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Beijing-Manila energy search shows how to turn conflict into cooperation: analysts
China and the Philippines are poised to bring their economic cooperation into a new era, and they have a fair chance to achieve the first ground-level implementation of the joint development of oil and natural gas in the South China Sea, Chinese analysts said on Wednesday. The comments came after a two-day visit by Chinese […]
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China sets up station to monitor South China Sea climate, pollution: ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has built a monitoring station in a disputed area of the South China Sea to track regional pollution and climate change, environment ministry spokesman Liu Youbin said on Wednesday. The station on the Nansha Islands, known outside China as the Spratlys, has been set up to detect major air pollutants like […]
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China’s commander-in-chief has ordered the military command overseeing the South China Sea to prepare for war
China’s Harbin guided missile destroyer, left, and the DDG-139 Ningbo Sovremenny-class Type-956EM destroyer, right. AP Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered the Southern Theater Command to prepare for war during an inspection last Thursday. The command oversees the South China Sea, where tensions have been on the rise. A Chinese destroyer confronted a US Navy warship […]
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Weeks after a showdown in the South China Sea, the Navy’s top officer says the US and China will ‘meet more and more on high seas’
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Chief of US Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said on Tuesday the US and China “will meet each other more and more on the high seas” after a Chinese warship came close to a US ship in the disputed South China Sea. The Chinese vessel came within 45 yards of the USS […]
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Is a US-China war in Asia inevitable?
Chinese and American officials increasingly talk about war over Taiwan and the South China Sea – could it really happen? New York City – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent talk of “preparing for war and combat” is just the latest example of tough language that has stoked fears of a military flare-up with the United […]
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The South China Sea and US-China Trade Policy: Are They Becoming Linked?
On October 2, the Navy destroyer Decatur narrowly avoided a collision with a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ship in the South China Sea. The Decatur was conducting a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) adjacent to an artificial island constructed by China on the Gaven and Johnson reefs. According to the Pentagon, the PLAN […]
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China built the world’s biggest amphibious plane, and its latest test could give Beijing an edge in the South China Sea
China’s AG600 amphibious plane carried out its first waterborne takeoff and landing on Saturday. The plane, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, is designed primarily for civil aviation. But its capabilities suggest to some that it could be used to further China’s territorial ambitions in disputed areas like the South China Sea. On Saturday, the AG600, […]
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UK to sail more ships in South China Sea amid China’s defiance
MANILA, Philippines — In an act of defiance against Beijing’s expansive claims in the South China Sea, London has suggested that more British ships will sail near the contested waterway. Adm. Sir Philip Jones, the British Royal Navy’s top official, said the United Kingdom has an obligation to showcase military support for its allies in […]
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Taiwan Announces Live-Fire Drills in Disputed South China Sea
Taiwan-begins-F-16-upgrade-programTaiwan China air force The government of Taiwan announced a new live-fire drill next month in Taiping Island, a territory disputed by China and Vietnam, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. Taiwan’s drill shortly follows the passage of U.S. warships through international waters in the region, angering China. The drill may also incense […]
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China won’t give up territory: minister
China’s defence minister has warned his country won’t give up an inch of its territory, including Taiwan and disputed waters in the South China Sea. China will never give up an inch of its territory, whether the self-ruled island of Taiwan it claims as its own, or in the disputed waters of the South China […]
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Mike Pompeo was ‘snubbed’ by Beijing. Now it wants to show ‘a friendlier China’
China snubbed Washington’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo when he visited Beijing this month as tensions ran high over trade and the South China Sea – but some in Beijing did not agree with the handling of the visit and hope to use a security forum to show “a friendlier China”, according to a person familiar […]
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China vows to defend Taiwan, South China Sea ‘at any price’
Attempt to separate Taiwan from China and Chinese armed forces will ‘take action at any price’, warns defence minister. China vowed it will never give up an inch of its territory – whether it’s the self-ruled island of Taiwan it claims as its own or in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. China’s […]