Assessing Hanoi’s strategy after the Vanguard Bank standoff with China. Now that the months-long standoff between China and Vietnam has finally ended at the disputed Vanguard Bank, it makes sense to take stock of how Hanoi’s security strategy fared in countering Chinese coercion in the South China Sea. Vietnam seeks simultaneous “cooperation and struggle” […]

  Unlike the West, modern China has seldom used brute force to access resources or expand markets — except, notably, in the South China Sea. This article is the first part in a series on China as a global power. Owing to geography and geopolitics, my country the Philippines finds itself in the middle of […]

  THE US military has sent another warning signal to China after a warship was deployed through the disputed Taiwan Strait. The USS Chancellorsville sailed through the disputed waters on Tuesday on what the US military has called a “routine” operation. Commander Reann Mommsen said the guided-missile cruiser travelled through the Strait to demonstrate “commitment […]

  SOUTH CHINA SEA disputes have seen the government in Beijing infuriate smaller nations such as Vietnam, but Hanoi may use the Philippines as inspiration as they look to fend off aggression in the region, Prashanth Parameswaran highlights. As Chinese President Xi Jinping aims to assert dominance in the South China Sea, his Nine-Dash Line […]

  SOUTH CHINA SEA control has become a key objective for Beijing and Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose government sent a chilling warning last year that has sparked caution from the US as well as Asian neighbours in the region. As Beijing looked to forge a plan to dominate the region, one admiral made a […]

  SOUTH CHINA SEA disputes between China and the Philippines are set to take another tense turn as Manila plans to seize control of oil and gas in the region despite Beijing fury. PXP Energy Corporation in the Philippines has requested permission from the country’s Department of Energy to capitalise on the resource rich Malampaya […]

  It is our economic assets, our commerce, and way of life that can now be threatened by the Chinese. Green Aura is a harbinger of things to come. Unceasingly had drummed into them the utterance of The Times: “You are lions led by packasses.” – Francisque Sarcey, in Paris During the Siege, 1871 The […]

  MANILA (Reuters) – PXP Energy Corp said on Tuesday it has submitted an unsolicited proposal to the Philippines’ Department of Energy to develop and utilize the Malampaya natural gas facilities in the South China Sea for a planned integrated gas hub venture. The Malampaya gas-to-power project, developed and operated by Shell Philippines Exploration BV […]