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South China Sea: China’s Unfolding Strategic Blueprint For Full-Spectrum Dominance – Analysis
Analysis, China, Diplomatic Relations, Japan, Oil Rig, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, USA, Vietnam, WarSouth China Sea has emerged as an explosive regional and global flashpoint endangering the security and stability of the wider Indo Pacific region. This arises mainly from China’s propensity to use force to settle territorial disputes. Paracel Islands under full military occupation of China and Spratlys Islands under partial military occupation of China coupled with […]
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China is a global problem
WE tend to look at China and the territorial dispute we have with them as a bilateral or regional problem. But an examination of the bigger picture may show something different. Maybe you have lived near someone we will call Mr. Nasty Neighbor. A few months ago he got into a shouting match with someone […]
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Vietnam Flays China’s Position On South China Sea – Part I
The South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as one of the major flashpoints with a host of countries making claims to parts or the whole of the area. The reason behind this dispute is because of the results of a report some years ago that testified that the area contains huge amounts of oil and […]
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Philippines Flays China’s Position On South China Sea – Part II
Like Vietnam, the Philippines also have maritime disputes with China over territorial claims on the South China Sea. The basis of China’s territorial claims has been covered in the first part of this two-part article and need not be repeated here. This much will suffice to mention however is that the basis of China’s claims […]
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Manila urges unity for South East Asian nations in China sea dispute
(Reuters) – The Philippines is pushing for a meeting among four Southeast Asian nations with conflicting claims to waters in the South China Sea so that they can hammer out a common stand in dealings with China, Manila’s foreign minister said on Friday. Manila is waging a territorial dispute with China over the Spratlys and […]
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Vietnamese Americans Rally vs. China over Territorial Dispute
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the Voice of Vietnamese Americans (VVA) led several rallies, denouncing China for its aggression in Asia over territorial disputes, including “placing Oil Rig Hai Yang 981 in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Vietnam.” VVA President Genie Nguyen stressed the rallies were a “demonstration for the sovereignty of Vietnam, peace in […]
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GUESS | Which country is most worried about maritime dispute with China turning into armed conflict?
WASHINGTON – China’s neighbors are increasingly anxious that Beijing’s maritime disputes with countries like Vietnam and the Philippines will lead to military conflict, a US research group said in findings released Monday. Even in China itself, polling showed that 62 percent of the public worried that territorial disputes between China and its neighbors could lead […]
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China moves oil rig out of waters Vietnam claims
HANOI, Vietnam — China on Wednesday moved an oil rig out of waters claimed by Hanoi after two months of drilling that triggered a near-breakdown in ties between the neighbors and led to deadly protests in Vietnam. Withdrawing the rig from near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea reduces the immediate risk of […]
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China tells U.S. to stay out of South China Seas dispute
BEIJING (Reuters) – China told the United States on Tuesday to stay out of disputes over the South China Sea and leave countries in the region to resolve problems themselves, after Washington said it wanted a freeze on stoking tension. Michael Fuchs, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs, said no […]
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US must back up the words in its South China Sea remark
On Saturday, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Michael Fuchs called on the parties in South China Sea territorial disputes to agree to a ‘voluntary freeze’ on provocative behavior. Fuchs appealed for a concrete development of principles laid out in the 2002 Declaration of Conduct (DoC) signed between […]