West Philippine Sea
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Analysis: South China Sea dispute pits power-hungry China against weaker regional neighbours
The dispute over the South China Sea pits China against its smaller, weaker regional neighbours. Vietnam is one of them, and right now there is a concerning flash point that could have deep, significant implications for the region. Around Vietnam you find propaganda billboards denouncing China’s actions after it built a billion-dollar oil rig about […]
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UNCLOS signatory states asked anew to respect treaty
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has reiterated its call for signatory states to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), including China, to respect the treaty amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). The government made the appeal during the 24th meeting of state parties to […]
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Beijing sends another oil rig to South China Sea
BEIJING–Another Chinese oil rig is set to arrive Friday in the South China Sea, authorities said, as Beijing and Hanoi trade accusations over an increasingly heated territorial row. The move marks a fresh escalation of the dispute, which has seen a wave of deadly anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam as well as accusations from both sides […]
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On the frontline in the South China Sea: A diary by South-East Asia correspondent Samantha Hawley
China, Chinese Coast Guard, Observer, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Stand off, Vietnam, Vietnamese Coast GuardSouth-East Asia correspondent Samantha Hawley spent nearly a week travelling to a giant Chinese oil rig deployed between the Vietnamese coast and the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea. Travelling onboard Vietnamese coastguard ships, Hawley came within eight nautical miles of the Chinese rig, operated by China Oilfield Services Limited, which is located […]
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China sends four oil rigs to South China Sea amid regional tensions
(Updated 5:27 p.m.) BEIJING – China has sent four oil rigs into the South China Sea in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its exploration for oil and gas in the tense region, less than two months after it positioned a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam. Coordinates posted on the website […]
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Roaring on the Seas: China’s Power Grab Is Alarming
Few aspects of China’s dynamic emergence as a global power have generated as much insecurity and danger in its neighborhood as its mounting campaign to control the South China Sea, a vital waterway for international commerce. On Wednesday, at a high-level meeting in Hanoi, China’s top diplomat scolded his Vietnamese hosts for complaining about an […]
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LOVE-HATE TRIANGLE | What is the result of China’s heavy-handedness vis-a-vis Vietnam, PH?
China, Diplomatic Relations, Foreign Policy, Intetional Rammings, itlos, Oil Rig, Paracels, Philippines, Sinking, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamAmado “Bong” Mendoza is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines (Diliman) and is primarily interested in Philippine politics and political economy. He used to write for Business Day covering the finance beat and the online edition of Inquirer. He now writes regularly for InterAksyon.com. Unfortunately for assertive rising powers like China, might […]
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UP prof to Tokyo conference: China violated UNCLOS over West PHL Sea claim
China has violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) when it snubbed the Philippine arbitral claim on the West Philippine Sea and when it built structures on disputed reefs in the area. This was the pronouncement made by international law expert and University of the Philippines professor Harry Roque Jr. […]
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China rejects Phl call for construction ban in disputed sea
BEIJING — China rejected a suggestion by the Philippines for a regionwide ban on construction in the South China Sea after Beijing began building a school on a rugged outpost it created to strengthen its claims to disputed waters. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said he will propose that the Association of Southeast Asian […]
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Palace unperturbed by China’s ‘deception’ charge
Malacañang on Monday shrugged off China’s recent comment that the Philippines was trying to draw the world’s sympathy through deception in the dispute over territories in the South China Sea. “It is part of the dynamics of international relations to conduct information campaigns or to propagate a national policy by utilizing the mass media as […]