ASEAN
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China Agrees to Discuss ‘Code of Conduct’ Rules
ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Global Security, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, Second Thomas shoal, South China Sea DisputeThis week the Association of Southeast Asian Nations appeared to make progress on addressing territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Following meetings in Brunei, the group announced that China had agreed to discuss a set of rules known as the “code of conduct” to avoid conflict in the disputed waters. Last year’s ASEAN forum […]
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No more niceties: PH, China trade barbs in sea row
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario walked into a regional security forum this week to hear his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi reel off a list of complaints against Manila for stirring tensions over the South China Sea. Del Rosario was not scheduled to speak, but after hearing Wang’s speech at Sunday’s […]
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Del Rosario, Chinese counterpart in ‘testy exchange’
MANILA – There’s some progress but little breakthrough in the ASEAN meetings in Brunei dominated by China’s territorial disputes with its neighbors including the Philippines. China has agreed to host talks on a code of conduct in the South China Sea in September but the talks were carefully described in the join ASEAN-China statement as […]
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China Agrees to South China Sea Talks Amid New Row With Manila
ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Militarization, Philippines, Reuters, Scarborough Shoal, Second Thomas shoal, South China Sea Dispute(Reuters) – China agreed to hold formal talks with Southeast Asian nations on a plan to ease maritime tensions on Sunday as the Philippines accused it of causing “increasing militarization” of the South China Sea, one of Asia’s naval flashpoints. The rebuke by Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario at a regional summit in Brunei came a […]
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Philippines accuses China of military buildup at South China sea
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei: The Philippines accused China of a “massive” military buildup in the disputed South China Sea, warning at a regional security forum today that the Asian giant’s tactics were a threat to peace. The statement by Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario ensured that the growing row over rival claims to the strategically […]
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The South China Sea: A new area in Chinese-Indian rivalry
While the world focuses on rising tension between China and the Philippines and other claimants in the South China Sea, Beijing and Delhi are also engaged in a quiet struggle in the contested waters. By putting up for international bidding the same oil block that India had obtained from Vietnam for exploration, China has thrown […]
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China’s Xi tells Vietnam wants peace in South China Sea
(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told his visiting Vietnamese counterpart of Wednesday that maintaining peace and stability in the contested South China Sea was vital for both countries, who should remember their traditional friendship. Beijing’s assertion of sovereignty over a vast stretch of the South China Sea has set it directly against Vietnam and […]
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States Parties to Convention on Law of the Sea Will Hold Twenty-third Meeting at Headquarters, 10-14 June
The twenty-third Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 10 to 14 June. Often referred to as “the constitution for the oceans”, the landmark Convention was adopted on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994. Its 320 articles and […]
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South China Sea row risks wider clashes
ASEAN, Bajo de Masinloc, China, Panatag Shoal, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOSFrom January through May, the South China Sea dispute continued to trend in a negative direction. Consistent with the pattern of developments over the past several years, the dispute continued to be characterized by an action-reaction dynamic in which attempts by one or other of the claimants – most notably, China, the Philippines and Vietnam […]
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US eyes progress on South China Sea tensions
WASHINGTON – A US official on Wednesday voiced hope that China and Southeast Asian nations will start talks soon on a code of conduct to resolve disputes over the South China Sea after repeated flare-ups. Joe Yun, the acting assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said that China and the 10-member Association of Southeast […]