The United States Department of Defense said on Thursday that Chinese test launches of ballistic missiles in the South China Sea were a threat to peace and security in the region. Confirming reports that China had launched as many as four ballistic missiles during military exercises around the Paracel Islands, the Pentagon said the move […]
China has fired a barrage of medium-range missiles across considerable distances into the South China Sea, Beijing’s latest move to demonstrate its strategic dominance and sovereignty over the disputed waters. The missile launches on Wednesday punctuated a series of military exercises that China has conducted this month at a time of rising tensions with the […]
With more tit-for-tat rhetoric and military posturing, China and the United States seem to be heading towards a showdown in the South China Sea. flew over Chinese naval exercises in the Bohai Sea in violation of a no-fly zone. The US followed up China’s missile test by deploying a ballistic missile-detection aircraft to spy on […]
MANILA, Philippines — The government’s “soft approach” in dealing with issues concerning the South China Sea does not mean the Philippines is “abandoning” its territorial claims in the area, the country’s top military official said. Facing a panel of the Commission on Appointment (CA) on Wednesday, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff […]
U.S. sanctions 24 companies aiding China’s militarization in South China Sea; reaction from Greg Poling, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. https://news.yahoo.com/asia-analyst-says-south-china-181019314.html
As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rejected his foreign secretary’s strong recommendation to end business deals with Chinese firms that built artificial islands in the South China Sea, an analyst said banning these companies would make them accountable for their “crime against humanity”. Chinese envoy to Manila Huang Xilian praised Duterte’s pursuit of an independent foreign […]
The locus of world opinion is the United Nations General Assembly or UNGA, where all members of the United Nations are represented. A resolution approved by the UNGA, even when not legally binding, is the expression of world opinion. A state that is rebuffed in the Security Council because of the veto of one of […]
LOCSIN HOWEVER JUNKS ANOTHER BID TO BRING PCA RULING TO UN GA Lawmakers on Sunday backed the proposal of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to terminate projects of Chinese firms involved in West Philippine Sea reclamation projects, following the lead of the United States. In separate statements, Samar 1st District Rep. Edgar Sarmiento and […]
I REFER to the article “Keep our backyard safe” by Wong Chun Wai (Sunday Star, Aug 16) regarding the South China Sea. Although primarily an attack on the United States for its assertion of navigation rights in the waters to our north, Wong was also critical of my country. He wrote: “Australia, which has no […]
NEW DELHI: In sanctioning the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the US has launched a precision strike against the Beijing-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), adding another layer to the growing animosity between the worlds largest and second largest economy. The CCCC is the spearhead of BRI — a trans-continental connectivity undertaking, meant to anchor […]