Spratlys
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UP prof to Tokyo conference: China violated UNCLOS over West PHL Sea claim
China has violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) when it snubbed the Philippine arbitral claim on the West Philippine Sea and when it built structures on disputed reefs in the area. This was the pronouncement made by international law expert and University of the Philippines professor Harry Roque Jr. […]
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China rejects Phl call for construction ban in disputed sea
BEIJING — China rejected a suggestion by the Philippines for a regionwide ban on construction in the South China Sea after Beijing began building a school on a rugged outpost it created to strengthen its claims to disputed waters. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said he will propose that the Association of Southeast Asian […]
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PH files diplomatic protest vs China over Kennan Reef
Arbitration, ASEAN, China, INCLOS, Kennan Reef, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysThe Philippines filed a protest over China’s reclamation in Kennan Reef in the West Philippine Sea last week. The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that China has been carrying out land reclamation activities in Hughes Reef. Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said this follows the Philippines’ protest against China’s reclamation on Mabini Reef last April […]
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China reclaiming land in 5 reefs?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Cuarteron Reef, Eldad Reef, Fiery Cross Reef, Hughes Reef, Mabini Reef, Malvar Reef, Panatag Shoal, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Subi ReefMANILA, Philippines – China is carrying out land reclamation operations in not just one but a total of five areas in the disputed Spratly Islands well within the Philippine maritime zone. A confidential Malacañang report detailed the land reclamation activities of China in five areas, namely Johnson South (Mabini) Reef, Cuarteron (Calderon) Reef, Hughes (Kennan) […]
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Asian Nations Bare Teeth Over South China Sea
Arbitration, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Paracels, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, South Johnson Reef, Spratlys, UNCLOS, VietnamSINGAPORE, Jun 11 (IPS) – China’s early-May decision to dispatch the state-of-the-art oil rig, HYSY981, into Vietnam’s 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has intensified ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, raising fears of uncontrolled military escalation in one of the world’s most important waterways. It wasn’t long before Vietnamese and Chinese maritime forces were […]
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China mulls over new base near PH
China, Fiery Cross Reef, Kagitingan Reef, Kalayaan Group of Islands, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysThe South China Morning Post based in Hong Kong reported on Saturday that China plans to create a military base in the Kalayaan Island Group, a move that is seen to further increase the tension in the ongoing territorial dispute between China and the Philippines. The KIG is located near Palawan, and has been declared […]
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Designs of China’s planned base on Mabini Reef surface
MANILA, Philippines — Chinese designs of a proposed man-made island on Philippine-claimed Mabini (Johnson South) Reef in the South China Sea were recently released by an arm of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation. The Ninth Design and Research Institute of the state-owned contractor bared three-dimensional design plans for reclamation project on disputed waters showing an […]
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Chinese General: South China Sea Disputes May Turn China into ‘Qualified Enemy’ of US
China, Chuck Hagel, Foreign Relations, Intentional Rammings, Oil Rig, Philippines, Poaching, Qualified Enemy, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA, VietnamChinese Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu told The Wall Street Journal this week that he believes the United States is making “very, very important mistakes” with regard to territorial disputes in the South China Sea and that continuing the approach preferred by the Obama Administration will force China to become a “qualified enemy” of the U.S. Zhu […]
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Chinese military building artificial island
Artificial Islands, China, Fierry Cross Reef, Mabini Reef, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Unsinkable Aircraft CarrierMANILA, Philippines – China plans to build a $5-billion artificial island envisioned to be a ”super aircraft carrier” in the Spratlys within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The online news site Qianzhan.com reported that the No. 9 Design and Research Institute of China State Shipbuilding Corp. has come up with a proposed design […]
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East Sea: Be careful with China’s “win-win” plot
VietNamNet: If Vietnam brings the case to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), what steps should we take? Dr. Ngo Huu Phuoc: To bring the case to the ITLOS, we need to prepare a file for the lawsuit. The documents are compiled by the government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]