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Civilians Helping Governments Stake Claims in South China Sea
TAIPEI — A statement from China that daily civilian charter flights would serve the contested sea off its south coast raises the growing profile of civilians as a tool for governments to bolster their claims in Asia’s most widespread sovereignty dispute. The launch Thursday of flights from Haikou in southern China to Woody Island in the South China Sea, as…
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East Sea: How can China’s irrational arguments be disposed of?
VietNamNet Bridge – This article points out the absurdity of the arguments of China and pro-China scholars against the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA) ruling. East Sea: How can China’s irrational arguments be disposed of?, Government news, Vietnam breaking news, politic news, vietnamnet bridge, english news, Vietnam news, news Vietnam, vietnamnet news, Vietnam net news, Vietnam latest news, vn news…
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US intel: China to put missiles on S China Sea man-made islands to guard airstrips
Chinese military rattles neighbors in South China Sea EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. intelligence community thinks the “hundreds” of surface-to-air missiles that China recently shipped to its Hainan Island in the South China Sea will be moved to the country’s nearby and disputed man-made islands in the coming months, two military officials told Fox News on Saturday. The plan follows what U.S.…
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The ASEAN Crisis, Part 2: Why Can’t ASEAN Agree on the South China Sea?
How internal and external factors hamstring ASEAN when it comes to the South China Sea. Part 1 of this three-part series argued that the South China Sea Dispute poses an existential threat to ASEAN as a regional organization. The South China Sea Dispute challenges ASEAN’s ability to deal with regional militarization, guarantee member states’ economic benefits, ensure ASEAN citizens’ safety…
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US intel: China to put missiles on S China Sea man-made islands to guard airstrips
EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. intelligence community thinks the “hundreds” of surface-to-air missiles that China recently shipped to its Hainan Island in the South China Sea will be moved to the country’s nearby and disputed man-made islands in the coming months, two military officials told Fox News on Saturday. The plan follows what U.S. intelligence officials say is Beijing’s expressed desire to…
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Cops, Robbers and the South China Sea’s New Normal
Yesterday, a friend of mine came to me and said he’d heard about China’s seizure of a U.S. Navy drone in the South China Sea. I was delighted that he was interested in this news. I told him it was a big event—bigger than it first appeared. It was qualitatively different from all the other encounters to date between China…
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Conflict and cooperation in the South China Sea
The Philippines will continue to use a carrot-and-stick strategy toward China in the South China Sea, choosing not to play up its recent victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in order to reach a compromise. Fishing around the Scarborough Shoal will be a key area of cooperation that will move forward through bilateral talks. The true resolution of boundary…
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China Creates Version of US Drone Seizure to Maintain the Status Quo
When a Chinese Dalang–III naval salvage vessel seized a U.S. Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) from the oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch in the South China Sea last week, it was the most serious incident of China interfering with U.S. surveillance and survey ships since Chinese Maritime Militia harassed the USNS Impeccable in 2009. China returned the UUV to the…
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Why China’s Behavior in the South China Sea Is Not Surprising
China’s seizure of a U.S. underwater drone is consistent with Beijing’s strategy, policy, and actions. China’s recent actions in the South China Sea (SCS), from the expansion of its military defenses on the disputed Spratlys to the seizure and return of an American unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) off Subic Bay, should not come as a surprise. China’s responses to what…
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“Flowing Water Rage”: The South China Sea
President-elect Donald Trump told China to keep the US drone which China retrieved which has resulted in another debate on Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, an important geo-political water body and the second busiest sea route in the world, comprising over one-third of world trade. Along with the trade route, the presence of large reserves of oil and…
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The ASEAN Crisis, Part 2: Why Can’t ASEAN Agree on the South China Sea?
Part 1 of this three-part series argued that the South China Sea Dispute poses an existential threat to ASEAN as a regional organization. The South China Sea Dispute challenges ASEAN’s ability to deal with regional militarization, guarantee member states’ economic benefits, ensure ASEAN citizens’ safety when fishing, and protect Southeast Asia’s marine environment. Part 2, as follows, considers the question…
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China may have been testing Trump with drone seizure
China’s recent seizure of a U.S Navy underwater drone may have been an early political test for U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. On Saturday, China’s Defense Ministry released a statement announcing that its military had come across an unmanned American device in the South China Sea on Dec. 15 and said it would transfer the drone to the U.S. The move…