China
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China Should Be Concerned About the Hague Tribunal
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAOn October 29th, in a unanimous decision, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague issued its first, preliminary ruling concerning whether the Tribunal has ‘jurisdiction’ over the issues raised by the Philippines against China’s so called ‘nine-dash line’ in the South China Sea. The Tribunal held that in about half of the Philippines’ fifteen […]
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South China Sea: US defence chief Ash Carter wades into row
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAUS defence secretary Ash Carter has visited an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea’s contested waters, in what is seen as a signal to China. He called his visit to the USS Theodore Roosevelt “a symbol” of America’s stabilising presence in the region. Mr Carter said any concern over his visit was due to […]
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Reef knots
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAIT IS not just towards Taiwan that China has been showing a friendlier face. Recent days have seen a flurry of high-level diplomacy that has helped calm some of its many other quarrels in Asia. China’s president, Xi Jinping, has paid a rare state visit to Vietnam, despite continuing tensions over competing claims in the […]
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Triumph in West Philippine Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USATwo recent events in the West Philippine Sea have been cause for celebration in the Philippines. The first and most important was the ruling by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration stating that the court has jurisdiction to hear the Philippine maritime claims filed against China over disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea. Two […]
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China’s aggression in South China Sea a global challenge
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen sails in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea on October 27, 2015. (REUTERS Photo) In late October, the American destroyer USS Lassen sailed within the 12 nautical mile territorial […]
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Why the US Navy’s First South China Sea FONOP Wasn’t a FONOP
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe eagerly-anticipated freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) by the United States Navy (USN) in the South China Sea was initially viewed as a strong demonstration of the United States’ resolve that the waters surrounding China’s artificial islands and claimed reefs are high seas. China’s attempt to establish a de facto12 nautical mile territorial sea around […]
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Putrajaya insist waters encroached by China belong to M’sia
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAGugusan Beting Patinggi Ali in the South China Sea belongs to Malaysia and is not subject to overlapping claims, said Foreign Minister Anifah Aman. He said the shoals, located about 80 nautical miles from Tanjung Baram, Sarawak, were clearly within the Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone going by the provisions of the United Nations Convention on […]
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Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe difference between freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) and warships transiting under ‘innocent passage’ sounds arcane and legalistic. But this wonkish distinction is now central to understanding the nature of the US Navy’s activities in the South China Sea last week and going forward — with a critical bearing on how they are perceived in […]
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Some South China Sea fish ‘close to extinction’
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USALack of cooperation between nations which have competing claims to the sea is also contributing to the depletion, they said. A number of countries claim the waters, including their reefs and rocky outcrops. A study shows the number of some species at about five percent of 1950s levels. Several of them, such as coral groupers […]