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China Flexes Sea Power with New Foreign Ship Law
China Flexes Sea Power with New Foreign Ship Law
A new Chinese legal requirement demands that multiple classes of foreign vessels traversing waters claimed by Beijing must provide detailed information to state authorities and take aboard Chinese pilots. The new maritime law, which came into legal force today (September 1), threatens to inflame South China Sea disputes pitting China and Southeast Asian nations and stoke already rising tensions with the United States in the contested waters.
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Published at 2021-09-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Chinese, Foreign, Japan, Taiwan, Traffic, coastal
How Filipinas Saved A Town in Japan
How Filipinas Saved A Town in Japan
It was in April 1998. My father was Ambassador to Japan. My half sister, Lenny, had just died in late February that year, and my father was having a difficult time coping with her death. He asked me and another sister, Bella, to visit him in Tokyo. Despite going through an emotional turmoil, he would not relegate his duties as Ambassador to other staff members. It was a distraction that he accepted willingly.
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Published at 2018-03-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Stories
Tags: Filipino, Japan, Town