U.S. Navy survey... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
CHINA TESTS - AND TEAM BAM BLINKS Mar 12, 2009
Beijing dispatched five ships to shadow and intimidate the unarmed US research vessel, which was conducting ocean surveillance in the vicinity of Hainan Island off southern China ... They're involved in a major naval build-up, especially on Hainan Island; as part of it, at least some of China's new Jin-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile subs will make once-secret Sanya naval base their home port. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Sea Power: China's Shots Across Our Bow Mar 12, 2009
Last May we reported that the Chinese were building a massive naval base on Hainan Island near the town of Sanya as the future home of its ballistic missile submarine fleet ... Analysts for Janes Intelligence Review reported massive tunnel entrances at the Yulin naval base near the town of Sanya on the southern tip of Hainan Island. (Investors Business Daily)
* Taiwan driving Chinese military goals Mar 12, 2009
On Tuesday, Blair said that the confrontation was the most serious military incident involving the two powers since a US spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet near Hainan island in April 2001. Hans Kristensen, director of the nuclear information project for the Federation of American Scientists, said that it was all part of a wider and dangerous cat and mouse game between US and Chinese submarines and their hunters. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
China Naval Officers Bash U.S Navy 'Villains' Mar 12, 2009
Five Chinese boats jostled on Sunday with a U.S. Navy survey vessel off China's southern Hainan island, a major base for Beijing's expanding navy. A U.S. intelligence official has said the confrontation showed China's increasingly aggressive military stance in the South China Sea. (Newsmax)
US and China 'vow to avoid rows' Mar 12, 2009
The Pentagon says five Chinese ships harassed an unarmed US navy surveillance vessel in a dangerous manner while it was on routine operations in international waters 75 miles (120km) south of Hainan island ... The boundaries of China's EEZ remain disputed, while Beijing and Washington differ on which activities are permitted by law within a nation's EEZ. China has a key submarine base on Hainan island. (BBC News -- Americas)
China faults US on naval incident Mar 11, 2009
The latest confrontation between US surveillance craft and Chinese coastal defenses took place in international waters in the South China Sea about 75 miles south of China's Hainan Island, the home of numerous Chinese naval installations. Observers said Beijing appeared to be asserting its claim to refuse rights to foreign navies wanting to carry out surveillance within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone. (Boston Globe)
U.S.-China tension complicates minister's visit Mar 11, 2009
The United States accused China of harassing the U.S. ship, the USNS Impeccable, in international waters off China's Hainan island, site of a major submarine base and other naval installations. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing filed a protest with China. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
U.S. navy provoked South China Sea incident, China says Mar 11, 2009
The Pentagon said the confrontation took place in the South China Sea, about 120 kilometers, or 75 miles, from Hainan Island, where China has an underground naval complex with submarine caves. A U.S. Navy photograph obtained by The New York Times showed a Chinese sailor holding a long pole, and a navy spokesman confirmed that the Chinese had used a grappling hook to try to snag a cable that the Impeccable was using to tow an underwater listening device known as a Surtass array. (International Herald Tribune)
* PRC tells US to put an end to illegal naval activities Mar 11, 2009
The US said it had formally protested to Chinese authorities over Sundays incident in the South China Sea, about 120km south of Chinas Hainan Island in international waters. The dispute added a new dimension to fragile military relations between the world powers, which had enjoyed a brief period of slight optimism after they held defense talks last month. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Chinese leader rules out West's democracy path Mar 11, 2009
The incident took place on Sunday about 120 kilometres off the coast of Hainan island, just south of the Chinese mainland. The US vessel, the Impeccable, was conducting a surveillance mission that involved towing sonar equipment designed for anti-submarine warfare, Pentagon officials said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
China navy officers harangue U.S. over ocean spat Mar 11, 2009
AFP/US Navy Two Chinese trawlers stop in front of the USNS Impeccable, forcing the ship to conduct an emergency "all ; BEIJING (Reuters) Senior Chinese navy officers poured scorn on the United States in the wake of a weekend naval confrontation, with one saying the "Americans are villains crying foul" as fallout between the two giants simmered. In comments carried by the official China News Service, Chinese officers repeated their government's view that a U.S. naval vessel had violated the... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
U.S. protests China's ship harassment Mar 11, 2009
Blair, a former four-star commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said a naval standoff Monday near Hainan Island is a troubling sign that China has adopted a more aggressive military posture toward U.S. Navy surveillance ships and is the latest in a series of incidents in international waters ... The oceanographic ship was 70 miles south of Hainan Island carrying out routine ocean survey operations in international waters when the Chinese ship and other government vessels approached it, d... (Insight on the News)
Chinese ships 'harass' US vessel Mar 10, 2009
The incident happened as the USNS Impeccable was on routine operations in international waters 75 miles (120km) south of Hainan island, a US statement said. The ships "aggressively manoeuvred" around the Impeccable "in an apparent co-ordinated effort to harass the US ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters", according to the Pentagon. (BBC News -- Americas)
