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EU, Japan say wary of unilateral actions in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, EU, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA“We continue to observe the situation in the East and South China Sea and are concerned by any unilateral actions that change the status quo and increase tensions,” said the statement issued after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and other EU leaders. “We urge all parties … to […]
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US hopes Chinese island-building will spur Asian response
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, ASEAN, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAWASHINGTON – By releasing video of Beijing’s island reclamation work and considering more assertive maritime actions, the United States is signaling a tougher stance over the South China Sea and trying to spur Asian partners to more action. The release last week of the surveillance plane footage – showing dredgers and other ships busily turning remote […]
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Break the vicious cycle, Singapore tells South China Sea rivals
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, Singapore, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASINGAPORE — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on countries today (May 29) to break the “vicious cycle” of the South China Sea row, as the United States and China exchanged increasingly angry barbs over reclaimed islands in the disputed waterway. Inaugurating Asia’s biggest security forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue, Mr Lee also warned of the threat of Islamic […]
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What Should the U.S. Do in the South China Sea?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAs the 14th annual Asia Security Summit — or the Shangri-la Dialogue, as it has come to be known — gets underway in Singapore, FP partner ChinaFile asked contributors to comment on what appears to be a recent escalation in tensions between the U.S. and China over the two countries’ presence in the South China […]
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Pushback in the South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe United States has good reason to push back more forcefully against China’s grab for power in the South China Sea, as Defense Secretary Ashton Carter did on a trip to Asia this week. Beijing has repeatedly ignored earlier warnings to moderate the aggressive behavior that is unsettling its regional neighbors and further undermining its […]
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US: Halt land reclamation in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAMANILA, Philippines – US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday, May 27, called for a halt on all land reclamation in the South China Sea. “We want a peaceful resolution of all disputes, and an immediate and lasting halt to land reclamation by any claimant. We also oppose any further militarization of disputed features,” Carter […]
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Row over South China Sea: US seeks Asian countries’ support to corner China
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAWASHINGTON: By releasing video of Beijing’s island reclamation work and considering more assertive maritime actions, the United States is signaling a tougher stance over the South China Sea and trying to spur Asian partners to more action. The release last week of the surveillance plane footage — showing dredgers and other ships busily turning remote […]
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South China Sea Tensions Simmer Ahead of Security Summit
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASINGAPORE—China’s island-building program in the South China Sea is expected to come under attack from defense ministers and military commanders at a high-level security summit in Singapore this weekend, amid concerns that Beijing is jeopardizing regional stability. Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/south-china-sea-tensions-simmer-ahead-of-security-summit-1432870446
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China militarises artificial islands
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina has moved weaponry onto artificial islands that it is building in contested areas of the South China Sea, adding to the risks of a confrontation with the United States and its regional security partners including Australia. Australian officials are concerned that China could also introduce long-range radars, anti-aircraft guns and regular surveillance flights that […]
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China cites UN law in asking US plane to leave disputed South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, USABEIJING: Defending its action in directing a US surveillance plane out of a disputed area in the South China Sea, China today invoked the UN’s maritime law while asserting that freedom of navigation does not allow foreign military vessels to violate sovereignty of coastal states. “Recently some people are hyping up freedom of navigation in […]