BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Malaysia have agreed to set up a joint dialogue mechanism for the disputed South China Sea, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Thursday after meeting Malaysia’s foreign minister. Recent Chinese naval deployments in the strategic waterway, through which more than $3.4 trillion worth of goods are transported annually, […]

  MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte is not abandoning the Philippines’ arbitral victory on the South China Sea dispute even as he pursued a joint oil and gas exploration deal with China, Malacañang clarified Thursday. Manila is still pursuing “peaceful” talks with Beijing over conflicting claims in the South China Sea, even after Chinese leader Xi […]

  Stormy weather, gouty joints and a health scare have temporarily grounded boat captain Johnny Sonny Geruela in Masinloc, a small Philippine fishing community on the frontline of a territorial dispute and international tensions over the South China Sea. The loquacious father of four, who just recovered from a mild stroke, has been assisting his […]

  MANILA (REUTERS) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said his Chinese counterpart has offered Manila a controlling stake in a joint energy venture in the South China Sea, if it sets aside an international arbitral award that went against Beijing. Mr Duterte said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him during their recent meeting that if […]

  The system will allow for the swift detection of environmental hazards and maritime emergencies along one of the world’s busiest maritime routes in the South China Sea, China’s Natural Resources Ministry said in an official statement. China has unveiled a major drone network deployed over the South China Sea for the stated purpose of […]

  China’s Ministry of Natural Resources is launching a new surveillance drone network to monitor strategic parts of Chinese maritime claims in the South China Sea. China already has a well-developed satellite surveillance system for oceanic areas, including the South China Sea, and it intends to augment it with additional investments in satellite coverage over […]

  BEIJING has made a move to target Vietnamese gas and oil by sailing into the countries exclusive economic zone, as tensions in the South China Sea continue. Earlier in the week a giant crane ship owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was reported to have sailed into Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). […]

  In his address to a training session for young leaders at the Central Party School on September 3, Xi Jinping spoke of the immense challenges facing the country and the Chinese Communist Party. The language he chose, however, was not “challenge,” “test” or “obstacle.” He spoke instead of “struggle,” or douzheng (斗争), a word […]

  Britain has been warned by China that the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth to the South China Sea could be viewed as a “hostile action”. The MoD plans to send Britain’s new aircraft carrier to the Asia Pacific region on her first operational deployment, due in 2021. The government is keen to assert freedom […]

  New Delhi and Moscow have agreed to launch a sea route that will extend from Vladivostok, a major port city in Eastern Russia, to Chennai, on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India. The agreement, made under a “memorandum of understanding” signed by both countries, could present a challenge to China as the maritime […]