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G7 releases statement on Maritime Security angering China
The Group of Seven industrialized countries (G7) Foreign Ministers have released a statement airing concern on the situation in West Philippine Sea and East China Sea. The G7 ministers – composed of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (European Union is also represented in the G7) – noted China’s aggression in West Philippine Sea…
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DFA expects ruling on West PH Sea dispute anytime soon
SAN FERNANDO CITY, April 11 – The Philippine government expects an international tribunal hearing an arbitration case it filed to invalidate China’s claims in the South China Sea to issue a decision in the coming weeks. Department of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Charles Jose said the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague will decide whether the Philippines will…
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SOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: China Alarms 2 Other Asian Nations
Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors who all lay claim to islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves. China’s recent construction of artificial islands complete with airstrips and radar stations, and U.S. patrols challenging Beijing’s vast territorial claims, have caused concern that…
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The South China Sea Disputes: Past, Present, and Future
An interview with Bill Hayton, author of The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia. This interview was previously published on the Young China Watchers’ blog and is reprinted here with kind permission. Young China Watchers is a global network of China-focused young professionals across nine chapter cities, engaging with the most pressing issues emerging from China today.…
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Will South China Sea Eventually Belong To China?
The South China Sea has been at the center of tensions since Beijing decided to push its initiatives in the region. With more nations stepping up their claims and defenses, analysts say that China is working on a more robust strategy to claim the region. Will South China Sea eventually belong to China? Beijing has empowered its coast guard vessels…
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Vietnam to China: Move Your Oil Rig out of the South China Sea
China’s HYSY 981 is once again operating near the Gulf of Tonkin, to Vietnam’s dismay. In what has become something of a yearly ritual, Vietnam and China are once again trading diplomatic barbs over a Chinese oil rig in the South China Sea. In May 2014, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s Haiyang Shiyou 981 (HYSY 981) oil platform moved…
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China’s Super Strategy to Dominate South China Sea: Little Green Fisherman
China’s militarized fishing fleet is Beijing’s analogue to Russia’s ‘little green men’. The protection of ‘innocent actors’ from local authorities (for instance, the Indonesian Coast Guard lawfully defending its EEZ) is only the latest event in which Chinese coast guard vessels were empowered to conduct acts of war. Article 62 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the…
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China lighthouse on Subi reef threatens peace–PH
SAN FERNANDO CITY—The Philippines on Thursday slammed China for operating a lighthouse on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the Spratly archipelago, charging that Beijing’s move undermines peace and stability in the region. Zamora Reef is claimed by the Philippines and Vietnam, but controlled by China, which built an artificial island there and on six other reefs in the Spratlys to bolster…
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Ma conducts South China Sea seminar for MOFA officials
ROC President Ma Ying-jeou discusses the finer points of overlapping EEZs with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 8 in Taipei City. (Staff photo/Chin Hung-hao) President Ma Ying-jeou conducted a South China Sea seminar for Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials at MOFA headquarters April 8 in Taipei City, sharing his extensive knowledge and experience of Taiping Island and…
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Andrew Shearer: One way forward in the South China Sea
Officers aboard a Soryu submarine of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force during a fleet review at Sagami Bay, off Yokosuka, south of Tokyo in this Oct. 15, 2015 file photo. © Reuters With tensions rising daily in the South China Sea, Russia modernizing its Pacific naval fleet, an increasingly unpredictable nuclear-armed North Korea next door, and Chinese planes and ships…
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South China Sea War: China In 140 Miles Off Manila, US Admiral Wants Aggressive Confrontation
If it were up to Admiral Harry Harris, U.S. response to China’s aggressive island building just 140 miles from Manila, Philippines will be as equally aggressive. However, he is encountering the biggest obstacle in the form of the White House. Recent evidence has shown that China is now building another island on top of Scarborough Shoal, which is just 140…
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US won’t exit South China Sea: Beazley
Australia should warn the Chinese the Americans “aren’t going away” when it comes to the dispute over the South China Sea, former ambassador to the US Kim Beazley believes. Mr Beazley says it’s time for the Chinese to understand the US is capable of creating an “urgent” situation and won’t run away from the territorial dispute. “We’re always talking about…