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Palace open to China, Asean war games
Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military exercises with Asean countries but these exercises should not include the United States. Speaking to reporters in Malita, Davao Occidental […]
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Palace open to China, Asean war games
Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military exercises with Asean countries but these exercises should not include the United States. Speaking to reporters in Malita, Davao Occidental […]
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PH against unilateral exploitation of South China Sea: Cayetano
The Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre on the disputed Second Thomas Shoalin the South China Sea on March 29, 2014. Erik De Castro, Reuters MANILA — The Philippines will not allow oil and gas deposits in the South China Sea to be harvested “unilaterally,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday. Former […]
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China ‘moves to limit US influence’ in South China Sea code negotiations
The US has suggested China is using the South China Sea code of conduct to pressure ASEAN states to accept their South China Sea claims. Experts have told The Australian Beijing is attempting to use the negotiations to minimise the presence of the US Navy and the Australian Navy in the sea. Last week ASEAN […]
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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It’s Time for the United States to Counter It.
The rule of international law will stand or fall on the confidence of civilian mariners to operate where and how they please within the boundaries of their international legal rights. The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it […]
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South China Sea progress between China and Asean will run into choppy waters with the US
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations now have a single text to negotiate a code of conduct in the South China Sea, where four Asean member countries – Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam – are locked in territorial disputes with Beijing. The announcement, which came on Thursday during the Asean-China ministerial meeting, […]
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Beijing busy in the South China Sea
BEIJING — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ CHINA, SE ASIAN NAVIES STAGE COMPUTER-SIMULATED DRILLS The navies of […]
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A Closer Look at the ASEAN-China Single Draft South China Sea Code of Conduct
On August 3, the foreign ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their Chinese counterpart announced agreement on a Single Draft South China Sea Code of Conduct Negotiating Text (SDNT) that will serve as the basis for the adoption of a Code of Conduct in the South […]
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The Next Big Energy Standoff Will Happen Here
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China have agreed on a so-called single working text to continue negotiations for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed South China Sea. “I am pleased to announce yet another milestone in the COC process,” said Vivian Balakrishnan on Thursday, Singapore’s foreign minister, who is hosting […]
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China’s South China Sea Project Must Not Succeed
The international community shouldn’t quietly let China ignore the 2016 decision. It has been two years now since an arbitral tribunal ruled that the Nine-Dash Line asserted by China in the South China Sea is in violation of United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on July 12, 2016. During this time, China […]
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How the French military’s ‘political messengers’ are countering Beijing in the South China Sea
France’s air and sea presence in the region asserts its support for a maritime security order based on shared rules and norms, writes Mathieu Duchâtel Since July 27, the French Air Force has had three Rafale B fighter jets, one A400M troop transporter and a C135 refuelling tanker in Australia’s Northern Territory. By registering you […]
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China’s militarisation of South China Sea done in self-defence: Foreign Minister Wang Yi
SINGAPORE – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday (Aug 4) defended China’s military build-up in the South China Sea, calling it actions taken in self-defence in response to security pressure from the United States and other non-regional countries. “Certain non-regional countries, mainly the United States, have been sending massive strategic weaponry into this region, […]