The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) added 24 Chinese companies to the Entity List for their role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial Islands in the South China Sea. Despite protests from the United States and other countries, the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been rapidly building the artificial Islands since 2013, enabling the Communist Chinese Party&rsq... Read More
Six Japanese lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties viewed the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, ahead of a parliamentary hearing on Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's plan for the metropolitan government to purchase the islands, now in the possessions of private owners, but China strongly opposes claiming the Diaoyu Islands has been indisputable part within its territory.
The lawmakers took part in a tour organized by a private group and local fisherm... Read More