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China plan to control South China Sea airspace dangerous, says Lorenzana
MANILA, Philippines—China’s plan to establish an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the disputed South China Sea could lead to mishaps and miscalculations at sea and in the air, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Thursday (June 25). “It is my fervent hope that China would not proceed with this planned action for the continued […]
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Why Indonesia is reaffirming its position on the South China Sea and turning down China’s offer for bilateral talks
JAKARTA: Amid recent activities in the South China Sea, the Indonesian government has reiterated its position on the rule of international law through diplomatic notes addressed to the United Nations, while declining China’s offer to hold bilateral talks on overlapping claims. In a diplomatic note dated May 26, Indonesia reiterated that it is not a […]
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A new threat to global trade: Exhausted crews want off cargo ships now
London (CNN Business)Global trade is facing another coronavirus crisis just as economies begin to reopen: 200,000 seafarers stranded for months by port closures and the collapse in long-haul aviation could refuse to keep working. Many seafarers extended their contracts by several months to keep supplies of food, fuel and medicine flowing around the world during […]
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Duterte halted VFA termination due to South China Sea tensions
MANILA, Philippines – Despite earlier asserting he wanted the military deal scrapped, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to suspend his earlier decision to terminate the Philippines’ Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States due to rising tensions in the South China Sea during the pandemic. According to Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr, who along with […]
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South China Sea crisis: Beijing warns US military presence increases risk of war
According to the state-owned Global Times, the report by China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies details US security policy, military presence and deployment. It warns of a pending Cold War-esque conflict between China and the US. The Global Times report US warships have repeatedly trespassed into Chinese territorial waters around the Xisha and […]
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The U.S. Navy Is Ready for Trouble in the South China Sea or Near Taiwan
The U.S. Navy is preparing for expansive two-carrier attacks in the Pacific by connecting the USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups for combined operations near the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. The exercise, which is, of course, not planning any attacks or specific war moves, is intended to ensure […]
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China Sends Ship as Warning to Vietnam: No Court Case, No Oil Drilling
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China sent a survey vessel through waters claimed by its maritime sovereignty rival Vietnam this month to warn Hanoi against starting new energy exploration projects and filing any motions in an international court, observers say. Tracking tools showed China’s 105-meter-long, 58-person survey ship Haiyang Dizhi 4 moving toward Vietnamese waters on June […]
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Japan-China relations: Xi said, Xi said
“She said, ‘You don’t understand what I said.’ I said, ‘No, no, no, you’re wrong. When I was a boy, everything was right.’ … And she’s making me feel like I’ve never been born.” This is a famous hook line in a song from The Beatles album “Revolver,” released in 1966. I was 13 years […]
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‘Urgent’ China warning claims Australia needs alliance with US
Australia must urgently strengthen its partnership with the United States, Japan and other regional partners to resist China’s gradual domination in the Indo-Pacific, a leading researcher has warned. The superpower has become increasingly brazen in its assumption of power throughout the region, according to the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre. The top […]
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7th Chinese fighter sighted near Taiwan could be from new deployment in SCS
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — For the seventh time in less than two weeks, a Chinese fighter jet approached Taiwan’s airspace on Sunday (June 21) in what could be part of a new deployment in the South China Sea (SCS) or combat training originating from deep within China. At noon on Sunday, a People’s Liberation Army […]
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PLA expels US warship illegally trespassing into S.China Sea
The Chinese People‘s Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday expelled a US warship that trespassed into Chinese territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, and the US operation amid the COVID-19 pandemic showed the US is the source that sabotages peace and stability in the South China Sea, a Chinese military spokesperson […]
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South China Sea Dispute: Indonesia Refuses Negotiations, Rejects China’s Nine-Dash Line Claims
China and Indonesia agree on at least one issue about the Natuna Islands, part of the larger Raiu archipelago, located in disputed waters that Indonesia has renamed the North Natuna Sea. On May 26, Indonesia said in a diplomatic note it is not a party to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea. Beijing […]