China
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China’s Dangerous War Talk About 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 air and sea shadow boxing could lead to a bloody brawl with the U.S., warns the head of China’s navy. And the warning itself is the scary part. Over the weekend, China’s military released photographs of its heavily armed fighter aircraft training, it said, over the South China Sea, and claimed they flew out […]
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Who will forge the rules 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, USAFrom our Actuality podcast: Marketplace talks with Quartz about territorial disputes in the South China Sea The United States Navy and Air Force, you may have noticed, have been taking some trips to the South China Sea recently. Last month a guided missile destroyer, the USS Lassen, passed within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, […]
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South China Sea: Hanoi and Manila Are Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Hanoi, Manila, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA, VietnamFrom the Vietnamese and Filipino point of view, participating in FONOPS is not a walk in the park. First, the October 26 FONOP apparently targeted several islands or features occupied by their respective forces. Further, the United States has consistently considered several of their claims as excessive. It has routinely conducted FONOPS in these waters, […]
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A bumpy “one belt one road” project
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, One Belt, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAWhen Chen Bingcai said China had US$3 trillion in foreign reserves during a forum in Nanning on the One Belt One Road project for Asian journalists earlier this year, he was trying to show that his government had a large enough piggy bank to undertake the gargantuan project. “We can utilise the US$3 trillion which […]
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South China Sea: the far-reaching consequences of island-building
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Ecocide, Environmental Impact, Fishing Rights, Militarization, Military Conflict, Natural Resources, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAWASHINGTON – What has been largely overlooked in the conversation to date around China’s campaign of dredging and construction in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea is the necessary synthesis between the geopolitical and environmental aspects of the issue. In recent months, U.S. Navy patrols in the South China Sea and denouncements […]
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The Cost to Doing Nothing in the South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Ecocide, Environmental Impact, Fishing Rights, Militarization, Military Conflict, Natural Resources, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAPresident Obama’s visit to the Philippines this week will train a spotlight on the fiercely contested South China Sea. Both he and his hosts will likely call on China and other claimants to maintain the status quo in the region until their various differences can be resolved. Yet while that may be the best one […]
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Indonesia May Take China To Court Over South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Arbitration, Artificial Islands, China, Indonesia, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, USAJakarta is contemplating the possibility of taking China before an international court if Beijing refuses to back down on its claims over the majority of the South China Sea and part of Indonesian territory through dialogue. Beijing claims almost the entire South China Sea with a nine-dash line that stretches deep into the maritime hub […]
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U.S. Navy, PLA Plan Exercise as South China Sea Gets Less Focus
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe U.S. navy will participate in an exercise with a People’s Liberation Army vessel during its visit to China as increased tensions in the disputed South China Sea haven’t set back a “cordial” relationship, an American naval commander said. “Sometimes countries may have some disagreements, yet our navies are able to operate safely at sea,” […]
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Regional superpower’ has encroached into Malaysia’s maritime territory: DPM Ahmad Zahid
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAKOTA KINABALU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A regional superpower has encroached into maritime territory by constructing airstrips, jetties and other facilities on three atolls just 155km from Sabah, says Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Without naming the superpower concerned, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid said the country’s motives of building the facilities 3,218km […]