Weekly News 11/4 - 18/4

- (Foreign Policy 15/4) Riding a tiger: China's resurging foreign policy aggression - (Sun Star 17/4) Enrile calls for stronger military anew - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; (Phil Star 17/4) Phl shares China's call to resolve Spratly dispute peacefully; (Inquirer 16/4) China: Let us not quarrel over Spratlys - Chinese President Hu Jintao called Friday for Asian nations to better cooperate in...

11/04/2011

Weekly News 18/4 - 25/4

- (United Nations) Submission to the CLCS of Philippine on China's "9-dash line" - China's Response to Philippines' Note; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) reiterates its position on the South China Sea - (Radio Australia News 21/4) Vietnam, China on path to settle South China Sea dispute - (Taipei Times 22/4) Taiwan calls for mechanism to discuss disputed areas - (IDSA...

18/04/2011

Joint development in the spratlys - a possible opportunity for China to take the lead, by Lee Lai To

The South China Sea territorial disputes remain to be one of the major, if not the major, sticky problems in the relationship, so much so that some analysts had called it the “time bomb” of Southeast Asian security.

24/04/2011

The Sino-Vietnamese Approach to Managing Border Disputes - Lessons, Relevance and Implications for The South China Sea

The paper has two main aims. First, to outline and examine the Sino-Vietnamese approach to managing border disputes. Second, to assess the lessons, relevance and implications of the Sino-Vietnamese approach on the South China Sea situation. The paper provides an overview of the Sino-Vietnam approach to managing border disputes in the period since full normalization between China and Vietnam in late...

24/04/2011

Weekly News 25/4 - 2/5

- (Jakarta Post 28/4) Discourse: China’s progress contributes to prosperity, opens opportunity for ASEAN - A rare interview between The Jakarta Post’s Abdul Khalik and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on the South China Sea issue - (Malaya 28/4) With Japan sidelined, US sees PH as filling security vacuum - The source said the US "policy on re-engagement in the Philippines" involves stepped-up efforts...

25/04/2011

Weekly News 2/5 - 9/5

- (United Nations) Vietnam's Response to the Notes of Philippine and China - (Foreign Policy 6/5) China’s America Obsession - Why Osama bin Laden's death is making Chinese leaders nervous. - (Global Times 5/5) We want a carrier: GT poll - More than 70 percent of respondents in a Global Times survey supported the idea of the country developing its own aircraft carrier - (Jakarta Post 5/5) ASEAN Summit...

02/05/2011

Weekly News 2/5 - 9/5

- (United Nations) Vietnam's Response to the Notes of Philippine and China - (Foreign Policy 6/5) China’s America Obsession - Why Osama bin Laden's death is making Chinese leaders nervous. - (Global Times 5/5) We want a carrier: GT poll - More than 70 percent of respondents in a Global Times survey supported the idea of the country developing its own aircraft carrier - (Jakarta Post 5/5)...

02/05/2011

Weekly News 9/5 - 16/5

- (RSIS Commentary 75/2011) Robert Beckman, Islands or Rocks? Evolving Dispute in South China Sea - (Straits Times 12/5) Hanoi rebuffs China comments on island vote - "The holding of elections in the Spratlys is the internal affair of Vietnam," and they have been conducted for many years, foreign ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga told reporters. - (China Daily 12/5) Nations find way to cool...

09/05/2011

Weekly News 16/5 - 23/5

- (Jakarta Post 21/5) China offers ASEAN joint effort to counter piracy - (Jakarta Post 20/5) Defense chiefs push for South China Sea rules - “This is the first time the South China Sea issue has been raised by the defense ministries. It was previously considered a sensitive issue and was avoided,” Col. Jan Pieter Ate, a special assistant to the Indonesian Defense Minister, said after the meeting;...

16/05/2011

Weekly News 23/5 - 30/5

- (Reuters 27/5) UPDATE 1-Vietnam says Chinese boats harassed oil exploration ship; - (AP 27/5)Vietnam accuses China of threatening boat researching oil-drilling sites in South China Sea; - (Forbes 27/5) Vietnam accuses China of violating sovereignty; - (Upstream 27/5) Chinese boats 'harass' Vietnam oil ship; - (Financial Times 27/5) Vietnam and China oil clashes intensify - “China is brazenly...

23/05/2011