China says activity by US ship illegal Mar 10, 2009
The episode took place in international waters in the South China Sea, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Hainan Island. The USNS Impeccable, a surveillance ship, resorted to spraying one Chinese vessel with water from fire hoses to force it away. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
US protests 'harassment' by Chinese... Mar 10, 2009
Sunday's incident near Hainan Island is reminiscent of a much more dramatic foreign policy crisis with China that played out in the same area. The forced landing of a U.S. spy plane and China's seizure of the crew in April 2001 came just four months into President George W. Bush's tenure. (The Drudge Report)
Chinese ships harassed US Navy vessel, says Pentagon Mar 10, 2009
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U.S. accuses the Chinese of harassing naval vessel Mar 10, 2009
Officials of the U.S. Defense Department said the incident took place on Sunday in international waters in the South China Sea, south of Hainan Island, after several days of "increasingly aggressive" acts by Chinese ships in the region. U.S. officials said a protest was to be delivered to Beijing's military attach. (International Herald Tribune)
U.S.: Chinese ships harass Navy Mar 10, 2009
Defense officials said the incident took place in international waters in the South China Sea, about 75 miles south of Hainan Island. "The unprofessional maneuvers by Chinese vessels violated the requirement under international law to operate with due regard for the rights and safety of other lawful users of the ocean," said Marine Maj. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
China tells US to stop 'illegal' naval activities Mar 10, 2009
The United States said it had formally protested to Chinese authorities over Sunday's incident in the South China Sea, about 75 miles (120 kilometres) south of China's Hainan Island in international waters. The dispute added a new dimension to fragile military relations between the world powers, which had enjoyed a brief period of slight optimism after the two held defence talks in Beijing last month. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Kauai rolls out welcome for Hainan guests (413) Mar 9, 2009
Hainan Airlines was in the process of shuttling three new aircraft it purchased from Boeing in Washington state and the Lihu e Airport was a perfect refueling stop en route to Hainan Island in China ... A translator who traces her roots to Hainan Island was on hand to help explain the island and a Kaua i Island Tour representative said the firm would be handling its first Chinese tour from a group aboard a cruise ship next week ... From Lihu e Airport, the crew will fly to Majuro in the Marshall... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Climate change on table for Clinton in China Feb 20, 2009
At the Haikou Agriculture & Industry & Trade Co., on Hainan Island, Tang Shanrong captures methane gas from manure at 16 of the firm's 40 pig farms. "The government encourages us to do this but it's difficult to make a quick profit," he says. (USA Today)
Top 100 Courses Outside the U.S. Feb 7, 2009
Yalong Bay G.C. Hainan Island, China 89. Emirates G.C. (Majlis) Dubai, United Arab Emirates 90. (ESPN -- Golf)
Tibet hangs heavy over Beijing's torch relay Mar 21, 2008
The domestic leg begins on May 4 in Hainan Island, once a place of political exile but now marketed as "China's Hawaii". All 31 provinces and regions will be visited, including Tibet again on June 19-21, and the far Western province of Xinjiang, home to 8 million Uighur Muslims and where China said police shot and killed two members of a "terrorist gang" last month. (International Herald Tribune)
That Murky Threat from China Mar 5, 2008
Of course, there was nowhere to go but up after the U.S. mistakenly bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999, and after China forced a U.S. Navy spy plane to land on China's Hainan Island in 2001 and held its 24-person crew for 11 days. Admiral Timothy Keating, chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, said that relations were improving during his recent visit to Beijing. (Time.com)
China may try to limit opponents satellites Mar 4, 2008
It also said China is improving its own satellite capability, including construction of a new satellite launch complex on Hainan Island. And it said China expects to replace all foreign-produced satellites in its inventory with home-produced models by 2010. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Chinese visit Global facility Mar 2, 2008
Global Food Technologies, which houses its corporate offices in Hanford, recently signed a letter of intent to install and operate its patented food safety system in the Hainan island province, off the coast of southern China. "This agreement is the first step in fulfilling our earlier contract to operate 265 systems in China over the next five years," said Keith Meeks, president of Global Food Technologies. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
* Spratlys are worth making a scene over Feb 5, 2008
China recently established Sansha City on Hainan Island and incorporated Taiping Island into its administrative territory. As Taiwan has long had people stationed on the island, this was a provocation. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China moves to expand its reach Jan 29, 2008
The protests followed reports of China's legislature ratifying plans for a huge new city administration called Sansha with headquarters in Hainan island to manage the three archipelagos of Paracel, Spratly and Macclessfield Bank. China - itself adept at orchestrating "spontaneous" nationalistic demonstrations - chided Vietnam over the protests but refused to confirm reports of the planned upgrade of the islands administration from Woody Island in the Paracels to the new "county-level city" of... (Asia Times Online)
