China
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Phl adopts action plan vs illegal fishing
MANILA, Philippines – The government has adopted a national action plan seeking to prevent and eliminate illegal fishing in Philippine waters amid recent high-profile poaching incidents by foreign vessels. The plan is contained in Executive Order 154 signed by President Aquino last Dec. 6 and published in a national daily yesterday. In the order, Aquino […]
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After Typhoon Haiyan, a Dispatch From the South China Sea
Shortly after we published our article in the Oct. 27 issue about the Filipino marines stationed on a forsaken boat in the South China Sea, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines. In the wake of the storm it became clear that thousands of Filipinos had died. The photographer Ashley Gilberston and I were naturally concerned about the […]
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PH lawyer on China: Being ‘int’l outlaw’ has its price
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ lawyer in its historic case against China said on Tuesday, December 3, that Manila needs an “impeccable” judgment against Beijing to pressure it to take a “more flexible position” on maritime disputes. Paul Reichler, the Philippines’ lead counsel before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), hinted […]
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West Phl Sea issue up in Japan meet
Aid, ASEAN, China, Coast Guard Upgrade Loan, Defense Pact, Disaster Standby Loan, Japan, Japan Air Service Agrement, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, YolandaTOKYO – The West Philippine Sea issue will be up for discussion as President Aquino embarks on a visit here starting today to attend the 40th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) commemorative summit and meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel Lopez said Japan was committed to assisting the ASEAN […]
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China and Philippines: The reasons why a battle for Zhongye (Pag-asa) Island seems unavoidable
Zhongye (Pag-asa) Island, the second largest in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, has an area of 0.33 square km, and is of great strategic significance for China if it wants to control a vast part of the South China Sea that it claims to be its territorial waters. As the Island is located roughly […]
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China’s air zone announcement was just the beginning
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, B-52 Bombers, China, East China Sea Dispute, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, USAWHEN CHINA announced its decision to claim a wider air zone that encompassed the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Island territories, the East China Sea erupted into conflict reminiscent of the Cold War era. In response, the United States and Japan declared the zone illegitimate and flew military aircraft through it, while China deployed fighter jets to identify […]
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Will Beijing Declare a Special Air Defense Zone Over the South China Sea?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, B-52 Bombers, China, East China Sea Dispute, Japan, Militarization, Nuclear Submarines, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, USABeijing may replicate the controversial special air defense zone it unilaterally declared over the East China Sea in another disputed region — the vast South China Sea — in a bid to shore up its military strategy that could escalate tensions and intensify U.S.-China rivalry, experts say. The controversial East China Sea air defense identification […]
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China’s geopolitical weight is emboldening its territorial creep
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, East China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, Territorial CreepChina’s growing geopolitical heft is emboldening its territorial creep in Asia. After laying claim to 80 percent of the South China Sea, it has just established a so-called air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, raising the odds of armed conflict with Japan and threatening the principle of freedom of navigation of the […]
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A Discussion on the Philippines’ South China Sea Arbitration Case
Arbitration, Center for Strategic & International Studies, China, CSIS, Geopolitics, International Court of Justice, International Law, International Relations, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, law of the sea, maritime claims, Memorial, nine-dash line, Paul Reichler, Philippines, South China Sea, South China Sea Dispute, Spratly Islands, UNCLOSThis video from the Center for Strategic & International Studies features a discussion on the Philippines’ arbitration case against China regarding maritime claims in the South China Sea. An expert in international law provides an overview of the case and discusses the potential implications of the ruling.
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Chinese Territorial Strife Hits Archaeology
Underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio’s team was exploring the wreckage of a 13th-century Chinese junk off the coast of the Philippines when it made an unwelcome discovery about China’s maritime muscle in the 21st century. As a twin-prop plane swooped overhead, a Chinese marine-surveillance vessel approached the team’s Philippines-registered ship and began broadcasting instructions in English […]