Weekly Bulletin 30/05 - 05/06

China hits at US 'provocations', says doesn't fear 'trouble; Vietnam Welcomes G7 Summit's Declaration on Maritime Security; Philippines' Duterte says he won't surrender rights in South China Sea; Thailand supports peaceful resolution to the maritime disputes; AU official calls for resolving South China Sea disputes via dialogue;

08/06/2016

Weekly News 06/06 - 12/06

-(Globalresearch 07/06) Washington and Beijing Draw Battle Lines over South China Sea:Carter declared that if China responded to a ruling by the UN court by building military structures on Scarborough Reef it would “result in actions being taken both by the US, and actions being taken by others in the region.” -(Navytimes 07/06) Top Navy officer visits carrier in contested South China Sea: The...

07/06/2016

Washington and Beijing Draw Battle Lines over South China Sea

Last weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual conference hosted in Singapore by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, was utilised by the Obama administration and US military to threaten China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea.

07/06/2016

Europeans Push Back Against Beijing in the South China Sea

France has thrown its hat into the acrimonious South China Sea debate, calling for more European naval patrols in a contested waterway that is at the center of a growing dispute between China and the United States and its Asian allies.

07/06/2016

China’s Ridiculously Weak Legal Argument Against Complying with the South China Sea Arbitration Award

The forthcoming arbitral award in the dispute between the Philippines and China has become one of the most anticipated international judicial decisions in recent history, even dominating discussion at the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. To weaken the legitimacy of any negative arbitral award, China has launched an impressive diplomatic and global public relations campaign denigrating the...

06/06/2016

Newly Found Maps Dispute Beijing's South China Sea Claims

China’s dubious claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea, which includes overlapping claims with the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam, took another hit recently when a Vietnamese historian visited Yale University in New Haven, CT.

01/06/2016

Weekly News 30/05 - 05/06

-(SMH 02/06) Beijing welcomes Manila's offer for talks on dispute: Rodrigo Duterte said his country would not rely on long-term security ally the United States, signalling greater independence from Washington in dealing with China. -(Stripes 02/06) Uncertainty over Beijing’s next move in South China Sea ahead of summit: A South China Sea ADIZ would be significantly more provocative, Navy and U.S....

31/05/2016

South China Sea Dispute: Who Will Chicken Out, China Or The US?

China and the US are on a collision course lately. Over the South China Sea disputes, that is.

31/05/2016

Weekly Bulletin 23/05 - 29/05

Philippine arrests 10 Chinese fishermen in latest sea spat; Laos urges dialogues on South China Sea rows; U.S Secretary of Defense: China’s actions could erect a Great Wall of self-isolation; President Obama Arrives in Vietnam for Historic Asia Trip; Japan, Canada share 'serious concerns' on South China Sea.

31/05/2016

South China Sea Tensions: How Do We Know What's Really Happening?

Here is the problem, simply put: there are not enough analysts to make sense of every ship or activity at sea; nor enough government assets to persistently monitor them all.

30/05/2016