From Bloomberg: Japan and China, Asia’s biggest energy users, will likely miss a deadline to agree on joint development of natural gas fields in a disputed area of the East China Sea. “We are far from reaching any conclusion, and it’s regrettable that China hasn’t made any realistic, decisive proposals,” Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka […]
From the Japan Times (link): Among the noncultural things that Russian President Vladimir Putin did in China recently was to sign agreements to build two pipelines to carry Russian gas to west China. This was just a week before the Chinese signed an agreement with Turkmenistan for another pipeline to carry even more gas to […]
From The Japan Times (link): Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe criticized Beijing on Sunday over a news report that Chinese maritime authorities have banned ship traffic in the East China Sea near the median line with Japan while it expands the Pinghu gas field. According to Japanese Embassy sources in Beijing, the area […]
From Asashi.com (link): In a compromise of sorts, China proposed a new joint development plan Tuesday during talks on gas reserves in the East China Sea. The proposal included the possibility for joint development on the Chinese side of the median line between Japan and China. “There were many points that have to be considered” […]
From Asia Times: China and Japan – the two giants of East Asia – are competing for energy resources around the globe. Their rivalry in the East China Sea, Russia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia has been well documented. Yet little has been written in Washington about the impact of Sino-Japanese rivalry in Africa. With […]
From Japan Focus: Japan and China appear headed for a showdown over natural gas exploration and drilling in the East China Sea. Up until Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro on Monday visited a controversial shrine to his country’s war dead, it was hoped the showdown might occur at the negotiating table. But the visit, his […]
From the Washington Post: China has completed at least one new drilling platform in the East China Sea and may already be tapping into hotly contested natural gas and oil fields, escalating a dispute with Japan over the rights to billions of dollars worth of underwater energy reserves, according to Japanese reconnaissance data. The Chinese […]
From The Financial Times (registration required): Japan on Tuesday accused China of beginning to produce oil or gas from a field in disputed waters in the East China Sea, saying it was weighing up what counter-measures to take. Shoichi Nakagawa, the trade minister who has turned Chinese gas production into a territorial issue, said on […]
From Reuters, via Economic Times: China called Japan’s plan to allow gas exploration in disputed waters a serious provocation on Thursday, but sought to rein in anti-Japanese sentiment that sparked violent protests last weekend. Japan avoided escalating the war of words, saying dialogue was needed to resolve the feuds. China also called for talks. See […]
From Reuters: China called Japan’s plan to allow gas exploration in disputed waters a serious provocation Thursday, but sought to rein in anti-Japanese sentiment that sparked violent protests last weekend. Japan avoided escalating the war of words, saying dialogue was needed to resolve the feuds. China also called for talks.
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