A threat issued this week by China to jail foreign fishermen who enter disputed areas of the South China Sea prompted the head of an influential Vietnamese fishing organization on Thursday to dismiss the move and assert that fishermen will continue to work in those waters, with his country taking measures against China if necessary. […]
After an international tribunal rebuked China’s claim to the South China Sea, the Chinese government launched a website Wednesday, complete with historical maps, defending its position. The tribunal, appointed by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, rendered its verdict on July 12, negating China’s nine-dash-line claims over the South China Sea. The decision upheld claims […]
Territorial issues over the West Philippine Sea – part of the larger South China Sea – dominated the topic of our national concerns last week. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea. In 2013, the Philippines filed a case against China concerning territorial encroachments and other issues, including […]
South China Sea dispute, South China Sea, China military, People’s Liberation Army, China Army, Chang Wanquan, news, international news, latest news, world news, China news, PLA Naval Military Studies Research Institute, US China, China US File photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in […]
In a recent essay, eminent political scientist Graham Allison downplays international criticism of China’s blatant rejection of an unfavorable legal verdict at The Hague. By pointing out the unlawful behavior of status quo powers, his article gives the misleading impression that China’s noncompliance to the international court’s decision is essentially normal. “[N]one of the five […]
China has claimed to have unmasked Japanese malfeasance and “manipulation” amid a campaign to discredit an international tribunal ruling two weeks ago that largely invalidated Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea. In the days since the July 12 ruling on a case brought by the Philippines before the Hague-based Permanent Court of […]
Last month’s ruling by an international court redrew the map of the South China Sea…though China refuses to accept the decision. But while attention is focused on that regions reefs, shoals and artificial islands, law of the sea scholars now say the court decision could also affect another disputed feature, with a strange history…more on […]
“We ask every state involved to abide by those rules,” said Ahmad during his meeting with British Chamber of Commerce Philippines in Makati City Tuesday. He added that as a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), United Kingdom seeks for “total compliance” with the ruling of the PCA […]
On 12 July 2016, the Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) located at The Hague in the Netherlands passed judgement on the case of the Republic of the Philippines V. the People’s Republic of China. The Award, concerning the historic rights and maritime entitlements […]
As Southeast Asian nations continue to be split on the tribunal award, Beijing has demonstrated its will to power and determination to defend its interests in the teeth of opposition. China sees the U.S. hand ubiquitous in the July 12 award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Scarborough Shoal dispute in the South […]