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China protests latest US Navy mission in South China Sea
China said it dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the US warship of trespassing into Chinese territorial waters on Friday near the Paracel Islands — called Xisha by China — during the latest freedom of navigation missions…
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US warns China against attacking Taiwan, stressing American ‘ambiguity’
by force, saying amphibious landings were notoriously difficult and there was a lot of ambiguity about how the United States would respond.The US national security adviser warned China on Wednesday against any attempt to takeTaiwan Robert O’Brien told an event at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas that China was engaged in a massive naval build-up probably not seen…
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South China Sea: UK and France prepare to take on Beijing in disputed waters clash
BRITAIN, France and possibly Germany are preparing strategies to keep an eye on China in the disputed South China Sea. The European powers are considering how to increase their presence in the contested South China Sea as tensions over the waters has continued to remain high. Britain and France are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and have…
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‘Hostage diplomacy’: Canada asks NATO to track China moves in South China Sea
Canada’s defence minister Harjit Sajjan has said that NATO needs to “monitor” China’s activities as the actions that it has been “demonstrating in the South China Sea are obviously concerning”. Sajjan made these observations while participating in a panel discussion titled A Compass of Stability – NATO’s Ageless Utility, organised by the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum, based in the Slovakian capital.…
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US building obliterated, as China expands Cambodian naval base
The demolition of a US-funded building at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base has heightened concerns China will use the facility for access to the South China Sea from the Gulf of Thailand. The razing of the building, revealed in new satellite imagery released by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies’ Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, is thought to have occurred between…
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Views on Xi Jinping’s China hit historical lows: survey
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s reckless “Wolf Warrior” political and military policies, along with China’s perceived mishandling of the Covid-19 outbreak, appear to have seriously dented the nation’s image internationally, according to a new survey. Views of China have grown more negative in recent years across many advanced economies, and unfavorable opinion has soared over the past year, a new Pew…
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China’s new world order plot exposed: Chilling report details Beijing power grab from West
CHINA’s new world order plan envisages Beijing at the centre of the world surrounded by subordinate countries that would “have liberal democratic values and principles suppressed” claims a new report. The October 2020 report from the National Bureau of Asian Research, conducted Nadège Rolland, warns China’s expansionism, “puts at risk not only the predominant US position in the current system…
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Uncertain Prospects: South China Sea Code of Conduct Negotiations
For nearly two decades, diplomats from Southeast Asian countries and China have met to discuss the implementation of a “code of conduct” for the South China Sea. The goal of that code is to manage the tensions that may arise from disputes between the region’s claimants, including Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and more recently Indonesia. Back in…
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The Philippines Takes a Tougher Approach to Its South China Sea Claims
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s South China Sea policy is becoming less conciliatory toward China, as he tries to balance growing pressure from within his administration to revitalize Manila’s security cooperation with the United States against the need to preserve his country’s economic ties with Beijing. The Duterte administration has recently made a number of statements emphasizing the Philippines’ extensive maritime…
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Let’s not put words into the President’s mouth
Let’s begin with this opener of Rappler’s report in Rappler.com on Sept. 23, 2020: “President Duterte dropped a bombshell by raising, in an unprecedented move, the Philippines legal victory against China in a UN forum. …‘The award is now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon,’ he declared.” You,…
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In Wake of Recent India-China Conflict, U.S. Sees Opportunity
WASHINGTON — Weeks after India and China engaged in their deadliest border clash in decades, the sight of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entering the Bay of Bengal drew attention across the region. The carrier, Nimitz, and its strike group deployed to the area in mid-July to conduct an exercise with the Indian Navy in pursuit of a “free…
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Canadian warship sails near Taiwan amid heightened China tensions
A Canadian warship has sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, the island’s defence ministry said on Saturday, a voyage that comes at a time of heightened military tension between China and Taiwan and which could anger Beijing. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up its military activity around the island in the past few weeks,…