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South China (simplified Chinese: 华南; traditional Chinese: 華南; pinyin: huá nán) is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context.
In the broadest sense, Southern China can denote the entire portion of the country south of the line demarcated by the Qin Mountains and Huai River. Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China defined Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and Taiwan as the "Seven Provinces of South China" (simplified Chinese: 华南七省; traditional Chinese: 華南七省; pinyin: huá nán qī shěng). The term can also be used to denote the Lingnan region; but today, the phrase is generally used to refer only to Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau (historically also known as Liangguang). Defined as such, South China is also contained within South Central China.
The China Seas consist of a series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean, around China. They are the major components signifying the transition from the continent of Asia to the Pacific Ocean. They have been described in terms of their collective vastness and complexity:
Seas included in the China Seas are:
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion. The PRC is a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces; five autonomous regions; four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing); two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau); and claims sovereignty over Taiwan.
Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometers, China is the world's second-largest country by land area, and either the third or fourth-largest by total area, depending on the method of measurement. China's landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south. The Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separate China from South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, run from the Tibetan Plateau to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long, and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.
The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,400,000 sq mi). The area's importance largely results from one-third of the world's shipping sailing through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed.
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The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago, number in the hundreds. The sea and its mostly uninhabited islands are subject to competing claims of sovereignty by several countries. These claims are also reflected in the variety of names used for the islands and the sea.
South China Sea is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name in most European languages is equivalent, but it is sometimes called by different names in China's neighboring countries, often reflecting historical claims to hegemony over the sea.
The Morning Post, as the paper was named on its masthead, was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.
The paper was founded by John Bell. Originally a Whig paper, it was purchased by Daniel Stuart in 1795, who made it into a moderate Tory organ. A number of well-known writers contributed, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, James Mackintosh, Robert Southey, and William Wordsworth. In the seven years of Stuart's proprietorship, the paper's circulation rose from 350 to over 4,000.
From 1803 until his death in 1833, the owner and editor of the Post was Nicholas Byrne; his son William Pitt Byrne later held these roles.
Later the paper was acquired by a Lancashire papermaker named Crompton. In 1848 he hired Peter Borthwick, a Scot who had been a Conservative MP for Evesham 1835-1847, as editor. When Peter died in 1852, his son Algernon took over. During the 1850s, the Post was very closely associated with the Palmerston ministry.
In a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose at Alibaba’s Gateway ’17 event in Detroit, Jack Ma touched on topics like Taobao’s humble beginnings, the hiring tip he gives colleagues and the struggles of an entrepreneur. The founder and executive chairman shared how he has never stopped being a teacher, how he is planning for retirement and the opposition he faced in the early days of the internet in China.
The ad comparing a soon-to-be wed bride with shopping for a new car has drawn a heated response from social media users in mainland China, with people across the country outraged by the imagery in the ad, calling it an insult to women and a huge step backward for women’s rights.
The Alibaba Group announced recently that it is buying the South China Morning Post. This move could help Alibaba’s stock price and also win favor with Chinese policy makers. Originally published at - http://learningenglish.voanews.com/media/video/alibaba-buys-south-china-morning-post-newspaper/3137361.html
The government has long followed a policy to sell land to the highest bidder. With limited supply and increasing demand, property prices have shot through the roof in the last two decades. Should the government continue with this policy or is it time for a change? (Photo: SCMP’s Thomas Yau)
TV ad done for Jiu Jik which was the Chinese language Classified jobs section of the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's English language newspaper. The younger Chinese target audience were a new target for us so we adopted a more playful and outlandish tone of voice in this commercial where a bully grabs the job poster without reading it only to discover that the position was for a Eunuch. This was to highlight that Jiu Jik would provide better suited jobs and was carefully vetted (unlike the competition).
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China reasserted "irrefutable sovereignty" over artificial islands in the South China Sea, following White House spokesman Sen Spicer's remarks that the U.S. was going to protect its interests in the area. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjvideo Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJvideo Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/
CHINA continues to expand THE SOUTH CHINA SEA by artificial islands, rig China will build more artificial islands (illegally) in the South China Sea with the highest defense budget ever. China's policy in the South China Sea near future will be like is one of the problems the international media on the sidelines of a special interest event two meetings (the union and the National Assembly) ongoing in Beijing. South China Morning Post, Hong Kong March 6, said Liu Giang - admiral, former Navy Political Commissar of China (2008-2014), told reporters on the sidelines of parliament sessions: Chinese Navy will have to play a greater role in supporting the escalation policy decisions in pursuing claims (illegal, absurd) in the East Sea. Mr Jiang said: "The role of the Chinese navy will be bi...
In a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose at Alibaba’s Gateway ’17 event in Detroit, Jack Ma touched on topics like Taobao’s humble beginnings, the hiring tip he gives colleagues and the struggles of an entrepreneur. The founder and executive chairman shared how he has never stopped being a teacher, how he is planning for retirement and the opposition he faced in the early days of the internet in China.
The ad comparing a soon-to-be wed bride with shopping for a new car has drawn a heated response from social media users in mainland China, with people across the country outraged by the imagery in the ad, calling it an insult to women and a huge step backward for women’s rights.
The Alibaba Group announced recently that it is buying the South China Morning Post. This move could help Alibaba’s stock price and also win favor with Chinese policy makers. Originally published at - http://learningenglish.voanews.com/media/video/alibaba-buys-south-china-morning-post-newspaper/3137361.html
The government has long followed a policy to sell land to the highest bidder. With limited supply and increasing demand, property prices have shot through the roof in the last two decades. Should the government continue with this policy or is it time for a change? (Photo: SCMP’s Thomas Yau)
TV ad done for Jiu Jik which was the Chinese language Classified jobs section of the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's English language newspaper. The younger Chinese target audience were a new target for us so we adopted a more playful and outlandish tone of voice in this commercial where a bully grabs the job poster without reading it only to discover that the position was for a Eunuch. This was to highlight that Jiu Jik would provide better suited jobs and was carefully vetted (unlike the competition).
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China reasserted "irrefutable sovereignty" over artificial islands in the South China Sea, following White House spokesman Sen Spicer's remarks that the U.S. was going to protect its interests in the area. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjvideo Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJvideo Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/
CHINA continues to expand THE SOUTH CHINA SEA by artificial islands, rig China will build more artificial islands (illegally) in the South China Sea with the highest defense budget ever. China's policy in the South China Sea near future will be like is one of the problems the international media on the sidelines of a special interest event two meetings (the union and the National Assembly) ongoing in Beijing. South China Morning Post, Hong Kong March 6, said Liu Giang - admiral, former Navy Political Commissar of China (2008-2014), told reporters on the sidelines of parliament sessions: Chinese Navy will have to play a greater role in supporting the escalation policy decisions in pursuing claims (illegal, absurd) in the East Sea. Mr Jiang said: "The role of the Chinese navy will be bi...
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The South China Sea is a major strategic waterway for trade and energy shipments to Asia’s major economies. It has been the focus of maritime disputes which have continued for more than six decades, with competing claims from China, Vietnam, the Philippines and others. In recent years, growing Chinese assertiveness in pressing its claims has unsettled the regional security order, drawing the attention of the United States, Australia and other powers concerned about freedom of navigation and a rules-based order. The springboard for this discussion is the recently published book, edited by Leszek Buszynski and Christopher Roberts, which examines the South China Sea as an ongoing maritime dispute which has become a potential conflict zone. This volume is the final outcome of a National Secu...
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