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    Surf's up... in China?  Nov 17, 2009
    Article By: Dan Martin Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:30 Clutching her surfboard, Guo Shujuan strolls down a beach on southern China's Hainan island and glides into waves that pound a shoreline littered with rubbish and broken bottles. Surf's up, Chinese style. (iAfrica.com)

    Tropical Storm Parma headed to Vietnam  Oct 14, 2009
    Tropical Storm Parma crossed over the Hainan Island, China over the weekend and is now poised for a final landfall in Vietnam around 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time ... Parma had just crossed Hainan Island and is heading to another landfall in Vietnam where it is expected to dissipate quickly ... Hainan Island is to the right of the storm's. (EurekAlert!)

    Tropical storm Parma lands in Hainan  Oct 12, 2009
    According to the Hainan Provincial Meteorologic Bureau, the tropical storm Parma is about to land on Hainan Island on the daytime of October 12 ... According to the Hainan Provincial Meteorologic Bureau, the tropical storm Parma is about to land on Hainan Island on the daytime of October 12. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Philippines' Death Toll From Typhoon Parma Rises to 193, With 46 Missing  Oct 11, 2009
    Parma, which left the Philippines Oct. 9, was 398 kilometers (247 miles) east-southeast of Chinas Hainan Island at 3 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, according to the. Downgraded to a tropical depression, it was traveling west-southwest at 22 kilometers per hour with 56 kilometer per hour winds. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Close to home  Sep 20, 2009
    Inside an auditorium shaped like a flying saucer with a curved roof to protect the audience from the elements and a stage end that opens out, thus making the beach and sea part of the props, Zhang Yimou presents his latest musical, called Impression Hainan Island. Just like the famed film directors show for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last year, be ready to be mesmerised by dance, colour, lights, bikini-clad girls and, of course, nature. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Typhoon Koppu moves to China, HK markets normalise  Sep 15, 2009
    26,000 boats were ordered back to harbour by Guangdong authorities, schools were closed, and 110 offshore oil workers were evacuated from a facility near Hainan island, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The typhoon also buffeted the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, with local television reports showing residents wading through knee-deep flood waters in some of the city's narrow, winding streets. (AlertNet)

    New tropical storm to bring gales, storms to SChina, weather forecast  Sep 13, 2009
    All ports on Hainan Island gave alarms as of 11 a.m. Sunday to warn ship owners about advancing of the new tropical storm. The new tropical storm followed on the heels of the Tropical storm Mujigae, which left Hainan two days ago. (Xinhuanet, China)

    * Taiwan News Quick Take  Sep 11, 2009
    The typhoon, which is located some 700km west southwest of Eluanbi (Zq), Pingtung County, is moving toward Chinas Hainan Island, the weather bureau said. Although the typhoon will not approach Taiwan, it will bring torrential rain to mountainous areas in the northern and northeastern regions of the nation over the next two to three days, the CWB said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)

    * China calls for reduction, halt to US surveillance  Aug 30, 2009
    In March, five Chinese vessels approached the USNS Impeccable in the South China Sea about 120km from Hainan Island, after hassling that ship, as well as the ocean surveillance ship Victorious in the Yellow Sea, in previous days. This story has been viewed 477 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)

    Brightening the World: Former Montrose couple aids Chinas special-needs kids  Aug 21, 2009
    Now, the Davises are appealing to the community for donations to help fund their nonprofit, The Bright Connection, on Hainan Island. Opened in 2004, the Bright Connection houses more than 20 children in a rented house the Davises were able to expand, thanks to a woman who agreed to pay the rent increase desired by the landlord. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)

    Shipping service resumes in south China strait  Aug 9, 2009
    Ferry and passenger liner services were suspended in the strait separating Hainan island and the mainland of China at 11 p.m. Thursday. Goni, the seventh storm to hit China this year, was 19. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Tropical storm Goni: Nearly 100 missing in sea off S China  Aug 8, 2009
    HAIKOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 100 ships' crew members from Cambodia, Vietnam and China are missing in heavy seas off south China's Hainan Island, a local official said Saturday. More than 20 ships in the area had been affected by gale conditions resulting from tropical storm Goni, said Xie Fuchun, an official with the Hainan Province's Bureau of Maritime Affairs. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Hainan Air sets sights on Hawaii  Aug 1, 2009
    He noted the company's headquarters are in Hainan Island, considered the "Hawai'i of China.". Chusid sees potential for more growth: "We also expect that some of our travelers will use Hawai'i as an alternative gateway for travel between China and the United States Mainland, which can provide convenience and reduced travel time. Visits to Hawai'i's Neighbor Islands are also anticipated.". (Honolulu Advertiser)

    An expat's life in ChinaInside Inner Mongolia  Jul 31, 2009
    He and his descendants created an empire that would eventually stretch form present day Poland in the west to Korea in the east, and from the plains of Russian Siberia in the north to China's Hainan Island in the south. The borders that were once under the control of the mighty Khan have since changed countless times and today an Autonomous Region called Inner Mongolia lies within China's boarders. (People's Daily Online, China)

    Planet golf: The best links outside the U.S.  Jul 24, 2009
    Yalong Bay G.C. Hainan Island, China 89. Emirates G.C. (Majlis) Dubai, United Arab Emirates 90. (ESPN -- Golf)

    Who is hitting at Hu?  Jul 23, 2009
    In April 2001, then-president Jiang Zemin cut short his trip to Latin America because of the EP3 incident (a US surveillance plane landed on Hainan Island after a crash with a Chinese fighter) and claimed he had not been well informed while abroad. Actually, the necessity for the presence of the party chief goes back to April 1989. (Asia Times Online)

    Guangdong's Wang checks growth sums  Jul 22, 2009
    But we should rather devote our energy to economic restructuring and upgrading," Wang said. Guangdong set this year's GDP growth target at 8.5 - 9% and achieved 7.1% in the first half. Wang is one of the 25 members of the Politburo, and his words certainly carry their weight. Because of this, some China watchers in Hong Kong read his remarks as an implicit criticism of Wen for setting baoba as a political task. In any case, by pledging to uphold Hu's view of "scientific development", Wang... (Asia Times Online)

    * Dutch history augurs PRCs future  Jul 21, 2009
    It has unveiled a forward base on Hainan Island. And it covets Taiwan to anchor its Great Wall strategy off Chinas East Asian coast. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)

    Briefing: Indian Ocean as new strategic playing field  Jul 4, 2009
    The United States Joint Forces Command, in its 2008 assessment of the global strategic environment, carries a graphic detailing China's "pearls," which stretch from its deepwater port at Hainan Island, past a string of port facilities on the Burmese coast and in Bangladesh, on to a deepwater port in Pakistan that China finished overhauling last year. China is also building a $1 billion port at Hambantota in Sri Lanka that will be used by its Navy for logistical support, a concession won in... (Christian Science Monitor)

    * Vietnam calls on China to free boat and 12 fishermen  Jun 28, 2009
    Fishermen interviewed by reporters in central Vietnam last week said they have seen an increasing number of armed Chinese patrol ships over the past two months in disputed waters around the Paracel archipelago, and near Chinas Hainan Island. The fishermen say they try to avoid the controversial areas but Chinas stepped-up enforcement has put their incomes at risk. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)

    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)


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