April 2016
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China lighthouse on Subi reef threatens peace–PH
SAN FERNANDO CITY—The Philippines on Thursday slammed China for operating a lighthouse on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the Spratly archipelago, charging that Beijing’s move undermines peace and stability in the region. Zamora Reef is claimed by the Philippines and Vietnam, but controlled by China, which built an artificial island there and on six other reefs […]
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Ma conducts South China Sea seminar for MOFA officials
ROC President Ma Ying-jeou discusses the finer points of overlapping EEZs with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 8 in Taipei City. (Staff photo/Chin Hung-hao) President Ma Ying-jeou conducted a South China Sea seminar for Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials at MOFA headquarters April 8 in Taipei City, sharing his extensive knowledge and […]
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Andrew Shearer: One way forward in the South China Sea
Officers aboard a Soryu submarine of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force during a fleet review at Sagami Bay, off Yokosuka, south of Tokyo in this Oct. 15, 2015 file photo. © Reuters With tensions rising daily in the South China Sea, Russia modernizing its Pacific naval fleet, an increasingly unpredictable nuclear-armed North Korea next door, […]
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South China Sea War: China In 140 Miles Off Manila, US Admiral Wants Aggressive Confrontation
If it were up to Admiral Harry Harris, U.S. response to China’s aggressive island building just 140 miles from Manila, Philippines will be as equally aggressive. However, he is encountering the biggest obstacle in the form of the White House. Recent evidence has shown that China is now building another island on top of Scarborough […]
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US won’t exit South China Sea: Beazley
Australia should warn the Chinese the Americans “aren’t going away” when it comes to the dispute over the South China Sea, former ambassador to the US Kim Beazley believes. Mr Beazley says it’s time for the Chinese to understand the US is capable of creating an “urgent” situation and won’t run away from the territorial […]
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G-7 ministers to urge respect for court rulings in territory disputes
TOKYO — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven gathering in Japan next week will call on nations engaged in territorial disputes to abide by court rulings, sending a thinly veiled message to China to follow international law. The communique issued after the ministerial meeting in Hiroshima that ends Monday will not mention China by […]
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China switches on lighthouse on artificial island in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near where a U.S. warship sailed last year to challenge China’s territorial claims. China claims most of the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every […]
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South China Sea: Is Beijing making a new ‘strategic strait’?
A major test for the future of Asia is on the horizon, and it’s centered on the South China Sea. Within the next three months, a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is expected to rule on China’s expansive and somewhat ambiguous territorial claims in the South China Sea, which the […]
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Why China will go rogue
China is set to defy world opinion and go rogue. Here’s why: In a few weeks, the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the International Court of Justice in The Hague is expected to be announced. It is widely expected that the tribunal will decide in favor of the Philippines’ central complaint that […]
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Tensions Rise in the South China Sea
Asian countries are increasingly pushing back against China’s sweeping territorial claims and bullying tactics in the South China Sea. On Sunday, a Japanese submarine made a port call in the Philippines for the first time in 15 years, a sign of growing security cooperation. Last week, Vietnam seized a Chinese ship for illegally entering its […]