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Unscientific, unrealistic and imaginary claims–A threat to peace in the South China Sea
Seas have acquired unparalleled importance in modern times owing to their trade routes and rich resource base. The territorial claims of sovereignty over the various unclaimed and disputed regions are thus on the rise, fueling further conflict, friction and chances of the potential outbreak of violence. The South China Sea and its island chains are […]
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A Far-Flung Taiwan Island Risks Triggering a US-China Clash
When 28 Chinese warplanes streaked through the skies around Taiwan on Tuesday – the largest such incursion this year – they followed a pattern that has generated alarm among U.S. and Taiwanese military planners. Some of the People’s Liberation Army planes, including bombers, fighter jets and surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, flew east from the Chinese […]
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China Bids for Friends in Southeast Asia as US Influence Grows
TAIPEI – China is showing new interest in working with Southeast Asian countries in the disputed resource-rich South China Sea as its superpower rival, the United States, gains diplomatic momentum under President Joe Biden, analysts in Asia say. China, with Asia’s biggest military and economy, hosted a rare, in-person meeting June 7-8, bringing the foreign […]
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A tiny Taiwan island could be trigger for US-China clash
When 28 Chinese warplanes streaked through the skies around Taiwan on Tuesday – the largest such fly-by this year – they followed a pattern that has generated alarm among US and Taiwanese military planners. Some of the People’s Liberation Army planes, including bombers, fighter jets and surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, flew east from the Chinese […]
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Support freedom of navigation in South China Sea: Rajnath Singh at ASEAN meet
The South China Sea is a major point of dispute between China and the US. Washington has rejected Beijing’s territorial claims over the resource-rich waters. China, in recent years, has increased its military presence in the South China Sea. Developments in the South China Sea have attracted international attention and India supports freedom of navigation […]
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US Calls China’s Conduct in South China Sea ‘Unlawful’
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin highlighted what he called China’s unlawful behavior in the South China Sea, while his Chinese counterpart said Beijing was determined to safeguard its core interests, at an ASEAN-hosted meeting on Wednesday. Defense officials from the 10-member Association of the Southeast Asian Nations met virtually with counterparts from eight countries to […]
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US defense chief calls out China for ‘unlawful behavior’ in South China Sea
MANILA – The United States’ defense secretary has criticized China’s “unlawful behavior” in the South China Sea in a virtual meeting with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) and its dialogue partners. In a meeting on Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III blasted Beijing for its conduct in the disputed […]
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Why the world’s most fertile fishing ground is facing a ‘unique and dire’ threat
Since long before the steel-hulled fishing boats from foreign countries arrived in the South Pacific its people have had their own systems for sharing the ocean’s catches. In the New Zealand territory of Tokelau, in the middle of the region, the 1,400 people living on its three atolls practise a system called inati, which ensures […]
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Philippine president spars with Pacquiao over South China Sea
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has stoked a feud with boxer Manny Pacquiao by criticising his “shallow” foreign policy knowledge, after the senator and eight-division champion said he found the leader’s stand on the South China Sea was “lacking”. In a late night interview with SMNI news channel on Tuesday, Duterte said Pacquiao, a senator and […]
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Philippines again suspends scrapping of VFA troop pact with US, amid South China Sea tensions, Covid-19 vaccine donations
The Philippines has for the third time suspended a decision to scrap a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, its foreign minister said on Monday, amid a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said the suspension would be for a further six months while President […]
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US Navy aircraft carrier USS Reagan enters South China Sea
A US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the US Navy said, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most of the disputed waterway. The carrier is being accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh […]
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ASEAN defense ministers to meet as South China Sea tensions rise
SINGAPORE — Defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will meet online on Tuesday to discuss regional security, with South China Sea tensions and recent Chinese moves expected to be high on the agenda. The 10-member bloc will also hold an expanded meeting the next day with counterparts from eight key countries, including […]