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Opensource Software for SDG

Opensource Software for SDG

"This challenge is the second event under the initiative of OSS4SDGs - Open Source Soſtware for Sustainable Development Goals - a joint collaboration between the European Commission Directorate-General for Informatics and United Nations Office of Information,...

Chinese Military Said to Be Massing Near the Vietnam Border

(BGF) - Joshua Philipp from the Epoch Times reported that China's military in full combat gear were seen heading to the Vietnamese border on May 16 and 17, with photographs taken by by residents near the border. One Chinese netizen reckoned that "Conflict between...

U.S. warns China its actions in sea disputes are straining relations

( BGF) - As Reuters reported, U.S. official commented that China's "provocative" activities in maritime disputes with its neighbors are "straining the U.S. - China relationship" as it only encourages the Asian countries to seek greater U.S. involvement in regional...

China Plays Cat and Mouse With Vietnam Coast Guard on Rig

(BGF)  - The Bloomberg News shared a story of Vietnamese  Lt. Colonel Phan Duy Cuong about his combat with Chinese vessels in waters near islands claimed by both nations in the South China Sea. It also calls the situation as "playing a daily game of cat and mouse" in...

Filipinos, Vietnamese Protest China in Manila

(BGF)  -  On May 16, more than 100 Filipinos and Vietnamese residents in the Philippines have staged a joint protest in front of Chinese consulate in Manila, demanding that China stop oil drilling in waters claimed by Vietnam, as the Voice of America reported. Click...

Vietnam: No basis to China’s South China Sea claims

(BGF) - As the United Press International (UPI) reported, Nguyen Quang Ngoc, vice chairman of the Vietnam Historical Science Association, said he has an atlas from the late 1800s that shows the territory where China's drilling rig HD-981 is positioned is under...

Manila to bear consequences for deliberate provocation

(BGF) - In a commentary published in People Daily, China affirmed it has "indisputable sovereign rights" over the Nansha Islands, including the Half Moon Shoal (known as Hasa-Hasa Shoal by the Philippines) and reminded the Philippines to bear consequences for...