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World Japan Sees Chinese Groups Backing Okinawa Independence Activists Bloomberg   9 hours ago   Sign in to like   Reblog on Tumblr   Share   Tweet   Email Chinese universities and think tanks are forming ties with Okinawan independence groups in a bid to divide public opinion in Japan, a Japanese government agency said in an annual report. There was no immediate response to a request for comment from China’s foreign ministry. Asia’s two largest economies are in dispute over the ownership of a group of uninhabited islets near Taiwan, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Official media in China have also suggested that Beijing should refuse to accept Japanese sovereignty over the main islands of Okinawa, which maintained ties with both countries prior to annexation by Japan in the 19th century. Tensions between Okinawa and mainland Japan ... Read more

Defense Department Says China Seized U.S. Navy Vehicle Bloomberg Video   Sign in to like   Reblog on Tumblr   Share   Tweet   Email Defense Department Says China Seized U.S. Navy Vehicle Dec.16 -- China unlawfully seized an “unmanned underwater vehicle” in the South China Sea while it was being recovered by a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, U.S. Defense Dept says in e-mailed statement. Bloomberg’s John Fraher reports on “Bloomberg Markets.” World China's aircraft carrier to drill in Western Pacific Reuters   Sun, Dec 25 5:49 AM PST   Comments   Sign in to like   Reblog on Tumblr   Share   Tweet   Email BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises, amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing claims as its own. The navy said in a statement late...

World Turkish officials identify assailant who shot Russian ambassador as off-duty riot policeman Catherine Garcia, The Week (RSS)   19 hours ago   Sign in to like   Reblog on Tumblr   Share   Tweet   Email Officials have identified the assailant who shot and killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday as Mevlut Mert Altintas, a 22-year-old off-duty Turkish police officer. He gunned down Andrei Karlov, 62, as the ambassador gave a speech in Ankara. The attack was filmed and shared widely on social media, and the shooter was heard shouting, "Don't forget Syria and Aleppo!" He was later shot and killed by security forces. Russia is an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and has intervened militarily in the country's civil war; Turkey has backed some groups of opposition forces. In a televised statement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the murder a "provocation" meant to harm ... Read more