Reclamation
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South China Sea: The Story of the Tanmen Fishermen Local fishermen are often on the front lines of the South China Sea disputes.
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USATo both domestic and international observers, fishermen from Tanmen, a small fishing town in China’s Hainan province, are the country’s “maritime rights protection” vanguard in the South China Sea. For centuries, Tanmen fishermen have been fishing in the area, particularly in waters near the Scarborough and Spratly islands, and in recent years have been directly […]
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2 Chinese commercial planes land at Kagitingan Reef
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAIn this photo released by China state news outfit Xinhua, a Hainan Airlines plane takes off at the airfield on Fiery Cross Reef (Kagitingan Reef in the Philippines) in the South China Sea on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Xinhua/Jin Liwang MANILA, Philippines — China continued on Wednesday its test flights over the South China Sea, […]
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China building submarine base in Panganiban Reef
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAMANILA, Philippines – China is reportedly building a submarine harbor at Panganiban (Mischief) Reef located in the West Philippine Sea near Palawan, the Kalayaan Atin Ito (KAI) movement said yesterday. KAI has just concluded its nationwide maritime and territorial campaign that was highlighted by the “Freedom Voyage” to the disputed Spratly Islands to protest China’s […]
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Civilian Jets Land on Chinese-Built Island, Drawing Protests
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USABritish Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, right, is welcomed by his Philippine counterpart Albert del Rosario prior to their bilateral meeting at the Department of Foreign Affairs in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Hammond and del Rosario discussed issues affecting their two countries such as the celebration of the 70 […]
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South China Sea dispute: Vietnamese subs deployed as deterrent to China
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAA submarine can be seen in the middle pier at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Photo: Google Maps The arrival of the submarines from Russia is a key part of Vietnam’s biggest arms build-up since the height of the Vietnam War, which could significantly change the balance of power in the flashpoint South China Sea, […]
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China lands more planes on man-made island in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA(CNN)China says it has landed two civilian aircraft on an artificial island it has built in disputed waters in the South China Sea, just days after Vietnam objected to a similar maneuver. According to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency, two civilian aircraft landed on the newly-built airfield in the disputed Spratly Islands on Wednesday morning, […]
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Commentary: Airfield in South China Sea better serves public good
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAHAIKOU, Jan. 6, 2016 (Xinhua) — A civilian aircraft lands at the airfield on Yongshu Jiao in the Nansha Islands, Jan. 6, 2016. China successfully carried out test fights of two civilian aircraft on Wednesday on a newly-built airfield in the Nansha Islands of the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Cha Chunming) Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/06/c_134984004_2.htm
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China again lands planes on disputed island in South China Sea: Xinhua
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USABEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday landed two test flights on an island it has built in the South China Sea, four days after it angered Vietnam with a landing on the same runway in the disputed territory, the Xinhua state news agency said. China plane landings in South China Sea raise tensions: US AFP […]
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Conflicting interests and rising tension 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, USARising tension in the South China Sea has recently come to constitute the most critical risk of conflict in Asia. Seeing that this contested maritime region is of both political and economic importance, it is not only China and the littoral states of the region that are now vested in the fate of the South […]
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Pentagon chief defends Navy patrols near Chinese islands
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USADefense Secretary Ash Carter is defending the Navy’s patrol of the disputed South China Seas following questions from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about the operation. Carter said the patrol was “conducted in full accordance with international law,” and was a “a normal and routine operation,” in a letter to the Senate Armed Services chairman first […]