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Big power behavior, the Law of the Seas, and our interests in the West Phl Sea
Territorial issues over the West Philippine Sea – part of the larger South China Sea – dominated the topic of our national concerns last week. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea. In 2013, the Philippines filed a case against China concerning territorial encroachments and other issues, including the legality of China’s 9-dash…
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China top court warns of criminal liability for South China Sea violators
South China Sea dispute, South China Sea, China military, People’s Liberation Army, China Army, Chang Wanquan, news, international news, latest news, world news, China news, PLA Naval Military Studies Research Institute, US China, China US File photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near south China’s…
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Can China Really Ignore International Law?
In a recent essay, eminent political scientist Graham Allison downplays international criticism of China’s blatant rejection of an unfavorable legal verdict at The Hague. By pointing out the unlawful behavior of status quo powers, his article gives the misleading impression that China’s noncompliance to the international court’s decision is essentially normal. “[N]one of the five permanent members of the UN…
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China puts Japan in cross hairs with blistering, sustained attack over alleged role in sea ruling
China has claimed to have unmasked Japanese malfeasance and “manipulation” amid a campaign to discredit an international tribunal ruling two weeks ago that largely invalidated Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea. In the days since the July 12 ruling on a case brought by the Philippines before the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, top Chinese officials and…
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Pacific News Minute: South China Sea Ruling Could Affect Atoll with Strange History
Last month’s ruling by an international court redrew the map of the South China Sea…though China refuses to accept the decision. But while attention is focused on that regions reefs, shoals and artificial islands, law of the sea scholars now say the court decision could also affect another disputed feature, with a strange history…more on Minerva Reef from Neal Conan…
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UK envoy urges parties to comply with Arbitration ruling on West PHL Sea row
“We ask every state involved to abide by those rules,” said Ahmad during his meeting with British Chamber of Commerce Philippines in Makati City Tuesday. He added that as a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), United Kingdom seeks for “total compliance” with the ruling of the PCA over the disputed West Philippine…
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South China Sea Arbitration: Court Rules, But Who Will Enforce The Writ? – Analysis
On 12 July 2016, the Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) located at The Hague in the Netherlands passed judgement on the case of the Republic of the Philippines V. the People’s Republic of China. The Award, concerning the historic rights and maritime entitlements of both the nations in…
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All at the South China Sea
As Southeast Asian nations continue to be split on the tribunal award, Beijing has demonstrated its will to power and determination to defend its interests in the teeth of opposition. China sees the U.S. hand ubiquitous in the July 12 award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Scarborough Shoal dispute in the South China Sea — first in…
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It’s typhoon season in the South China Sea—and China’s fake islands could be washed away
Typhoon Nida is barreling through the South China Sea, after dumping over 300 millimeters of rain on the Philippines over the weekend. As Hong Kong braces for landfall sometime tonight (Aug. 1), some controversial, much-less-populated landmasses may already be feeling the brunt of the storm. That’s because in the past few years China has rapidly built artificial islands in the…
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Taiwan president apologizes to aboriginals for suffering
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s president on Monday apologized on behalf of the government to the island’s aboriginal peoples for 400 years of conquest and colonization, saying the facing of difficult historical facts was necessary for society to move forward. Tsai Ing-wen said her government wished to “take a further step” and offer its “fullest apology.” “If we wish to declare…