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Xi-Duterte meeting on South China Sea - all for show?: Inquirer @ 2019-09-04T16: Back Hot News
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『BALL IS IN BEIJING』S COURT』 ON SOUTH CHINA SEA AFTER RODRIGO DUTERTE PUTS FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW
THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, KNOWN AS THE E3, RELEASED A JOINT STATEMENT ON THE “TENSIONS” AMONG COASTAL STATES ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA SEA THAT COULD LEAD TO “INSTABILITY” IN THE REGION. ALL THREE ARE STATE PARTIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS). THE STATEMENT READ: “WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WHICH COULD LEAD TO INSECURITY AND TENSION IN THE REGION.”
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ASEAN WILL BE HOLDING A JOINT EXERCISE WITH THE US AS A REGIONAL BLOC. LAST YEAR, ASEAN CONDUCTED MARITIME DRILLS WITH CHINA, DESPITE CONFLICTING INTERESTS WITH FOUR SOUTHEAST ASIAN CLAIMANTS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
BEIJING HITS OUT AS US SENDS WARSHIP PAST TWO DISPUTED REEFS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA FOR THE FIRST TIME
EIGHT WARSHIPS, FOUR AIRCRAFT AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND PERSONNEL FROM THE U.S. AND ALL 10 COUNTRIES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS WERE TAKING PART IN THE FIRST ASEAN-U.S. MARITIME EXERCISE (AUMX). LASTING FIVE DAYS AND STARTING AT THE SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE IN THAILAND AND ENDING IN SINGAPORE, THE DRILLS COME AMID SOARING TENSIONS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BEIJING, ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
THE BUILD-UP OF MILITARISED ISLANDS BY BEIJING IS TRIGGERING CONCERN AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. MANY COUNTRIES AND ORGANISATIONS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR STANCE, WHICH INDICATES THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THREATS TO PEACE. THE US HAS SAID CHINA IS INTIMIDATING OTHER CLAIMANTS OUT OF DEVELOPING RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
80 PERCENT OF ZERO: CHINA』S PHANTOM SOUTH CHINA SEA CLAIMSCHINA, VIETNAM, AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEAVIETNAM AND CHINA: A DANGEROUS INCIDENTCHINA』S NOT-SO-HARD POWER STRATEGYCHINA』S SMALL STICK DIPLOMACY
THE STATE DEPARTMENT WEIGHED IN FORCEFULLY LAST WEEK ON CHINA』S HARASSMENT OF MALAYSIAN AND VIETNAMESE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SPOKESWOMAN MORGAN ORTAGUS BLASTED BEIJING』S 「CONTINUING INTERFERENCE WITH VIETNAM』S LONGSTANDING OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES,」 WHICH 「CALLS INTO SERIOUS QUESTION CHINA』S COMMITMENT . . . TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF MARITIME DISPUTES.」 THE DEPARTMENT WAS RIGHT TO FIRE DIPLOMATIC SHOTS ACROSS BEIJING』S BOW, BUT THE U.S. AND ITS PARTNERS NEED TO DO MORE TO PERSUADE CHINA TO REIN IN ITS COAST GUARD AND MILITIA SHIPS BEFORE THEY CAUSE A DEADLY COLLISION THAT COULD SPARK A WIDER...
THE CHINESE SURVEY SHIPS THAT CAUSE RIPPLES IN VIETNAM AND ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
DUTERTE"S VISIT WILL BE HIS FIFTH TO CHINA BUT THE FIRST DURING WHICH HE PLANS TO FINALLY RAISE THE RESULT OF THE 2016 HAGUE ARBITRATION CASE THAT MOSTLY INVALIDATED CHINA"S CLAIM TO VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA UNDER THE 1982 U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA.
BEIJING, THE WHITE PAPER SAID, “HAS ORGANIZED NAVAL PARADES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA” AND “CONDUCTED A SERIES OF LIVE FORCE-ON-FORCE EXERCISES” WHILE ITS AIR FORCE “HAS CONDUCTED COMBAT PATROLS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND SECURITY PATROLS IN THE EAST CHINA SEA, AND OPERATED IN THE WEST PACIFIC.”
NO WONDER. CHINA HAS CONTINUED ITS SABER-RATTLING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, EVEN AS IT HAS NEGOTIATED, AND THE TIMING OF ITS ACTIONS SEEMS DESIGNED TO PILE ON THE PRESSURE. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING PRESIDED OVER A MASSIVE NAVAL DISPLAY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN APRIL 2018, JUST BEFORE AN ASEAN SUMMIT MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE.
DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA HAVE CAUSED TENSIONS IN PHILIPPINE-CHINESE TIES. IN 2016, AN INTERNATIONAL COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF THE PHILIPPINES IN A CASE CHALLENGING CHINA"S HISTORICAL CLAIMS TO LARGE AREAS OF THE SEA. CHINA REJECTS THE RULING.
REVEALED: CHINA"S DEADLY PLAN TO CONTROL THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
WHAT RECENT PROMOTIONS TELLS US ABOUT THE 『NEW NORMAL』 IN CHINA』S MILITARYCHINA ROTATES NEW TROOPS INTO HONG KONG AMID MASS PROTESTSCHINA"S MOST IMPORTANT SOUTH CHINA SEA MILITARY BASETHE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN 2016: WHAT』S CHANGED?OFFICIAL: CHINA WILL START CIVILIAN FLIGHTS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA IN 2016
A PEARL HARBOR DESTROYER CONDUCTED AT LEAST THE FIFTH NAVY "FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION " OPERATION THIS YEAR IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AS PART OF AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO REJECT CHINA"S CLAIMS OVER MOST OF THE AREA AS ITS TERRITORIAL SEAS.
HANOI -- VIETNAM WILL WORK WITH ITS SOUTHEAST ASIAN NEIGHBORS TO SEEK A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO TENSIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN XUAN PHUC TOLD REPORTERS HERE TUESDAY AFTER A MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN COUNTERPART MAHATHIR MOHAMAD.

 

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