Chinese taikonaut dismisses environment worries about new space launch center Jan 26, 2008
"The State Environment Protection Administration has concluded that the construction of the new center and the launches of a new range of carrier rockets will be non-toxic and won't damage the environment in Wenchang and the Hainan island at large," said Yang, 43, now deputy director of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center. "The public needn't worry about environmental issues," he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ancient Pandas Competed With Giant Apes for Bamboo Dec 29, 2007
Hainan island was a bamboo-covered, hilly peninsula 400,000 years ago, Huang said. Today it is an island separated from the Chinese mainland by a 15-mile-wide (25-kilometer-wide) strait. (National Geographic)
Santa Collides With Chinese Military Plane Dec 20, 2007
According to the Chinese defense ministry, Santas sleigh was being escorted by J-8 fighters from Hainan Island. The Chinese government characterized the fighter escorts as a precaution against Santas aggressive acts that endanger lives. (Newsmax)
China, Vietnam churn diplomatic waters Dec 20, 2007
What may have finally provoked Hanoi was a policy measure enacted in November by the Chinese State Council administratively incorporating both the Paracel and Spratly Islands into Hainan Island Province. A Chinese administrative outpost on one of the Paracels, Woody Island, was reportedly given the new status as ''county-level city'' of Sansha through the administrative act. (Asia Times Online)
U.S. Protests China's Denial of Navy Ship Dec 13, 2007
Port calls were suspended, for example, after a U.S. bomber struck the in in 1999 and in the wake of the mid-air collision in 2001 between a Chinese fighter and EP-3 surveillance plane, whose crew was detained by Chinese authorities after a harrowing landing on Hainan Island. Asked whether Beijing had acted in response to a recent U.S. upgrading of Patriot missiles in , and to not notifying Chinese leaders about the move during a visit to China this month, Morrell said he had heard no such... (Yahoo News -- China)
* Vietnamese rally over islands Dec 10, 2007
The protest came after China last month set up the county-level Sansha administrative unit on Hainan island, which covers 2. 6 million km2, mostly ocean, including the disputed isles. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Washington diaryMatt Frei on how 'toxic toy' fears reflect testy US-China relations Dec 6, 2007
Both sides love to ratchet up the rhetoric, as I discovered when I covered the saga of an American spy plane forced down over Hainan Island in April 2001. I was based in Asia at the time. (BBC News -- Americas)
A dying turtle breed points to a battered China Dec 5, 2007
Many of China's species are concentrated in the mountainous southwestern region - sometimes popularized in the West as Shangri-la - as well as in Tibet, Hainan Island and along the North Korea border. Endangered indigenous species include the Chinese tiger, the giant panda, the Tibetan antelope, several varieties of pheasants and monkeys and a range of small mammals including shrews and rodents. (International Herald Tribune)
Beijing beauty puts China on top of the world Dec 3, 2007
David Eimer, Hainan IslandDecember 3, 2007. Local contestant Zhang Zi Lin, 23, wears the crown and sash of Miss World 2007 at the pageant in the Chinese resort city of Sanya, on Hainan Island ... Fireworks exploded over Sanya, a beach resort on Hainan Island, off the south coast, as news of Zhang's win emerged. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Miss China on top of world Dec 3, 2007
Zhang Jilin took the crown in Sanya, aresort at the sub-tropical southern tip of China's Hainan island, at the weekend ... Hainan island, with about eight million residents, has ambitions to become China's Hawaii, and views the contest as an ideal marketing tool. (The Australian)
Local girl takes Miss World title in front of Chinese crowd Dec 2, 2007
The audience in the 2,000-seat Beauty Crown Theatre cheered with delight as the 23-year-old was voted the winner in the glittering event on Hainan Island. The secretary from Beijing had been one of the bookmakers' favourites to win. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* US carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait Dec 1, 2007
The administration was seeking a clarification of contradictory statements by Chinese foreign policy officials over the flap, while at the same time emphasizing that US-Chinese relations remained strong despite the incident, which some analysts are referring to as the biggest US-China military crisis since the forced landing of a US E-P3 reconnaissance aircraft following a collision with a Chinese fighter jet near Hainan Island in 2001. On Nov. 20, only days before the Kitty Hawk was denied... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
* EDITORIAL: For the US, it's no port in a storm Dec 1, 2007
It was clear from the confusion surrounding the 2001 Hainan Island crisis -- when a US spy plane was shadowed and struck by a Chinese jet and then forced to land on Chinese soil -- that the Chinese military and the communist leadership are not always on the same page. The same phenomenon preceded the launch of a satellite-busting missile in January: Chinese government spokespeople seemed genuinely unaware of the matter until it was brought out into the open by foreign specialists. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Miss World contest 'not sexist', says director Dec 1, 2007
As the 57th pageant moved towards its climax in the resort of Sanya, on China's southern Hainan island, Julia Morley, chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation, passionately defended the event, which some detractors have branded a sexist anachronism. With this year's contest coinciding with World AIDS Day, Morley and her British-based team have made awareness of HIV/AIDS a key part of the build-up - proof, she said, that Miss World was more than just a collection of beautiful women from around... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
