China’s bold plan to carve a new maritime shortcut through Thailand, the Kra Canal, could become one of the 21st century’s most transformative infrastructure projects. This proposed canal, slicing ...

The world is full of critical points that shape global politics, economics, and security. In 1904, British Admiral John Fisher identified five key locations that "lock" the world: the Strait of Dover, ...

By anchoring the Strait of Gibraltar crossing within this broader context, Dongguan is leveraging sport as an opportunity to invite the world to engage with the Greater Bay Area and participate in ...

DONGGUAN, China, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chen Suwei, an acclaimed swimmer from the southern Chinese city of Dongguan, recently managed to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar in 3 hours ...

Six down. One to go. Sayani Das of Kalna, East Burdwan, has crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, ticking off the sixth ocean channel in her long-distance swimming career. Starting with the English Channel ...

Of the aircraft, 26 flew in an area to the north of Taiwan off the coast of China’s Zhejiang province, six in the Taiwan Strait and a further 15 to the island’s south-west, according to a map ...

This map, considered one of the most significant of the mediaeval period, covers the East and West, from the Strait of Gibraltar to the far reaches of Asia. It includes many Indian and Chinese cities, ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...