Weekly News 28/7-3/8

-(Reuters 1/8) Japan offers vessels to Vietnam to boost its sea strength: Japan will give six navy boats to Vietnam to boost its patrols and surveillance in the South China Sea, Japan's foreign minister said on Friday, in the latest sign of a strengthening of alliances between states locked in maritime rows with China. -(Nhandan 1/8) Vietnam calls on parties to not complicate South China Sea issue:...

28/07/2014

Weekly Bulletin 14/7-20/7

China ends illegal drilling near Paracel islands; Vietnamese fishermen captured by China released; Manila urges unity for South East Asian nations in China sea dispute; US welcomes China’s oil rig removal…

22/07/2014

Weekly Bulletin 14/7-20/7

  China ends illegal drilling near Paracel islands; Vietnamese fishermen captured by China released; Manila urges unity for South East Asian nations in China sea dispute; US welcomes China’s oil rig removal…

22/07/2014

New ten-dashed line map revealed China’s ambition

Deliberately and desperately applying irrelevant concepts and provisions of UNCLOS will not create the legal basis for the nine dashed line claim.

21/07/2014

Weekly News 21/7-27/7

-(PhilStar 25/7) US: South China Sea tension 'a little' toned down: The territorial row between China and its neighbors, including the Philippines, over the South China Sea has become less intense in the past weeks, the US Department of State said Friday. –(The Jakarta Post 25/7) Let’s make Asia Pacific peaceful: RI tells Chinese general -(National Interest 25/7) China's Big Course Correction in...

21/07/2014

China asked not to take rig back for peace in South China Sea

Vietnam demands China not take its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 back or dispatch any other rigs to Vietnam’s oil and gas Block 143 or any other areas belonging to Vietnam’s waters.

17/07/2014

China ends illegal drilling near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa

The China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) announced on July 15th that it had completed its drilling and exploration off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the East Sea, and is relocating its rig in Hainan Islands.

16/07/2014

Weekly Bulletin 7/7-13/7

US Senate passes resolution on South China Sea; International scholars come up with ways to ease South China Sea tensions; China reveals rare videos of its South China Sea territorial battle; ASEAN journalist group opposes China’s aggressive actions…

16/07/2014

Weekly News 14/7-20/7

-(The Guardian 17/7) Despite oil rig removal, China and Vietnam row still simmers: Withdrawal of rig welcomed by Hanoi and Washington, but observers still fear escalation of conflict over South China Sea -(Reuters 17/7) China studies floating gas plants for South China Sea: Chinese energy giant CNOOC Group is studying the possibility of building a multi-billion-dollar floating liquefied natural...

14/07/2014

Vietnam welcomes US Senate’s Resolution 412

Vietnam has welcomed the US Senate’s Resolution 412 which calls on China to withdraw its drilling rig and associated maritime forces from their current positions, and to return immediately to the status quo as it existed before May 1st, 2014.

12/07/2014