East China Sea
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A National Strategy for the South China Sea
Analysis, Arbitration, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Diplomatic Relations, East China Sea, Foreign Relations, Hugo Grotius, John Selden, Mare Closum, Mare Liberum, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, USAAbstract The United States should develop and promulgate a National Strategy for the South China Sea (NSSCS) as part of its ongoing efforts to counter Chinese aggression in the region and to resolve the disputes there in a peaceful manner. It behooves the United States to shift its current posture in the South China Sea […]
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Japan, Lawfare and the East China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Diaoyu, East China Sea, EEZ, Jaan, Senkaku, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea DisputeIn an article published by The Diplomat on May 29, Jerome Cohen makes an impassioned and well-reasoned argument for states in East Asia to utilize independent, third-party arbitration mechanisms wherever possible to challenge China’s maximalist claims. This was very much the theme of a question I asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his opening keynote […]
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Signs of rule of law in Asia’s Wild West
Arbitration, China, Diaoyu, East China Sea, Japan, Oil Rig, Paracels, Senkaku, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamOne reason the world pays so much attention to a white-knuckle struggle over East Asia’s seas and islands is that the watery clashes resemble the bad old days of America’s Wild West. Brute force competes with the law. Crude power tries to trump principles applicable to all. A grand battle is underway to create a […]
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US-China naval standoff
During his recent China visit, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel reportedly got an earful from his Chinese counterpart and others on his country’s perceived meddling in regional affairs. While maintaining necessary courtesies during such visits, his Chinese hosts did not hold off from saying their piece. China’s Minister of Defence, Chang Wanquan, said that Beijing […]
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China Voice: Stay alert to Japan’s dangerous signals
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) — The international community must keep vigilant as Japan’s right-wing politicians have raised risks for the peaceful development of Asia. On Tuesday, a Japanese cabinet minister and nearly 150 lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine, and Monday saw Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe make a ritual offering to the war-linked shrine, just […]
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Obama: Senkakus Covered Under US-Japan Security Treaty
U.S. President Barack Obama opened his four-country Asia tour with a first stop in Tokyo. In his first visit to Japan in three years, Obama focused heavily on reassuring Japan of the United States’ commitment to the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. The entire trip to Asia will largely focus on reassuring key […]
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Japan to build military station on remote western island, closer to China than Japan’s main islands
Japan is sending 100 soldiers and radar to its westernmost outpost, a tropical island off Taiwan, in a deployment that risks angering China with ties between Asia’s biggest economies already hurt by a dispute over nearby islands they both claim. Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera will break ground on Saturday for a military lookout station […]
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Chinese Court Seizes Japanese Vessel to Enforce WW2-Related Ruling
The Shanghai Maritime Court has seized a Japanese ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). The vessel, Baosteel Emotion, was seized to provide payment for a judgment against MOL relating to the use (and eventual loss) of two Chinese ships by the firm during World War II. Financial Times called the seizure “an unprecedented asset […]