West Philippine Sea
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China denounces Philippine ‘pressure’ over sea dispute arbitration
Beijing: China denounced the Philippines on Sunday for putting it under political pressure with an international arbitration case over disputed waters, and refused again to participate a week ahead of a deadline to respond in the case. In a position paper, China outlined its arguments against the jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at […]
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A Framework for Resolving Japan-China Dispute over Islands
How to make sense of the dispute between Japan and China over some half a dozen uninhabited islets in the East China Sea known as the Diaoyu to the Chinese and the Senkaku to the Japanese? With a combined area of just a couple of square kilometers, and no permanent human use of any of […]
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China slams Philippines over South China Sea case
BEIJING – China has again rejected an attempt by the Philippines to challenge its territorial claims over the South China Sea through international arbitration, releasing a lengthy paper a week before a deadline for China to respond to the case. China prefers to settle its disputes with discussions with the countries directly involved. But the […]
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China denounces PH ‘pressure’ over sea dispute
BEIJING — (UPDATED) China denounced the Philippines on Sunday for putting it under pressure with an international arbitration case over disputed waters, and refused again to participate a week ahead of a deadline to respond in the case. In a position paper, China outlined its arguments against the jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of Arbitration […]
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EDCA deterred sea disputes—Gazmin
BEIJING stopped harassing Filipino ships in disputed areas of the West Philippine Sea after the signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between Manila and Washington, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin claimed before a Senate committee on Monday. Gazmin made the claim even as Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago argued that the failure of the Aquino administration to […]
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China ex-general says force an option in ‘Taiwan problem’
BEIJING – An army general has warned that China will not leave the Taiwan problem “unresolved for a long time,” after the island’s Beijing-friendly ruling party suffered a bruising election defeat, a state-run newspaper said. Liu Jingsong told the annual conference of the Global Times newspaper that the Chinese government would not be afraid to […]
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Asia Reacts to China’s South China Sea Airstrip
In what was the first ever port call between the countries, two Vietnamese frigates visited the Philippines on Tuesday. An unnamed Filipino naval officer said the two countries would hold peaceful joint patrols and operations in the Spratlys. But the timing of the maiden port call was clear. It coincides with the first anniversary of […]
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South China Sea: Still no evidence of historical Chinese claims
Two scholars have responded to my call for supporters of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea to provide verifiable evidence in support of their arguments. However the response of Dr Li Dexia and Tan Keng Tat (http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/rsis/co14165) shows just how difficult this task is likely to be. They are unable to prove any […]
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How to deal with Chinese assertiveness: it’s time to impose costs
ASEAN, Cabbage Strategy, China, Code of Conduct, Militarization, Philippines, Rebalance, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, USAChina’s reemergence as a wealthy and powerful nation is a fact. In recent decades its rise has been unprecedented, moving from the tenth-largest economy in 1990, to the sixth-largest economy in 2001, to the second-largest economy in 2010. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China now surpasses the United States in terms of purchasing […]
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A look at South China Sea conflicts
Airstrip, Artificial Islands, China, Fiery Cross Reef, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, SpratylsA couple of weeks ago, IHS Jane’s, a leading British publishing company specializing in military topics, reported that China was reclaiming land at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea and transforming permanently submerged features that do not qualify as an island under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea into […]