WASHINGTON: The US has accused China of blocking the ASEAN members accessing more than USD 2.5 trillion in recoverable energy reserves in the South China Sea by illegal construction activities. China claims almost all of the South China Sea. Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have counter claims over the area. “China’s illegal island-building in […]
China’s foreign ministry has slammed as “irresponsible” claims by the US’ top diplomat that China is blocking access to energy beneath the South China Sea. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in Beijing on Wednesday that Beijing had started consulting Southeast Asian nations about resolving disputes in the South China Sea, and called on non-claimant nations […]
Two U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers flew a patrol over the South China Sea on March 13, according to U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). “Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and conducted routine training in the vicinity of the South China Sea March 13, 2019 (HST), […]
B-52s challenge Chinese claims to strategic waterway The Air Force sent two nuclear-capable bombers over the South China Sea on Wednesday in a show of force challenging China’s expansive maritime claims. “Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and conducted routine training in the vicinity of the South China Sea […]
Mike Pompeo also criticized China’s “debt trap” diplomacy. China has pushed back on a speech made earlier this week by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the country’s international practices, including its behavior in the South China Sea and use of debt as a tool of statecraft. “By blocking development in the South China […]
(CNN)Two US B-52 bombers flew near contested islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, according to US Pacific Air Forces, which oversees air operations in the region. “Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and conducted routine training in the vicinity of the South China Sea March 13, 2019 […]
NEW photos and video have for the first time shown the illegal construction of artificial islands in the contested Spratly Islands is all but complete. Combined with recently released Chinese state media propaganda footage, what they show in close-up detail confirms the fears raised by analysis of commercial satellite photographs: these are massive, impecabbly constructed […]
An unspecified Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy fighter jet crashed on Tuesday in Hainan, a southern Chinese province in the South China Sea, The Associated Press reported, citing the Chinese military’s official news outlet. Both pilots were killed in the crash, but there were no injuries or fatalities on the ground, the report said. The […]
HONG KONG — Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday made use of the Philippines’ arbitration win in the West Philippine Sea against China to emphasize the courage and nationalism of 2 Otso Diretso candidates during a public campaign rally in this special administrative region controlled by Beijing. Some Filipino migrant workers who gathered along Chater […]
US national security adviser John Bolton says China’s efforts to influence opinion in the US and Australia is far greater than that of any other government. US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, says China’s attempts to use think tanks and non-profit organisations to influence opinion in the US and Australia “is far […]