WASHINGTON—The Obama administration will soon order Navy warships to patrol near man-made islands constructed by China in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea to the Philippines), a US warning that it will not accept Beijing’s vast territorial claims in the heavily traveled waters, officials said. But a decision to escalate the tit-for-tat jockeying with […]
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 12: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop sign a Force Posture Agreement during the AUSMIN talks at Admiralty House on August 12, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel are meeting with their Australian counterparts Australian Foreign […]
SYDNEY: While tensions continue to rise in the South China Sea with steady military build-up by all sides, especially by China, a new pathway may be opening for peaceful resolution of the territorial disputes. The Arbitral Tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration will soon announce whether it has jurisdiction to rule on the Philippines’ […]
China is effectively enforcing an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the South China Sea, a Philippine justice said at a Washington, D.C.-based think tank last week. Since China enforced an ADIZ – a publicly defined area where unidentified aircraft can be interrogated or intercepted before entering sovereign airspace – in the East China Sea, […]
While China’s unilateral declaration of an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over disputed waters in the East China Sea (ECS) caught many by surprise, today’s debate circles around the likelihood that Beijing might take the same action over the South China Sea (SCS). In its pursuit of maritime primacy in Northeast Asia, China has strayed […]
A bi-partisan coalition of lawmakers have sent a letter to President Obama and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter asking that the U.S. sail ships within 12-miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea claimed as legitimate territory by China. According to a United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an international treaty supported […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Tuesday backed a reported U.S. plan to challenge China’s territorial claims by deploying a Navy ship close to a Chinese-built island in the South China Sea, saying it was important for the international community to safeguard freedom of navigation in the disputed waters. The Department of Foreign Affairs said […]
BEIJING — The United States has been briefing its allies in Asia on plans to conduct “freedom of navigation” naval patrols near artificial islands built by China in the disputed South China Sea, a move that could escalate tensions with Beijing after President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Washington, American and Asian officials have said. […]
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – The United States (US) may soon deploy war ships near China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea. It wants to send a message that it does not recognize China’s territorial claims over the area. This is according to a Financial Times report quoting a senior U.S. official who said […]
Amid relentless diplomatic efforts, many seem unaware that the South China Sea dispute has entered a new phase as the Philippines, one of the claimants of the maritime territory, is seeking a legal settlement of China’s territorial claims at the Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Can the legal approach resolve the decades-long dispute and […]