China
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Sunnylands or Rancho Mirage? ASEAN and the South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASTANFORD: It was meant to be a sunny summit. Welcoming ASEAN’s leaders at the Sunnylands estate, President Obama said he had invited them to southern California, not cold and snowy Washington, to reciprocate the warm welcomes he had received in their own countries on his seven presidential trips to Southeast Asia. Appreciative laughter ensued. Naturally […]
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Vietnam invites India to explore resources in disputed South China Sea region
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USANEW DELHI: Vietnam on Wednesday invited strategic partner India to explore and exploit natural resources within the Southeast Asian countries 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea (SCS) region where China has deployed fighter jets besides surface-to-air missiles ratcheting up tensions. “Vietnam has sovereign rights and jurisdiction within 200 nautical miles of […]
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Contest Over South China Sea Spurred in Part by Resources
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAHONG KONG— With tensions mounting over maritime disputes in the South China Sea, the cause of the problem, at least in part, is believed to lie at the bottom of the water. But it is still unclear exactly how much oil and natural gas lurk beneath the surface. Along with fishing and lucrative shipping routes, […]
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China defends radar in Spratlys
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina says its construction work in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) “cannot be questioned” after a U.S. think tank reported that recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands. BEIJING – China said on Tuesday that construction work in the disputed West Philippine Sea […]
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China ‘building secret military weapons’ on tiny islands
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USACHINA appears to be building military-grade radar on key shipping routes, in a move that’s filling other world powers with fear. Satellite images show what look like high frequency radar, communication towers and observation posts under construction on Cuarteron Reef, the southern most of a chain of seven disputed islands in the South China Sea. […]
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SOUTH CHINA SEA MISSILES AND NORTH KOREAN NUKES: CHINA GAMBIT TO STUMP U.S.?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Missiles, North Korea, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, South Korea, Spratlys, USAThe South China Sea being militarized by China has become a more complicated scenario, as the United States banks on China to stop North Korea’s nuclear tests. The U.S. failure to make Pyongyang cease and desist with its nuclear ambition is seen by pundits as having emboldened China, through its spokesperson, to tell the U.S. […]
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Vietnam Adds Military Muscle as South China Sea Tensions Escalate
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA, VietnamVietnam was the world’s eighth-largest arms importer from 2011-2015, leaping from 43rd place in the previous five-year period MANILA—Rising tensions in the South China Sea have turned Vietnam into one of the world’s most active arms importers, with Hanoi buying more weaponry than wealthy neighbors South Korea and Singapore as it tries to counter China’s […]
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South China Sea: DFAT talking points outline Australia’s position on growing China tensions
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAA satellite image shows an island in the South China Sea. PHOTO: Last week China was found to have deployed a surface-to-air missile on the disputed Woody Island. (Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Centre for Strategic and International Studies) RELATED STORY: Australia should put warships near contested islands in South China Sea, US admiral saysRELATED STORY: Labor […]
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Assertions in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAOn 29 October 2015, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, constituted to adjudicate on the claims of Philippines in South China Sea, decided that the country was well within its rights in filing the case. Ignoring the clear provisions of Article 288(4) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), China rejected […]