Military Bases in the South China Sea So Dangerous

In recent years the People’s Republic of China has laid claim to ninety percent of the South China Sea, buttressing this claim by creating artificial islands with dredging equipment.

13/02/2017

Control in the South China Sea

Rex Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil chief who just became the new U.S. secretary of state, might not be causing the same level of global disruption as his boss, President Donald Trump.

13/02/2017

Weekly News 13/2-19/2

-(Reuters 15/2) China warns U.S. against fresh naval patrols in SCS: U.S. Navy and Pacific Command leaders were considering freedom of navigation patrols in the busy waterway by the San Diego-based Carl Vinson carrier strike group. -(The Washington Post 14/2) Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser over revelations about his potentially illegal contacts with the Russian ambassador to...

13/02/2017

Weekly News 20/02 - 26/02

-(AP 21/2) Philippines: framework of SCS pact possible soon: ASEAN and China could at least complete a framework for COC as early as June. –(PhiliStar 21/2) ASEAN ministers call for continuous South China Sea dialogue -(AsiaTimes 21/2) China on edge as US carrier strike group exercises in SCS: While the Pentagon insists its warship maneuvers – the first under President Donald Trump – are routine,...

20/02/2017

Weekly News 20/02 - 26/02

-(QZ 20/02) China wants foreign submarines to stop traveling below the surface in the vast waters it claims: Beijing is drafting a revision to the nation’s maritime “traffic safety” law…Any foreign submarine would be required to stay surfaced and display its national flag -(Inquirer 20/02) Asean determined to have South China Sea code – DFA: the member states as well as China have been hoping to...

20/02/2017

Weekly Bulletin 13/2-19/2

US, Thailand launched 2017 Cobra Gold military exercises; China wraps up exercise with three warships in South China Sea; U.S. carrier group patrols in tense South China Sea; Japanese war ships dock at Cambodian port…

21/02/2017

Weekly Bulletin 20/2-26/2

China builds new aircraft carrier; China oppose US aircraft carrier group’s operations in the South China Sea; Vietnam, Philippines forge stronger partnership; Indonesia to raise prospect of joint patrols with Australia in South China Sea…

28/02/2017

The Philippines' South China Sea Flip-Flop

The past year has been a wild ride for China-Philippines relations, pegged around developments in their dispute over reefs and waters in the South China Sea.

02/03/2017

Weekly News 27/2-5/3

-(The Diplomat 2/3) The Philippines' South China Sea Flip-Flop: The Duterte administration’s inconsistent approach toward the disputes is making diplomacy even more difficult. -(Reuters 1/3) Is Beijing outflanking the United States in the South China Sea? Some military experts project that within a little more than a decade, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy may have more warships than Washington...

02/03/2017

Weekly Bulletin 27/2-5/3

China to build first underwater platform in South China Sea; Taiwan to strengthen its presence in the South China Sea; Vietnam rejects China’s new fishing regulations; Trump budget plan boosts Pentagon…

06/03/2017