The heavily contested South China Sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, is rich with natural resources. Six neighbouring countries have also laid claims to the sea, which borders Vietnam, Brunei and the Philippines. A BBC team flew over the disputed South China Sea islands in a US Navy plane, during which the plane was told […]
Two centuries since the Napoleonic wars, we are once again confronting the spectre of conflict, this time in Asia’s seascape, particularly in the South China Sea, where China has been challenging America’s decades-long naval hegemony in Asia. As I wrote in a previous book, Asia’s New Battlefield , if there were to be a third […]
The U.S. military had unusually strong words for Beijing over social media on Saturday after recent reports that an American reconnaissance plane had been warned to “leave immediately” during a flight near China’s man-made islands in the contested South China Sea. Reporters with CNN and the BBC had been given a rare chance Friday to […]
U.S. allies may expand their naval presence in the South China Sea in order to counteract China’s assertion of sovereignty over one of the most vital shipping lanes in the world, a senior Pentagon official predicted Tuesday. China has laid claim to South China Sea waterways as far as 1,000 miles away from the Chinese […]
While the Chinese are quite vocal about their claims on most of South China Sea, they don’t similarly tom-tom about their objectives in the Indian Ocean from rooftops. China’s operations in the Indian Ocean are clandestine. India, on its part, has started a mission to strengthen its presence in the area. Garnering support from countries […]
Asia is at risk of descending into a region-wide crisis that could have intense global implications By Gavin Fernando for news.com.au 9th August 2018, 4:42 pmUpdated: 9th August 2018, 5:52 pm ASIA is at risk of descending into a region-wide crisis with global implications, a leading expert in Asia-Pacific affairs has warned. Described as a […]
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Beijing’s giant state-owned enterprises are playing an increasing role in China’s build-up in the South China Sea and could seek to cement their dominant position in coming years, according to new research. The work by academic Xue Gong and published by Singapore’s ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute this week sheds light on […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Talks on completing a code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea will be long and complex and it would be unrealistic to set a timetable, state media on Thursday cited a senior Chinese diplomat as saying. Southeast Asia and China agreed last week on a working text to continue long […]
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI — Beijing’s giant state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are playing an increasing role in China’s build-up in the South China Sea and could seek to cement their dominant position in coming years, according to new research. The work by academic Xue Gong and published by Singapore’s ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute this week sheds light on […]
As Beijing wrestles with a trade war and rising tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea, public announcement was probably intended as a rallying call, observers say The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics announced on Monday that its experimental “waverider” Starry Sky-2 had completed its first test flight and that it was a “huge […]