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(21 June)     Chinese government ‘unflustered’ about reaction to it placing vessels in South China Sea. China has sent four more oil rigs into a disputed area of the South China Sea less than two months after it placed a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam, ratcheting up regional tensions. The largely... 

(21 June)     More than half a million votes were cast for full democracy in Hong Kong by the second day of an unofficial online poll organized by activists and labeled illegal by China. Since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997, a pro-Beijing committee has selected Hong Kong’s leader. China has promised some form... 

(June 23) -- Reclamation works under the 'Forest City' project, that is feared by Singapore to have a possible impact on the island republic, does not require the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report as the area reclaimed is not more than 50 acres. According to the Johor Director of the Department of Environment (DOE)...