UNCLOS
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Beijing ‘setting precedent’ in South China Sea
China, Intentional Rammings, itlos, Oil Rig, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, USA, VietnamChina has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea amid mounting regional tensions. Analyst Ian Storey tells DW Beijing is likely to deploy more rigs in the future as it intends to assert its “historic rights.” China has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea in a bid to […]
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‘China wants to seize more sea’
Arbitration, China, ICJ, Nine Dash Line, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, VeitnamDA NANG: Vietnam and regional countries should raise world alarm about China’s nine-dash claim to much of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), retired French general Daniel Schaeffer told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos here. Schaeffer, an expert on Chinese issues at France’s Asia Research Center, […]
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‘China wants to seize more sea’
DA NANG: Vietnam and regional countries should raise world alarm about China’s nine-dash claim to much of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), retired French general Daniel Schaeffer told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos here. Schaeffer, an expert on Chinese issues at France’s Asia Research Center, […]
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UNCLOS signatory states asked anew to respect treaty
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has reiterated its call for signatory states to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), including China, to respect the treaty amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). The government made the appeal during the 24th meeting of state parties to […]
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LOVE-HATE TRIANGLE | What is the result of China’s heavy-handedness vis-a-vis Vietnam, PH?
China, Diplomatic Relations, Foreign Policy, Intetional Rammings, itlos, Oil Rig, Paracels, Philippines, Sinking, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamAmado “Bong” Mendoza is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines (Diliman) and is primarily interested in Philippine politics and political economy. He used to write for Business Day covering the finance beat and the online edition of Inquirer. He now writes regularly for InterAksyon.com. Unfortunately for assertive rising powers like China, might […]
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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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Palace unperturbed by China’s ‘deception’ charge
Malacañang on Monday shrugged off China’s recent comment that the Philippines was trying to draw the world’s sympathy through deception in the dispute over territories in the South China Sea. “It is part of the dynamics of international relations to conduct information campaigns or to propagate a national policy by utilizing the mass media as […]
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China’s Information Warfare Campaign and the South China Sea: Bring It On!
Arbitration, China, China Fishing Laws, Lawfare, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Three Warfares, UNCLOS, VietnamOn June 9 China unexpectedly opened a new front when Wang Min, Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, presented Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a formal position paper on the dispute with a request that he circulate it to all 193 UN members. China’s action in internationalizing its dispute with Vietnam does not represent a change […]
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China’s UN Rep. accuses Vietnam, Philippines of lying
News Update > Video News China’s UN Rep. accuses Vietnam, Philippines of lying Reporter: Matt Stuttard 丨 CCTV.com 06-14-2014 20:09 BJT Share this: Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on email Font size: China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has accused both Vietnam and the Philippines of making “groundless accusations” […]
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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 […]