Online Publications on South China Sea

Online Resource An online resource for students, scholars and policy-makers interested in South China Sea regional development, environment, and security issues. Editor: David Rosenberg A A Code of Conduct for The South China Sea? Jane's Information Group, October 2000. - The South China Sea is still a highly disputed area, with rival claims to the Spratly Islands...

21/01/2011

South China Sea: just waiting for the breeze? by Geoffrey Till

The South China Sea issue is clearly an international problem. We are accustomed to think of ‘problems’ in engineering terms; they have solutions, provided only that we have the wit, time and patience to find out what they are. But some international problems seem to be more intractable than this. The Berlin problem during the Cold War was arguably one such. This really was an issue that seemed beyond...

23/01/2011

Whither the South China Sea disputes? by Mark J. Valencia

The political environment in the South China Sea seems to have come a long way from the 1980’s and 1990’s when it was a locus of confrontation and conflict.  Indeed, the China-Vietnam clash of 1988 in which about 70 Vietnamese died, and China’s 1995 occupation and building of structures on the Philippines-claimed Mischief Reef seem like relics of a previous era.  Conflict has given way to co-operation...

23/01/2011

Weekly News 24/1 - 31/1

- (MOFA Vietnam 26/1) Viet Nam asks China to remove wrongful data in its SBSM map service - (Manila Bulletin 29/1) The joint US-China commitment: plus or minus for Philippines? - The above summary comes from the Joint US-China Statement at the conclusion of President Hu Jintao’s State Visit to the US last January 20. So – how did the encounter between these two global giants really turn out? - (ZeeNews...

24/01/2011

Hearing on “China’s Activities in Southeast Asia and the Implications for U.S. Interests”

Hearing on “China’s Activities in Southeast Asia and the Implications for U.S. Interests” Thursday, February 4, 2010 Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20510 Hearing Agenda: (PDF) PARTICIPANTS’ BIOS and TESTIMONIES: (Click on a name to read Participants Bio's in an HTML page. View a Testimony in HTML or PDF view...

29/01/2011

Weekly News 31/1 - 7/2

- (The Telegraph 4/2) (C) BP PREFERS TO MANAGE CHINESE PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA IN COMMERCIAL CHANNELS - London Wikileaks Cables - (DNA India 3/2) When Hu played sumo with Obama – The recent Hu -Obama Presidential Summit in Washington was akin to two highly ranked sumo wrestlers circling each other while assessing how to edge the adversary out of the ring. Finally, decisions on important global...

31/01/2011

Weekly News 7/2 - 14/2

- (The Wall Street Journal 11/2) Jakarta's Year of Leading Diplomatically - The Asean member states are playing a difficult game of balancing and constraining China while benefiting from the economic opportunities of its rise. The fact that they are lining up behind Indonesia's leadership is an encouraging sign. - (Examiner 11/2) Joint Chiefs of Staff issue message to China over missile buildup against...

07/02/2011

ASEAN and the Prospect for Solutions to Disputes in the South China Sea

I. OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA   The South China Sea, a semi closed sea, is one of the most strategically important regions in the world. The sea water stretches from 3o North latitude to 23o South latitude bordered on by China (including Taiwan), Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.  South China Sea is also one of the world largest seas...

13/02/2011

Weekly News 14/2 - 21/2

- (The Stars 20/2) Somali pirates can reach our waters - International Maritime Bureau (IMB) piracy reporting centre head of Asian region Noel Choong said - (Asahi Shimbun 18/2) Yudhoyono to urge China to join talks to resolve its disputes over islands in the South China Sea with Southeast Asian countries. - (The Diplomat 16/2) Avoiding US-China Military Rivalry - A new Cold War between the US and...

14/02/2011

First International Workshop on South China Sea, Hanoi 11/2009

. 3 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340039003000300036003800380037000000 Main contents: OPENING SPEECH I. GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT II. REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTI. GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE OF...

20/02/2011