-(Foreign policy 17/9) Trouble in the South China Sea: With China and Japan at odds over disputed islands to the east, the potential for conflict in the south may seem muted for now. But not for long.
-(The diplomat 17/9) Small-Stick Diplomacy in the East China Sea: As in the South China Sea, unarmed or lightly armed law-enforcement vessels constitute the chief bearers of Beijing’s maritime territorial claims.
-(Ibtimes 17/9) Tensions in South China Sea: Philippines Renames Disputed Area as 'West Philippine Sea': On Thursday, the Philippines' president Benigno Aquino announced that he had approved the name change so as "to clarify which of the areas we are claiming."
-(The australian 17/9) China, Japan heading towards war, says US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta: CHINA and other Asia
n countries could end up at war over territorial disputes if governments keep up their "provocative behaviour", US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said.
-(Washington post 16/9) Panetta to urge China and Japan to tone down dispute over islands: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for a week-long visit to the region and said he would urge Chinese and Japanese leaders to tone down a brewing political crisis over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
-(Channel news asia 16/9) Anti-Japan protests erupt again across China: Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea, a day after an attempt to storm Tokyo's embassy in the capital.
