West Philippine Sea
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PH blasts new China map
China, New Map, Nine Dash Line, Paracels, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Ten Dash Line, VietnamMANILA – The Philippine government criticized Wednesday China’s publication of a new map that marks as its territory disputed islands in the South China Sea as well as waters right on the edge of the Philippine coast. Foreign Affairs Spokesman Charles Jose said the publication of the new map only shows China’s “unreasonably expansive claim” […]
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New vertical Chinese map gives greater emphasis to South China Sea claims
China has unveiled a new official map of the country giving greater emphasis to its claims on the South China Sea, making the disputed waters and its numerous islets and reefs more clearly seem like national territory. Previous maps published by the government already include China’s claims to most of the South China Sea, but […]
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Historical Fiction : China’s South China Sea Claims
The Spratly Islands—not so long ago known primarily as a rich fishing ground—have turned into an international flashpoint as Chinese leaders insist with increasing truculence that the islands, rocks, and reefs have been, in the words of Premier Wen Jiabao, “China’s historical territory since ancient times.” Normally, the overlapping territorial claims to sovereignty and maritime […]
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New Chinese map gives greater play to South China Sea claims
(Reuters) – China has unveiled a new official map of the country giving greater play to its claims on the South China Sea, state media said on Wednesday, making the disputed waters and its numerous islets and reefs more clearly seem like national territory. Previous maps published by the government already include China’s claims to […]
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PH becoming a thorn in China’s side
MANILA, Philippines–Who would have thought that the tiny Philippines would be a thorn in the side of giant China? Magdalo Rep. Francisco Ashley Acedillo said the Philippines’ geographic location is in the way of China’s defense strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, giving its ally, the United States, a base from which to counter China. “Our […]
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Deploying more oil rigs, China turns East Sea into its pond, int’l scholars
VietNamNet Bridge – On the sidelines of the international conference on Hoang Sa (Paracel), Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands in Da Nang on June 20-21, domestic and foreign scholars expressed their concerns over China’s deployment of more oil rigs in the East Sea. On June 21, 2014 the delegates who attended the International Workshop under the […]
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Beijing ‘setting precedent’ in South China Sea
China, Intentional Rammings, itlos, Oil Rig, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, USA, VietnamChina has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea amid mounting regional tensions. Analyst Ian Storey tells DW Beijing is likely to deploy more rigs in the future as it intends to assert its “historic rights.” China has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea in a bid to […]
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‘China wants to seize more sea’
Arbitration, China, ICJ, Nine Dash Line, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, VeitnamDA NANG: Vietnam and regional countries should raise world alarm about China’s nine-dash claim to much of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), retired French general Daniel Schaeffer told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos here. Schaeffer, an expert on Chinese issues at France’s Asia Research Center, […]
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Why Doesn’t Russia Support China in the South China Sea?
Recently, tensions over maritime disputes in the South China Sea seem to have surpassed even those caused by the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. China and Vietnam are embroiled in their worst political conflict in decades over an oil drilling platform near the Paracel Islands. The resulting anti-China protests in Vietnam brought China-Vietnam relations to a temporary halt. […]
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‘China wants to seize more sea’
DA NANG: Vietnam and regional countries should raise world alarm about China’s nine-dash claim to much of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), retired French general Daniel Schaeffer told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos here. Schaeffer, an expert on Chinese issues at France’s Asia Research Center, […]