Ancient wars were about about pillages and rapes and that promise were how the leaders got their willing soldiers.
The conscript men took what they could hide and gave the rest to their superior officers and so on to the top. They raped all they were able and never see their victim again. The...
bin Laden's crews would love to get their hands on one of these plus a suit case miniature nuclear device to got with it. I personal would love to see all drones are banned, both civilian and military ones.
When China signed the UNCLOS in 1982(?), there was a clause that the Convention has no authority over her sovereignty claims. China interprets "sovereignty dispute" is a dispute between 2 counties, and should not involves a third party which may or may not be biased toward one side or the other...
You are wrong it's the US that did not accept the UNCLOS. China did sign the convention and merely saying here that the convention has no jurisdiction over this particular spat with the Philippines.
I lost my respect for Jokowi's handling on this matter. A smart leader will find better ways to deal with this kind of things. He opens a Pandora's box that others will follow, inadvertently if continue, it can lead to international maritime crisis. Fishermen ply their trade everywhere is as old...
Time for us Asians to pick up our prides. What kind of nonsense is that China and Vietnam, neighbors for tens of thousands of years, have to use the American dollar as middle man to exchange their respective currencies (as mentioned in the OP's article).
If Vietnam doesn't make a deal with...
I believe the 9.63m km2 number is included Aksai Chin, but I could be wrong. According to this site China's total area is a little fuzzy anyway.
中国国土面积 - 搜狗百科
The question should be : would India's plan of building 160 dams with with a capacity of generating 60,000MW of electricity in the North East hurt the water supply of Bangladesh?
The dams of India: boon or bane? | Environment | The Guardian
Oil plunges to $68.61
Someone is going to be in trouble
Russia also has a $45 billion debt payment coming up February next year and there are concerns ..... So yes she's in trouble
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Another name for Horgos is Khorgas (霍尔果斯) is a border city located in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xingjiang bordering Kazkhstan. A town by the same name is on the other side in Kazakhstan. The Jinghe-Yining-Khorga Railway was completed in late 2009, and now provides train service from...
Good, learn from others' mistakes, better set things straight now before it's too late.
Don’t Ask the Pentagon Where Its Money Goes
The Pentagon is long overdue for an audit of its $555 billion budget, but Congress has failed to hold it accountable.
Don’t Ask the Pentagon Where Its Money...
How about this:
China had conducted two anti-satellite tests recently with its new laser technology: Voice of Russia
Beijing tests anti-satellite missile: Voice of Russia|Politics|News|WantChinaTimes.com
Is it a joke ? Donald Trump criticizes America of high debts? He himself is a master of high debts and uses "other people's money" to finance his business endeavors and personal interests which includes his divorce.
I think Americans are not like Europeans, when there are needs for austerities...
Rubbish! If they "identifying less and less as Chinese" who they're identifying as? Whites, Africans or Arabs?
As far as I know all Chinese identify themselves as Chinese, just like Vietnamese call themselves Vietnamese. Another western pundit thinks he knows the Chinese better than the Chinese.