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Beijing will not `step back` in South China Sea: Report
Beijing: Beijing will not take a “single step back” in the contested South China Sea, state-run media said Friday, despite reports of US naval patrols close to its artificial islands ahead of a tribunal ruling in the dispute. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital waters in the face of rival claims […]
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Imminent verdict on South China Sea will test Asean unity: The Nation columnist
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague – the world’s oldest international tribunal for international resolutions of disputes between nations – has said it will issue a verdict on July 12 on the South China Sea case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines. “The Tribunal will issue its Award on Tuesday, 12 July 2016, […]
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China reacts on President Duterte’s strategy on WPS issue
The Chinese government has made a reaction on President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement on how the Philippines will handle the West Philippine Sea issue and the tribunal’s decision on the said issue. President Duterte said if the tribunal’s ruling is favorable to the Philippines, let’s talk with China. “We are not prepared to go to war. […]
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PH Envoy to UN: Support Rule of Law in West PH Sea Arbitration
MANILA, July 8 – The Philippines’ invoked the United Nations’ commitment to the rule of law in support of an imminent decision by an arbitral tribunal in The Hague constituted to hear the Philippines’ case on the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea disputes. Ambassador Lourdes O. Yparraguirre, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, […]
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Chinese Military South China Sea ‘No Sail’ Zone Not a New Move
China’s declaration of a ‘no sail’ zone in the South China Sea is technically a violation of maritime law, but not a new move from Beijing, maritime experts and U.S. officials told USNI News on Thursday. On July 3, the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration issued a notice telling all vessels not to operate in a […]
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US urges respect for South China Sea ruling
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday urged respect for a decision on territorial disputes in the South China Sea set to be handed down by an international arbitration court next week. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Dutch city of The Hague is set to make its final decision on Tuesday in the […]
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YELLOW LIGHT DETERRENCE: POOR AMERICAN STRATEGY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
In 2001, in response to an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreement with China regarding conduct in the South China Sea, Odgaard (2001) optimistically described the cooperation as the beginning of a “new order”. Odgaard remarked that, “The dispute highlights differences in the approach of the two entities to the balance of power, diplomacy, […]
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Delhi and Hanoi Get Serious About the Supersonic BrahMos Missile (And More)
As India plans a more robust presence in the greater Asia-Pacific, it is in the process of enhancing its defense ties with Vietnam. India seems now ready to sell the supersonic BrahMos missile, a product of an Indo-Russian joint venture, to Vietnam after dilly dallying on Hanoi’s request for this sale since 2011. Though India’s […]
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Stormy waters in South China Sea ruling
Next week’s landmark ruling on the South China Sea will test the bounds of “international order” in the region, as experts warn an “altogether peaceful” resolution is becoming increasingly difficult to see. With just days to go until the UN’s Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague hands down its decision on the long-running […]
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Choice insults Beijing has hurled at the international tribunal about to rule on the South China Sea
It’s safe to say China’s leadership doesn’t think highly of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague. The international tribunal will issue a ruling on July 12 that could invalidate China’s sweeping territorial claims to most of the South China Sea, a strategically important waterway rich in natural resources. Ahead of that ruling, […]
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Beijing Says U.S. Needs Attitude Adjustment In South China Sea
You have to hand it to China. Collectively, they can analyze a situation, that they actually created, and turn it completely around and play the victim. it’s China, not the U.S. nor Japan, or ASEAN member states that has created unrest in the South China Sea Admiral John Richardson, U.S. Navy chief of naval operations, […]
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Duterte’s South China Sea dilemma
Fresh into office, the Philippines’ newly-elected President Rodrigo Duterte is set to face arguably his toughest foreign policy challenge. Though much of his political capital is currently directed at addressing domestic predicaments, particularly the proliferation of drugs and criminality, he will have no choice but to play high-stakes diplomacy in coming days. Phillippine President Rodrigo […]