China is becoming an Atlantic naval power, venturing into the ocean’s southern waters as it steps up investment in the region and counters perceived threats from the United States, according to a report in a security journal. The assessment, written by Ryan Martinson, an assistant professor at the US Naval War College in Rhode […]
GENEVA — Chinese leaders have long been sensitive about their communist country’s international image. Now, they are battling back — investing in diplomacy and a courtship of hearts and minds, just as the United States digs in on the Trump administration’s “America First” mindset. A trade war and other frictions between the world’s top […]
MANILA — Alarmed Philippine Navy officials are trying to scuttle China’s involvement in a $10 billion airport project near Manila, citing national security concerns. State-owned China Communications Construction Company, which built a chain of Chinese military outposts in the South China Sea, has joined forces with billionaire Lucio Tan’s MarcoAsia on a proposed new […]
In 2020, the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations falls to Vietnam. For Hanoi, the immediacy of the South China Sea problem was underscored this year when a Chinese oil survey ship and its escort vessels roamed for months inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone. This prompted a rebuke from Vietnamese deputy foreign […]
The peer-reviewed qualitative study by Song Xue of Fudan University in Shanghai found that in 19 joint development projects worldwide between 1958 and 2008, the “necessary condition” for failure was a deterioration of bilateral ties between the partner countries – often overtheir maritime disputes. In contrast, there were no consistent correlations between failure of […]
Joint development of oil and gas resources in the disputed South China Sea between claimant states that simultaneously are seeking maritime delimitation with one another are likely to end in failure, a new study based on historical analysis of similar projects indicates. The peer-reviewed qualitative study by Song Xue of Fudan University in Shanghai […]
Three years after President Rodrigo Duterte boldly promised that he would ride a jet ski to stick the Philippine flag in the Spratly Islands and assert the country’s sovereignty amid China’s encroachment, what did he achieve to protect the country’s interest in the maritime dispute? Palace sees stronger PH-China ties His strongman’s pledge during […]
Relations between the two nations have soured recently amid Australian concern that China is meddling in its affairs. Record heat heightens Australia’s fire hazard3 days ago Australia must abandon criticism of China and see the development of its largest trading partner as an opportunity if bilateral relations are to improve, Beijing’s ambassador to Canberra […]
A Vietnamese policeman approaches anti-China protesters as they hold placards during a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam on Aug 6, 2019. If events in the South China Sea (SCS) in 2019 provide any indication of what is in store for the coming new year, there seems to be little […]
SOUTH CHINA SEA militarisation has been accelerated by China in recent years as they look to seize complete control of the oil-rich waters, and the unveiling of their new aircraft carrier – Shandong – indicates Beijing’s growing military tussle with the US. China President Xi Jinping formally commissioned the colossal warship on Tuesday, yet […]