Lawfare
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Rough seas: Will PH ‘lawfare’ work vs China?
Arbitration, China, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Lawfare, Paracels, Philippines, Position Paper, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, VietnamMANILA, Philippines – In the so-called David versus Goliath disputes in the South China Sea, China holds the sticks and carrots. From gunboat to money diplomacy, it seizes the upper hand over its smaller neighbors. Yet the Philippines is slinging its own stone: international law. How far will this shot go? The Philippines made history […]
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Vietnam mulls timing of legal suit against China: spokesman
Vietnam continues to mull the timing of its international lawsuit against China in order to maximize the suit’s impact on Vietnam’s territorial protection, spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Hai Binh at a press briefing on Thursday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered relevant agencies to prepare documents for legal proceedings against China this […]
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China’s Information Warfare Campaign and the South China Sea: Bring It On!
Arbitration, China, China Fishing Laws, Lawfare, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Three Warfares, UNCLOS, VietnamOn June 9 China unexpectedly opened a new front when Wang Min, Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, presented Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a formal position paper on the dispute with a request that he circulate it to all 193 UN members. China’s action in internationalizing its dispute with Vietnam does not represent a change […]
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Vietnam Faces Limited Options in China Sea Dispute
Arbitration, China, Intentional Ramming, Lawfare, Oil Rig, Paracels, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamHANOI — Vietnam has curbed the violent anti-China protests that swept the country after a Chinese oil rig began drilling in contested waters. But authorities have not dropped their opposition to the Chinese operation, sending boats to harass the drilling, considering waging a legal case in international courts to resolve the dispute, and courting regional […]
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China ‘Internationalizes’ South China Sea Dispute
China, Intentional Ramming, Lawfare, Oil Rig, Paracels, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamChina effectively internationalized its dispute with Vietnam over an oil rig in the South China Sea on Monday by submitting its claim against Hanoi to the UN Secretary General. As Shannon reported yesterday, on Sunday China’s Foreign Ministry released a statement entitled, The Operation of the HYSY 981 Drilling Rig: Vietnam’s Provocation and China’s Position, […]
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China’s Academic Battle for the South China Sea
China’s increased military and maritime surveillance activities in the South China Sea have been well-documented, both by foreign and Chinese media outlets. But China’s push to assert its claims over islands within the South China Sea is not simply unfolding in the military realm — the increased naval activities are backed by a renewed focus […]
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With Air Defense Zone, China is Waging Lawfare
The tension surrounding the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is being covered in the kind of exhaustive detail that is rarely given to Asia’s maritime disputes. Many reports have surfaced claiming that the move might have been a strategic blunder for China. Yet, I’ve yet to see any reports explaining in precise […]