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3 months ago

Can China and the Philippines Save Their South China Sea Understanding?

After 18 months of intensifying incidents and an acrimonious diplomatic charade, China and the Philippines announced in July an understanding on Second Thomas Shoal, currently the most fiercely disputed feature of the Spratly Islands – and immediately contradicted each other as to what they have agreed upon. China insists the Philippines accepted two conditions for Philippine resupply missions to Second …

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6 months ago

Philippine Commander Denies ‘Deal’ Over South China Sea Shoal

The Diplomat

On May 22, a Philippine Navy commander denied forging a “new deal” with the Chinese government to de-escalate tensions over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, breaking his silence for the first time since leaving his post in early May. Let us be united against this false narrative.” The recording in question was released by the Chinese Embassy …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

India backs Philippines’ national sovereignty, says Jaishankar; China bristles

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: India backs the Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty and seeks “staunch adherence” to a rules-based order, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday amid a flaring up of tensions between Beijing and Manila over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Without directly naming China or referring to territorial disputes in the South China Sea, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Second Thomas Shoal | A symbol of defiance

The Hindu

Lying in the waters around the Spratly Islands, a derelict ship at the Second Thomas Shoal has become a symbol of the Philippines’ defiance in the hotly contested South China Sea. China’s claims China claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, including the Second Thomas Shoal, based on the historical and controversial Nine-dash line. The distance between Mischief …

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1 year, 10 months ago

What has been happening in the South China Sea and what do experts predict for 2023?

ABC

There are fears of more tension and competition in the South China Sea this year as Beijing continues its relentless building and military operations, with warnings the area will be "saturated with Chinese vessels". "The nine-dash line in the South China Sea gives China, in their books, legitimacy to claim the seabed resources and the protein stocks of the South …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Australian warships challenged by Chinese military near heavily fortified Spratly Islands

ABC

Two Australian warships were closely tracked by the Chinese military last month as they passed some of Beijing's most heavily fortified islands in the South China Sea, as part of a joint show of force with the US and Japanese navies. Key points: HMAS Hobart and HMAS Stalwart were challenged by the PLA in waters claimed by China The Defence …

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2 years, 3 months ago

China using civilian ships to enhance navy capability, reach

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A Chinese scientific ship bristling with surveillance equipment docked in a Sri Lankan port. Those ships “largely appeared almost overnight” after China constructed port infrastructure a few years ago on the artificial islands it built in the Spratlys that could be used for resupply, Poling said. “Because they are ostensibly civilian fishing vessels, navies’ ships are unable to …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Will the South China Sea Spark the Next Global Conflict?

The Diplomat

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans,” warned Prussia’s Otto von Bismarck in the thick of fin de siècle insouciance. As Christopher Clark put it, the early 21st century international order features “a more complex and unpredictable array of forces, including declining empires and rising powers – a state of …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Sharp jump in US Navy transits to counter China under Trump

The Independent

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4 years, 4 months ago

China is pushing its South China Sea claims during the coronavirus pandemic — this is what the tensions are about

ABC

Australia and the United States this month hardened their position on the South China Sea, where Washington has accused Beijing of attempting to build a "maritime empire" in the potentially energy-rich waters, despite regional concerns. China illustrates its claims in the South China Sea with a vague, U-shaped "nine-dash line" that includes swathes of Vietnam's exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, …

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4 years, 5 months ago

South China Sea: US declares ‘most’ of China’s maritime claims illegal

CNN

CNN — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a formal rejection of “most” of China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea, the latest in the escalation between Washington and Beijing. “That helps partners like Vietnam and the Philippines, and it’s going to put pressure on other countries – the Europeans, for instance – to get off …

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