Weekly News 18/5-24/5

-(Channel NewsAsia 22/5) Beijing voices concern after Indonesia sinks Chinese boat, asking the Indonesian side to make clarifications. –(Today Online 21/5) Indonesia sinks 41 illegal fishing boats, including one from China -(Reuters 21/5) U.S. vows to continue patrols after China warns spy plane, saying that the U.S. reconnaissance flight was "entirely appropriate".

18/05/2015

U.S., China clash over disputed South China Sea

The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China's foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is "as hard as a rock".

18/05/2015

Weekly Bulletin 11/5-17/5

Pentagon weighs sending planes, ships near disputed South China Sea reefs; US naval ship has run-in with PLA frigate in South China Sea; Philippines, Japan hold unprecedented naval drills...

20/05/2015

Hoang Sa is Vietnam’s traditional fishing grounds: FM spokesman

Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago is an integral territory of Vietnam and its waters have long been the traditional fishing grounds of Vietnamese fishermen, affirmed Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Le Hai Binh.

22/05/2015

Weekly News 25/5-31/5

-(CNN 30/5) U.S. defense chief to China: End South China Sea expansion: Carter called for an immediate stop to land reclamation by all nations and a stop to the militarization of the existing ones. -(Reuters 30/5) Break the vicious cycle, Singapore tells South China Sea rivals -(The Economist 29/5) Try not to blink: As China asserts itself as a naval and air power, and as America responds, the...

25/05/2015

Philippines to fly over disputed South China Sea

Philippine military and commercial aircraft will keep flying over disputed areas in the South China Sea despite Chinese warnings over the airspace, President Benigno Aquino said on Monday.

26/05/2015

Pentagon chief urges end to island-building in South China Sea

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday called for an immediate end to island-building by China and other countries near the South China Sea, urging the participants to stop militarizing the dispute and find a peaceful solution.

28/05/2015

Weekly Bulletin 18/5-24/5

UN chief urges peaceful solution of South China Sea dispute; China warns U.S. surveillance plane; U.S. vows to continue patrols after China warns spy plane…

28/05/2015

China must immediately halt construction on Vietnamese islands

Vietnam demands China to immediately stop the construction currently underway on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said with regard to China’s erection of two lighthouses on Truong Sa islands.

29/05/2015

Weekly News 1/6-7/6

-(Reuters 5/6) Tokyo, Manila boost security ties as China pushes maritime claims: the two countries agreed to strengthen security ties and discussed transferring military equipment and technology. -(The Economist 5/6) Whose splendid isolation? In the dock for its aggressive expansionism in the South China Sea, China seems undeterred.

01/06/2015