Vietnam asks China to return boat, free fishermen Jun 27, 2009
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Seeking comfort and closure 67 years on Jun 18, 2009
Officially, 1053 Australians - double the toll from the 10-year Vietnam War - died that night when the unmarked cargo ship was mistakenly torpedoed by the American submarine USS Sturgeon off the Philippines while moving prisoners to Hainan Island. It was not until 1945, after years of waiting, hoping and praying for James Street's safe return, that his family were told he had died on the ship. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
China's rise stirs Vietnam's anxiety Jun 16, 2009
In light of the dispute, China's military buildup in the South China Sea, such as the reported secret nuclear submarine base on Hainan Island, has created anxiety in many Vietnamese circles. In this regard, Vietnam's recently reported deal to buy six submarines amounting to US$1. (Asia Times Online)
Boyuan provides update on private placement Jun 5, 2009
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ TORONTO, June 5 /CNW/ - Boyuan Construction Group, Inc., (TSX-V: BOY DB) 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, today announced that it has received a notification from Haywood Securities Inc. to end its involvement in a previously announced private... (Canada Newswire)
The Failure of Grip-and-Grin Diplomacy May 31, 2009
During the first week of March, military aircraft and patrol boats of the People's Liberation Army Navy forced the USNS Impeccable -- an unarmed oceanographic survey ship -- to withdraw from international waters 75 miles off the coast of Hainan Island, which is a major Chinese naval and submarine base in the South China Sea. The O-Team meekly acquiesced and promised a "diplomatic resolution." It has not worked. (Townhall.com)
Shenzhen SEZ aims to be 5 times bigger May 22, 2009
Since 1980, the government has set up five SEZs (Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong province, Xiamen in Fujian province, and Hainan Island). In 2005 and 2006, the State Council designated Shanghai Pudong and Tianjin Binhai as comprehensive reform pilot areas, with Shenzhen added to the list this month. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's Navy Grows, and the World Watches Warily May 14, 2009
Two tense standoffs in recent months between American and PLA surveillance vessels near China's southern Hainan island may be an augur of what lies ahead. A new submarine base there gives Beijing a vital edge in the South China Sea, whose waters are contested by five other governments. (Time.com)
Vietnam Sends Message to China With Russian Sub May 8, 2009
While not a signal of an arms race, "it's something that is pretty clearly a response to Chinese buildups" of force in the area, said Womack including China's on Hainan Island, just off the Vietnamese coast. That resistance has been in ample evidence in recent weeks as Vietnamese workers have led protests against Chinese industrial projects they say could wreak havoc on their nation's central highlands. (Fox News)
US, China in new sea tiff May 6, 2009
The US immediately protested to Chinese authorities after that encounter, which Washington maintains occurred about 75 miles (120 kilometres) south of Hainan Island in international waters. Four days earlier in the Yellow Sea, according to the Pentagon, a Chinese fisheries patrol boat shined a high-intensity spotlight on the Victorious, then crossed the US ship's bow in the dark without warning. (iAfrica.com)
Chinese carriers - let them have them May 6, 2009
China has made Hainan Island a base for its strategic nuclear submarines, and an aircraft carrier would be useful with regard to making the South China Sea "off limits". Furthermore, protection of the sea lanes from the South China Sea through the Strait of Malacca and up to the Indian Ocean, and in particular, curbing a sea blockade against China, which could be envisioned at the time of a Taiwan contingency, would be possible. (Asia Times Online)
Sub's arrival part of Pacific plan May 5, 2009
Australia wants 12 new submarines and China has eight new kilo-class subs and a new naval base on Hainan island, called the "Hawai'i" of China. The sub buildup in the Pacific has been called an arms race by some, and a sign of economic prosperity by others. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Banyan: Calling Kim Jong Il's bluff Apr 28, 2009
At the recent Bo ao Forum, China s answer to Davos, on Hainan island, a string of Chinese policymakers shunned Deng Xiaoping s dictum that China should keep a cool head, maintain a low profile and never take the lead , arguing instead for what amounted to a new world order, centred in Asia (read China). Some Western commentators divine a profound shift as China bids for the role of global hegemon. (The Economist)
Forrest, China in talks over Pilbara push Apr 20, 2009
John Garnaut Hainan Island, China. April 19, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
China 'to increase naval power' Apr 17, 2009
Last month, the US Navy complained that one of its survey vessels 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 seas it claims as its own. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* Rumblings in US-China relations Apr 10, 2009
The incident resulted in the death of the Chinese pilot and led to the detention of 24 US service people for 11 days after the plane made an emergency landing on Hainan Island ... It is clear though that when it comes to its perceived territorial waters, China is hypersensitive to its military secrets, particularly because it has built a submarine base on Hainan Island. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
China Rises Again Part II Apr 4, 2009
Against this background, China s spirited intercept of the surveillance ship USNS Impeccable near Hainan Island on March 8, 2009, acquires deeper significance. The Impeccable incident fits into a pattern of increasingly assertive attempts by China to leverage its growing resources and capabilities to shift the regional and global balance of power in its favor across a range of fronts. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Meet the Canadians who busted GhostNet Apr 1, 2009
One of the four servers, located in Hainan Island, also traced back to a Chinese government server. (Chinese officials in Canada could not be reached for comment on Sunday, but Beijing has reportedly denied any involvement in the cyber spy ring, slamming the investigation's findings). (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Banking on Beijing Apr 1, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 75 miles south of Hainan Island. The USNS Impeccable was cruising in international waters, dragging behind it a Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), a listening device used to pick up underwater acoustical data, notably submarine movements. (The American Conservative)
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)
Chinese hackers strike 103 countries Mar 30, 2009
It led him to a group of computers on Hainan Island, off China, and to a website that would prove to be critically important. In a puzzling security lapse, the web page that Villeneuve found was not protected by a password, while much of the rest of the system uses encryption. (India Times, India)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
* 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
* 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
* 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)
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. 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)
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)
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)
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)
Chinese ships harassed US Navy vessel, says Pentagon Mar 10, 2009
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
