Regular Patrols
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China’s Economic Plan to Rule Asia
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Strategy, USAThe past few months have been a strategic roll coaster for Asia. Earlier this year, China dealt a huge blow to the United States’ leadership in the region when it managed to enlist leading European economies as well as American allies in Asia as founding members of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which will […]
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Beijing has raised the stakes 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, USABEIJING (Reuters) – China has completed some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, raising the stakes in Beijing’s territorial dispute with its Asian neighbors. China stepped up its creation of artificial islands last year, alarming several countries in Asia and drawing criticism […]
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Japan Not Welcome In South China Sea, But US Forces Can Patrol Region, China Says
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Diaoyu, East China Sea, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAJapanese sea patrols in the South China Sea are unacceptable, but U.S. patrols there will be tolerated, a prominent Chinese general declared, according to a new NBC news report. The ongoing military dispute between China and Japan that will change the strategic make-up of the region centers on territorial claims over a group of islands that could have […]
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Joint exercise in South China Sea reflects Japan’s ‘strong concern’ about Beijing
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Diaoyu, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAPALAWAN ISLAND, Philippines–Tokyo’s growing partner in the field of security appeared impressed by the equipment of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force. “We have radar, but they (MSDF) have advanced radar for search and rescue,” said Niccaben Ogoc, 37, a second petty officer of the Philippine Navy, during the countries’ first joint exercise using the MSDF’s P-3C […]
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Why is China hesitating to go to ICJ over South China Sea claims, asks Koh Tsu Koon
Artificial Islands, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduc, ICJ, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAEIJING: Asean representatives have urged China to speed up negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea to move another step forward and settle territorial disputes. “From the perspective of Asean as small countries, we are concerned of the South China Sea disputes and geo-politics (in the region), on how it […]
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US to China: Prove your claim
Artificial Islands, China, History, Maps, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAWASHINGTON – If China can prove indisputably it owns the islets, shoals and reefs that are at the heart of a dispute with the Philippines and other neighbors, the US will support it 100 percent, Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Blinken said the US made it clear during a US-China strategic and […]
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China aggressively building islands on reefs claimed by Philippines
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Ecology, Environmental Impact, Fishing Rights, Food Security, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina is reportedly proceeding with the construction of artificial islands on at least two reefs, which are claimed by the Philippines, despite Beijing promising to end some work soon. Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Kalayaan Islands, which falls under Philippine’s control, said that he saw Chinese land reclamation activity going on in ‘full swing,’ with many […]
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Let world court settle South China Sea disputes, says Asean
Artificial Islands, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, ICJ, Militarization, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysBEIJING: Representatives of Asean have urged China to settle disputes in the South China Sea through the International Court of Justice, and to speed up negotiations on a code of conduct. The pro-chancellor of Malaysia’s Wawasan Open University, Koh Tsu Koon, said disputes that could not be solved through negotiations could be taken to the […]
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Unease at China’s rise in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAHainan Island, China — The U.S. and China are jockeying for power in the South China Sea, deploying sharp words and an expanding fleet of warships, spy planes and fighter jets to protect their interests in a vital maritime domain. Is this regional arms race and increasingly tense diplomatic showdown between the world’s two largest […]
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Palace insists all bilateral means to solve sea row exhausted
Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, Bilateral Talks, China, Foreign Relations, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysMANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has exhausted all bilateral means to find solutions to the West Philippine Sea dispute and could not be accused of provoking China to go into massive reclamation activities, Malacañang said yesterday. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the country has always acted accordingly in addressing the territorial dispute. “We have […]