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South China Sea: Beijing now US "top security threat" says official amid soaring tensions @ 2019-07-23T20: Back Hot News
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WHILE CHINA AND VIETNAM HAVE A LONG RECORD OF ENGAGING IN TENSIONS SURROUNDING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE OCCASIONALLY SEEN TENSIONS BOIL OVER INTO CONFLICT, WITH A CASE IN POINT BEING THE OIL RIG INCIDENT BACK IN 2014. AND DESPITE SUGGESTIONS BY BEIJING ABOUT RELATIVE STABILITY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, TENSIONS BETWEEN IT AND HANOI HAVE CONTINUED, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS WHERE CHINA HAD COERCED HANOI INTO RECONSIDERING ENERGY EXPLORATION EFFORTS.
THE US SAYS CHINA PREVENTS ASEAN MEMBERS FROM ACCESSING MORE THAN US$2.5 TRILLION IN RECOVERABLE ENERGY RESERVES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. PHOTO: AFP
RICHARD HEYDARIAN WRITES THAT MANILA AND WASHINGTON COULD REWRITE THEIR PACT TO TARGET EMERGING THREATS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA – INCLUDING THE RECENT 『GREY ZONE』 RAMMING OF A PHILIPPINE FISHING BOAT BY A SUSPECTED CHINESE MILITIA VESSEL
AT A SUMMIT WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING IN BEIJING IN APRIL, DUTERTE RAISED MANILA"S 2016 ARBITRATION VICTORY THAT INVALIDATED CHINA"S CLAIMS IN THE SEA, BUT XI REITERATED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE DECISION. THE DISPUTE WAS AMPLIFIED RECENTLY WHEN A CHINESE VESSEL SANK A PHILIPPINE FISHING BOAT IN THE REED BANK, AN AREA IN THE PHILIPPINES" EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE. DUTERTE THEN TRIGGERED A DOMESTIC BACKLASH BY SAYING IT WAS "A LITTLE MARITIME" INCIDENT.
MANILA (REUTERS) - THE PHILIPPINES IS CONSIDERING INVITING TOURISTS TO ITS BIGGEST AND MOST STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT OUTPOST IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, PART OF EFFORTS TO ASSERT ITS CLAIM TO SOVEREIGNTY OVER SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST CONTESTED ISLANDS.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF REEFS IN THE DISPUTED SPRATLY ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, WHERE THE US IS CALLING FOR CRISIS COMMUNICATION MECHANISM TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF A MILITARY MISCALCULATION. PHOTO: AFP
DUTERTE SLAMS CRITICS AS HE INVOKES PHILIPPINE-US DEFENCE PACT OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
THE ATTACK OCCURRED NEAR THE ANAMBAS ISLANDS, AN OUTLYING PART OF INDONESIA'S RIAU ARCHIPELAGO LOCATED ABOUT 150 NM TO THE NORTHEAST OF SINGAPORE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PIRATES ATTACKED A SOUTH KOREAN-FLAGGED CARGO SHIP IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON MONDAY MORNING, ASSAULTING THE CREW AND MAKING OFF WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CASH, CHINA NEWS ASIA (CNA) REPORTED.
HANG ALSO SAID VIETNAM CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO JOIN ITS EFFORTS IN MAINTAINING ORDER, PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, WHICH WAS IN THE COMMON INTEREST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND BEYOND.
AN APRIL 2018 FILE PHOTO RELEASED BY CHINA"S XINHUA NEWS AGENCY SHOWS THE LIAONING AIRCRAFT CARRIER ACCOMPANIED BY NAVY FRIGATES AND SUBMARINES CONDUCTING EXERCISES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. LI GANG/AP HIDE CAPTION
MEANWHILE, VIETNAM HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR A PACT THAT WILL OUTLAW MANY OF CHINA』S ONGOING ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.  LIKE THE BUILDING OF ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS, BLOCKADES AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONRY SUCH AS MISSILE DEPLOYMENTS; AND THE AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE—A CONDUCT CODE CHINA INITIATED BACK IN 2013.
US THINK TANK RAND CORPORATION SAYS BEIJING』S INCREASED ASSERTIVENESS IN EAST AND SOUTH CHINA SEAS FALLS 『BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF ARMED CONFLICT』
U-SHAPED LINE REMAINS AT THE HEART OF TAIWAN"S SOUTH CHINA SEA TERRITORIAL CLAIMTHE DPP"S AGENDA FOR CONTRIBUTING TO REGIONAL STABILITYCHINA』S SOUTH CHINA SEA PROJECT MUST NOT SUCCEEDARE US FONOPS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA NECESSARY?TIME FOR THE US TO STOP LOSING GROUND TO CHINA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
IN RECENT YEARS, CHINA HAS CONSIDERED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ITS OWN. ALL OF IT, INCLUDING THE ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS BEIJING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTING IN DISPUTED TERRITORIES, AND THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES THAT ARE HIDDEN BELOW THE VAST SEA AREA. AND IT IS PREPARED TO USE ITS OLD AND NEW NAVAL POWERS TO KEEP OTHERS OFF THESE RESOURCES.
HOWEVER, THE FACT THAT VIETNAM KEEPS PURSUING ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOREIGN FIRMS IN DISPUTED AREAS ALSO INDICATES THAT HANOI IS WILLING TO RISK CHINA'S THREATS. VIETNAM'S BLOCK 06.1 SITS WITHIN THE AREA OUTLINED BY CHINA'S NINE-DASH LINE — MAKING THE NEW JAPENESE-LED DRILLING OPERATION THERE A LIKELY TARGET OF HARASSMENT BY BEIJING'S MARITIME MILITIA. JAPAN HAS BEEN AN EAGER PLAYER IN STEMMING CHINA'S GROWING PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AS WELL AS BEIJING'S INCREASINGLY COZY RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA. THUS, THIS LIKELY FACTORED INTO VIETNAM'S DECISION TO ALLOW TOKYO TO PURSUE THE DESIRED EXPLORATION IN THE DISPUTED AREA.
ACCORDING TO SOURCES CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA, THE SIX MISSILES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM SEVERAL POINTS IN SOUTHERN CHINA ON THE MORNING OF JULY 1, AND THEY LANDED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE SEA NORTH OF THE SPRATLY ISLANDS, WHERE CHINA IS MILITARIZING.

 

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