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What Does ASEAN’s Evolving Approach to the South China Sea Issue Mean for Vietnam?
Though the regional grouping continues to have difficulties on the issue, it nonetheless remains important to Hanoi’s calculations. While a range of issues will be in discussion during this weekend’s summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the South China Sea will be among them. And for Vietnam in particular, how ASEAN […]
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Who’s bullying who in the South China Sea?
The United States and China are accusing each other of ‘bullying’ in the South China Sea. The epithet is being thrown around rather loosely. But there is some truth to these mutual accusations. Bullying is the practice of influencing another party to do something it does not want to do by using threats or […]
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Carpio shares ways for ASEAN to deal with Chinese intimidation in South China Sea
Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio proposes several actions on what ASEAN can do to deal with China’s intimidation in the South China Sea. One of his proposals is the signing of a convention that territorial disputes in the Spratlys will be resolved amicably through negotiations or arbitration. https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/31/19/carpio-shares-ways-for-asean-to-deal-with-chinese-intimidation-in-south-china-sea
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Beijing’s ‘good faith’ needed for SCS code to work–del Rosario
BEIJING should participate in “good faith” if the proposed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea is going to work, according to a former Philippine diplomat. Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a statement that China already had a record of “duplicitous behavior” which […]
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Can ASEAN and China finish South China Sea code of conduct by 2022?
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China have a 2022 deadline to come up with a code of conduct to help minimize tensions in the South China Sea. But foreign policy analyst Renato de Castro doubts the code of conduct will be effective, considering it will not solve disputes in the South China Sea. […]
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Carpio: No need for China recognition of PH ownership in joint exploration
MANILA, Philippines – Retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio disagreed with Vice President Leni Robredo’s demand that the Philippine government must require China to recognize Philippine ownership and sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea before pursuing a contract for oil and gas exploration. Carpio took this position as he explained that […]
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[ANALYSIS] ASEAN tourism message for China: Welcome, but diversify!
The Philippines must prepare for the double-edged sword of Chinese spending. This potential for China ‘weaponizing’ tourism has a history. “It’s more Chinese in the Philippines” might – or might not – be a universally welcomed goal of the Philippine Department of Tourism given the ebb and flow, and the positive and negative consequences, […]
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South China Sea row: Philippines to launch nuclear programme as China tensions grow
THE PHILIPPINES are planning a new nuclear programme amid heightening tensions with China which has seen political uproar and weapons readied with the help of US support. China’s aggression in the South China Sea has led to persistent bickering between Manila and Beijing with an arms race now fully under way in the region, […]
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US Coast Guard churns South China Sea tensions
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the US Coast Guard (USCG) is actively joining the US Navy to constrain the maritime ambitions of a rival superpower in the Indo-Pacific, broadening America’s reach in disputed waterways. China’s deployment of increasingly sophisticated naval forces to the South China Sea has driven […]
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South China Sea fury: US deploys Coast Guard for first time since Cold War to halt Beijing
THE US NAVY has drafted in the US Coast Guard (USCG) to help it constrain China’s aggressive expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea, as tensions continue to rise in the region. This is the first time since the end of the Cold War that the USCG has been deployed in this capacity. As […]