South China Sea Dispute
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China’s President: South China Sea is Chinese
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe South China Sea is Chinese territory, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech in Singapore Saturday, according to Chinese state-run media. Xi added that his nation would settle disputes over contested waters with other powers in the region, China has recently built artificial islands in the sea on top of previously submerged reefs, […]
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China’s President: South China Sea is Chinese
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA(CNN) —The South China Sea is Chinese territory, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech in Singapore Saturday, according to Chinese state-run media. Xi added that his nation would settle disputes over contested waters with other powers in the region, China has recently built artificial islands in the sea on top of previously submerged […]
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Carpio: China wants all the resources in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASupreme Court Senior Associate said there are speculations that after securing South China Sea, China will move beyond the first island chain in the Western Pacific. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, in an exclusive interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday (November 25), said the maritime dispute in […]
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Vietnam Must Reassess South China Sea Strategy
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAPosted on November 6, 2015 By Jonathan London and Vu Quang Viet Headline, Politics, VietnamVietnam Must Reassess South China Sea Strategy Vietnam People’s navy BPS-500 class antisubmarine warfare corvette HQ-381. Source: Wikimedia, used under a creative commons license. Look for allies, seek clarification from Beijng Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Hanoi this week comes […]
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‘Hope to see you again’: China warship to US destroyer after South China Sea patrol
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAA file photo of guided-missile detroyer USS Lassen.A file photo of guided-missile detroyer USS Lassen. ONBOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, South China Sea: As soon as the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen breached 12-nautical-mile territorial limits around one of China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea last week, a Chinese warship shadowing its movements […]
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China and Vietnam pledge good ties and maritime peace
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina and Vietnam have pledged to be “good neighbours” and agreed to maintain peace in the South China Sea. It comes at the end of a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first of its kind for a decade. The two sides agreed to avoid any acts that complicate their dispute in the […]
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Gazmin: ASEAN statement could have strengthened PH sea claim
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAMetro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said on Friday (November 6) that the position of the Philippines to use international law to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea could have been strengthened if only the recent Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministers meeting managed to issue a […]
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U.S. patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim: officials
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASubi reef, located in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, is shown in this handout Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative satellite image taken September 3, 2015 and released to Reuters October 27, 2015. REUTERS/CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe/Handout via Reuters Subi reef, located in the disputed […]
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Japan weighs course of action in disputed South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAAs tension mounts in the South China Sea over the US military’s recent patrol challenging China’s territorial claims there, speculation has centered on what action Japan may take in the region. Japan “currently has no such plan” to send the SDF to the South China Sea Japan currently has no plan to send Self-Defense Forces […]
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Fear and Loathing in Vietnam
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (right) wave as they leave the Presidential Palace for the Headquarters of the Vietnam Communist Party for official talks in Hanoi on November 5, 2015. Photo: Hoang Dinh Nam/Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Vietnam this week, the first […]