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PH proposes to expand agreement on air, naval encounters
The Philippines is pushing for the inclusion of coast guards and other maritime forces in the Code of Unplanned Encounters at Sea (Cues), an agreement covering air and naval encounters among 20 countries. The proposal was made at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) in Laos this week, the Department […]
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Beijing Calls South China Sea Island Reclamation a ‘Green Project’
BEIJING, China — Sand, cement, and Chinese military facilities now sit on top of some of the South China Sea’s once-thriving reefs; China has built over half a dozen new artificial islands in a bid to bolster its territorial claims in the hotly disputed region. Such reclamation devastates the local marine habitat. But according to […]
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Leaders of G7 nations to pay close attention on maritime disputes in Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, stands with other leaders of Group of Seven industrial nations, from left, European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Abe, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President […]
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Beijing Is Angering Its Only Friend In The Disputed South China Sea
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. China has upset Asian neighbors from Japan to Vietnam by flexing harder than the rest on its claims to vast swathes of disputed oceans. But Asia’s third largest country, Indonesia, usually tolerates its brushes with Beijing to keep up prized economic ties. Now China is pushing its […]
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It’s the smog, stupid
posted May 25, 2016 at 12:01 am by Alejandro Del Rosario Air pollution and the smog coming from China’s factories must be severely clouding Chinese leaders’ thinking. How else do you explain their distorted claim that ancient historical maps showed China owned almost all of the sea from its coastlines without total regard for the […]
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PNoy: China broke deal on Scarborough Shoal
A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment in the Spratly Islands, in this file photo dated March 29, 2014. Erik de Castro, Reuters MANILA – President Benigno Aquino on Thursday accused China of breaking a U.S.-brokered deal […]
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South China Sea Controversy: Beijing To Send Nuclear Weapons To Disputed Region Amid US Military Tensions
China will send nuclear weapons to patrol the South China Sea amid rising tensions with the U.S. over the disputed region, the Guardian reported Thursday. The area has become a point of contention between the U.S. and China, as Beijing claims it has sovereignty over the zone. The U.S. says the area is in international […]
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Chinese state media warn G7 against ‘meddling’ in South China Sea
BEIJING, China — Chinese state media warned the Group of Seven nations on Thursday not to “meddle” in South China Sea disputes, as leaders from the bloc gathered for talks in Japan. The commentary came as European Council President Donald Tusk said on the sidelines of a summit in Ise-Shima that the bloc should take […]
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David Cameron: China must abide by ruling on South China Sea
David Cameron has warned China that it must abide by the outcome of international arbitration on its increasingly assertive territorial claims in the South China Sea – the cause of bitter disputes with the Philippines and other countries in the region. Speaking as he arrived in Japan for the G7 summit, Cameron adopted his toughest […]
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China’s foot soldiers: Who’s backing Beijing in PR war?
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative file image of an octagonal tower with a conical feature at its top, located on the northeast side of Subi Reef. Reuters BEIJING – The disputed rocks and reefs of the South China Sea are more than an ocean away from the landlocked African […]
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Beijing lines up diplomatic battle groups over South China Sea
BEIJING, China — The disputed rocks and reefs of the South China Sea are more than an ocean away from the landlocked African nation of Niger. But that has not stopped the strife-ridden, largely desert country of 17 million people adding its voice to a growing diplomatic chorus that Beijing says supports its rejection of […]
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China under President Xi is finding it easy to give the U.S. under President Obama a swift boot in the rear.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has succeeded in gaining more power than any Chinese leader has had since that nation suffered the upheavals of the 1970s. His success in doing so is attributable to Barack Obama and Sun Tzu. To say that eight years of Obama’s — and Hillary Clinton’s — foreign policy has left power […]