Recently, tensions over maritime disputes in the South China Sea seem to have surpassed even those caused by the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. China and Vietnam are embroiled in their worst political conflict in decades over an oil drilling platform near the Paracel Islands. The resulting anti-China protests in Vietnam brought China-Vietnam relations to a temporary halt. […]
The dispute over the South China Sea pits China against its smaller, weaker regional neighbours. Vietnam is one of them, and right now there is a concerning flash point that could have deep, significant implications for the region. Around Vietnam you find propaganda billboards denouncing China’s actions after it built a billion-dollar oil rig about […]
Few aspects of China’s dynamic emergence as a global power have generated as much insecurity and danger in its neighborhood as its mounting campaign to control the South China Sea, a vital waterway for international commerce. On Wednesday, at a high-level meeting in Hanoi, China’s top diplomat scolded his Vietnamese hosts for complaining about an […]
Amado “Bong” Mendoza is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines (Diliman) and is primarily interested in Philippine politics and political economy. He used to write for Business Day covering the finance beat and the online edition of Inquirer. He now writes regularly for InterAksyon.com. Unfortunately for assertive rising powers like China, might […]
China has violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) when it snubbed the Philippine arbitral claim on the West Philippine Sea and when it built structures on disputed reefs in the area. This was the pronouncement made by international law expert and University of the Philippines professor Harry Roque Jr. […]
BEIJING — China rejected a suggestion by the Philippines for a regionwide ban on construction in the South China Sea after Beijing began building a school on a rugged outpost it created to strengthen its claims to disputed waters. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said he will propose that the Association of Southeast Asian […]
Malacañang on Monday shrugged off China’s recent comment that the Philippines was trying to draw the world’s sympathy through deception in the dispute over territories in the South China Sea. “It is part of the dynamics of international relations to conduct information campaigns or to propagate a national policy by utilizing the mass media as […]
BEIJING (THE PHILIPPINES DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – China is building a school on a remote island in the South China Sea to serve the children of military personnel and others, expanding the rugged outpost it created two years ago to strengthen claims to disputed waters and islands. China established the settlement of Sansha-which Beijing […]
The Philippines filed a protest over China’s reclamation in Kennan Reef in the West Philippine Sea last week. The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that China has been carrying out land reclamation activities in Hughes Reef. Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said this follows the Philippines’ protest against China’s reclamation on Mabini Reef last April […]
News Update > Video News China’s UN Rep. accuses Vietnam, Philippines of lying Reporter: Matt Stuttard 丨 CCTV.com 06-14-2014 20:09 BJT Share this: Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on email Font size: China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has accused both Vietnam and the Philippines of making “groundless accusations” […]