President Barack Obama has lifted a five decade old arms ban against Vietnam as China Sea tensions continue to rise.
At a press conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said that he did not consider China’s aggression in the region...
On Fox News Tuesday, U.S. officials announced China has deployed a series of fighter jets to a contested island in the South China Sea known as Woody Island. The news comes little more than a week after surface to air missiles were spotted via satellite on the same island.
Officials said U.S. intelligence has seen both...
China has deployed an advanced anti-aircraft missile system to a contested island in the South China Sea, Pentagon officials confirmed on Tuesday. The news came as President Obama concluded a two-day conference at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Sunnylands, California.
Satellite images from February 14 show several HQ-9 missile launchers lined along the...
China performed a series of test flights for the first time Saturday on a newly constructed runway in the South China Sea. The 3,000 meter airstrip sits atop a Fiery Cross Reef, an artificial island constructed by the Chinese in the Spratly Islands region. The airstrip is long enough to accommodate a variety of aircraft including...
I mentioned in a post last night that when Anatoly (Nathan) Sharansky arrived in Israel in 1986, the crowd sang Hene Mah Tov, the lyrics of which start with Psalm 133:
I.הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב = Hine mah tov
Behold how goodוּמַה נָּעִים = uMah-Nayim
and how pleasingשֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַד = shevet achim...
Tensions between China and Vietnam have recently escalated after more than two weeks of conflict over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
From CNN:
China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its citizens from Vietnam and is sending ships to retrieve more of them after deadly anti-Chinese violence erupted last week...
