Weekly News 12/10-18/10

-(UPI 18/10) U.S., Japan display warships amid rising tensions with China: The review ceremony came after U.S. officials earlier this month said they would begin conducting maritime patrols within the territorial limits of China's man-made Spratly Islands. -(SCMP 18/10) US to soon begin patrols around disputed areas in South China Sea, sources say: Washington has notified Southeast Asian...

13/10/2015

U.S. Tells Asian Allies That Navy Will Patrol Near Islands in South China Sea

The United States has been briefing its allies in Asia on plans to conduct naval patrols near artificial islands built by China in the disputed South China Sea, a move that could escalate tensions with Beijing after President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Washington, American and Asian officials have said.

12/10/2015

US Navy will challenge Chinese territorial claims in South China Sea

The Navy is preparing to send a surface ship inside the 12-nautical-mile territorial limit China claims for its man-made island chain, an action that could take place within days but awaits final approval from the Obama administration, according to military officials who spoke to Navy Times.

09/10/2015

Why the US-China Summit Failed on the South China Sea

President Obama did not use the opportunity of his meeting with President Xi to publicly criticize China’s illegal nine-dash line. He also did not emphasize the responsibility of a big country like China to both facilitate the implementation the DOC and cease its stonewalling of a binding COC.

09/10/2015

Weekly Bulletin 28/09 - 04/10

China island work violates international law; Beijing: No third party can explore oil, gas in South China Sea; U.S. Moves 30,000 Marines to counter China’s Assertiveness; Philippines, US joint amphibious landing exercises start.

08/10/2015

Why We Need South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Patrols

Until 1951, the U.S. Navy was governed by the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy, also known as “Rocks and Shoals” in part because Article 4, Section 10 stated that the punishment of death could be inflicted on any person in the naval service who intentionally or willfully caused a vessel to be “run upon rocks or shoals.”

06/10/2015

Weekly News 05/10 - 11/10

-(Nasdaq 11/10) U.S. Patrols to Test China's Pledge on Islands: The U.S. determination to challenge China with patrols near Chinese-built islands in the SCS will test Xi Jinping's recent pledge that Beijing doesn't intend to "militarize" the islands. -(The Hindu 10/10) China monitors Japan’s role in Indo-U.S. naval ties: Observers point out that Chinese concerns have been heightened by the first...

06/10/2015

In South China Sea, a Tougher U.S. Stance

The United States is poised to send naval ships and aircraft to the South China Sea in a challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims to its rapidly-built artificial islands, U.S. officials told Foreign Policy.

02/10/2015

Weekly Bulletin 21/09 - 27/09

South China Sea issue in the 2015 US - China Summit; Vietnam raises protest over Chinese zoning plan on Vietnam’s archipelagoes; Philippines’ fishermen sue China at UN over sea dispute; Thailand Pledges to Probe into Fatal Shooting of Vietnamese Fishermen.

01/10/2015

The Trillion-Dollar Question: Who Will Control the South China Sea?

Recent developments in the South China Sea have lumbered U.S. strategic planners with a number of pressing quandaries. Should the United States send warships through sea lanes claimed by China as territorial waters? 

30/09/2015