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The South China Sea: Navigating the Most Dangerous Place in the World
Analysis, China, Japan, Malaysia, Military Conflict, Mutual Defense Treaty, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA, VietnamWhen people ponder where the next major conflict might erupt, they often look to the South China Sea – the scene of the potentially most explosive, intractable, overlapping sovereignty claims in the world. What can the United States do to find a peaceful solution to tensions between China, the Philippines and Vietnam, and indirectly between […]
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China’s Friendship Treaty: A Distraction from South China Sea Diplomacy
Artificial Islands, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Japan, Philippines, Reclamation, Silk Road, South China Sea Dispute, VietnamAs China once again offers ASEAN states billions of dollars and promotes another treaty for “Good Neighborly and Friendly Cooperation” (which sounds an awful lot like the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation), Southeast Asian nations should consider how China perceives ASEAN and what goals it hopes to gain from its interactions with the bloc. By […]
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Vietnam, the US, and Japan in the South China Sea
Between May and July 2014, China unilaterally deployed a giant drilling rig in waters claimed by Vietnam as its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The move led to a fierce confrontation between Chinese and Vietnamese government vessels and saw relations between the two countries deteriorate to their lowest point since 1988. The standoff also served as […]
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China’s ‘10-dash line’ increases territory claims
China, Diaoyu, East China Sea, Economy, Japan, Nine Dash Line, Oil, Paracels, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysAs has been the case with many confrontations in history, aggressive countries draw proverbial lines in the sand to mark their own expansion plans against the resolve of other countries whose territories they covet. In the present day People’s Republic of China [PRC], however, it’s not a line in the sand but a “10-dash line” […]
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Troubled Skies Above the East China Sea
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (the “Commission” or “USCC”) recently issued its 2014 Annual Report to Congress. The Commission’s mandate is ‘‘to monitor, investigate, and report to Congress on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.’’ In developing its […]
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Hard diplomacy ahead despite China showing its softer side
BEIJING – From a military rules-of-the-road agreement with Washington to $20 billion in loans for Southeast Asia, Beijing has set aside the tensions of recent years to present a softer side to the world in the last week. But proof of whether President Xi Jinping is serious about narrowing differences that have marked his first two […]
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Beijing could win over S Korea if US sides with Japan on E China Sea
A symposium on the tension between the United States, China and Japan in the East China Sea was held in Taipei on Friday, according to our Chinese-language sister paper Want Daily. At the forum Taiwanese scholars said the US has sided with Japan in the region, forcing South Korea to ally with China as a […]