South China Sea Dispute
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The truth must be told: China is the Nazi Germany of the contemporary world order
I refer to Keith Bradsher of the New York Times, “Philippine Leader Sounds Alarm on China”, February 4 concerning its unabated and continuing aggression on the Asia Pacific region. To quote from the said article: “President Benigno S. Aquino III called on Tuesday for nations around the world to do more to support the Philippines […]
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US vows to defend Japan against China
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, East China Sea Dispute, Japan, Naval Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, USAWashington (AFP) – Secretary of State John Kerry vowed Friday that the United States would defend Japan against attack including over islands claimed by China as tensions boil between the Asian powers. Kerry, who said he would visit China next week, met in Washington with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and reaffirmed the 1960 treaty […]
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Might doesn’t make right – Phl
ASEAN, China, Congress, EEZ, Nine Dash Line, Philippines, President Benigno Aquino III, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOSMANILA, Philippines – Right is might, and not the other way around, Malacañang said yesterday amid a territorial row with China. “There is a need for all to stand up for what is right,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said, stressing that “it should be right is might.” The sentiment was echoed […]
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Tangling With China
The Philippines is resisting China’s claims in the South China Sea by filing its case with the United Nations arbitration tribunal of judges, which has agreed to hear the case in March at The Hague. President Benigno S. Aquino III has appealed to the international community to support his effort to settle the territorial dispute […]
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India has important contribution to make in Asia Pacific: US
Washington: As world’s largest democracy and given its strategic location in the Indo-Pacific geography, India has an important role to play in the Asia Pacific region, a top American diplomat has said. “India as the world’s largest democracy; and given its strategic place in Indo-Pacific geography, has an important role to play, an important contribution […]
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The U.S. and China’s Nine-Dash Line: Ending the Ambiguity
For the first time, the United States government has come out publicly with an explicit statement that the so-called “nine-dash line,” which the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan assert delineates their claims in the South China Sea, is contrary to international law. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Danny […]
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US tells China to adjust its territorial claims in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, or prove the claims
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, East China Sea Dispute, Gas, Japan, Oil, South China Sea Dispute, USAThe U.S. voiced concern Wednesday that China is gradually asserting control in the disputed South China Sea on the basis of vague territorial claims unsupported by international law. Sharpening U.S. criticism of the rising Asian power, Daniel Russel, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, described in congressional testimony a litany of actions by China […]
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Russia Warns US-China-Japan Pacific War “Just Weeks Away”
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Japan, Naval Exercises, Philippines, Russia, South China Sea Dispute, USA, WarAccording to this report, the recent decision by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to prosecute retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang’s son Zhou Bin for corruption is the “leading impetus” that has led to a fracturing of loyalties in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) between those advocating immediate strikes against Japan and those cautioning a more strategic […]
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Philippine Leader Sounds Alarm on China
MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III called on Tuesday for nations around the world to do more to support the Philippines in resisting China’s assertive claims to the seas near his country, drawing a comparison to the West’s failure to support Czechoslovakia against Hitler’s demands for Czech land in 1938. Like Czechoslovakia, the Philippines […]
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Chinese Foreign Ministry: No South China Sea ADIZ
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, ASEAN, China, East China Sea, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, USAIn response to reports by Japan’s Asahi Shimbun that a South China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) was imminent, following on the heels of the East China Sea ADIZ, China has accused Japan of spreading rumors. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei, in a press release quoted by Xinhua, said that “We sternly warned these forces not […]