KUALA LUMPUR • A Chinese government survey ship was seen tagging an exploration vessel operated by Malaysia’s state oil company Petronas in disputed waters in the South China Sea, three regional security sources have said. China’s Haiyang Dizhi 8 entered waters near Malaysia last Thursday, according to ship tracking website Marine Traffic. On Friday, it […]
China says it recently approved the establishment of two districts to administer islands and reefs in the disputed South China Sea in an apparent bid to strengthen its claim to sovereignty over the area. The Chinese government announced on Saturday the creation of the new districts in Sansha city in Hainan province. China earlier said […]
When the novel coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of abating, requiring global joint efforts to combat it, China moved to intensify its unlawful sovereign claims in the East Sea. In 2019 China violated Vietnam’s sovereignty after sending survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8 along with its coast guard and paramilitary escorts to Vietnam’s territorial waters, […]
China’s Navy confirmed on Monday that a naval formation including the Liaoning aircraft carrier recently sailed to the South China Sea for regular trans-theater training through the Miyako Strait and Bashi Channel. Navy spokesperson Gao Xiucheng said the exercise is being conducted according to the Navy’s annual plan and is in accordance with international […]
China’s actions in the South China Sea show what the next stage of geopolitics in Southeast Asia will look like. As China projects its power amid the pandemic, ASEAN governments will see their economies and development further defined by how they embrace or contest Beijing’s agenda. Editorial When the lockdowns are lifted and borders […]
Taiwan scrambled warships on Saturday night to monitor the movements of a mainland Chinese carrier strike group after it was spotted by Japan heading towards the western Pacific. The fleet, led by China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was seen passing through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa, and then turning south, the Japanese Ministry […]
China and Vietnam have both been building up paramilitary forces and fishing fleets to stake claims in the disputed South China Sea, according to observers, who warn that the neighbours risk further clashes there after the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat last week. While Beijing continues its assertive tactics to try to control […]
OPENING REMARKS Elma Christine R. Leogardo Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin N Lorenzana, Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T Carpio, Donor of the Murillo Velarde Map Replica and Chairman of the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communications, Mr. Mel Velarde, President of the National Defense College of the Philippines, BGen Archimedes H […]
MANILA – Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday slammed China after one of its ships was spotted patrolling Ayungin Shoal on the day the Chinese Coast Guard arrived in Manila for a goodwill visit. “We tended a dinner for them. We welcomed them with a brass band, but they are putting pressure […]
The year is 2016, and two of the U.S. Navy’s latest ships are backing a key ally in the tinderbox of the South China Sea. They’re facing down the Chinese navy halfway across the world with the latest weapons and systems the United States can get its hands on. But is it enough? For […]