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Keyword:South China Sea
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SOUTH CHINA SEA THREAT: PHILIPPINES TO PUSH FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT
WASHINGTON AND MANILA HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN DISCUSSING A POTENTIAL INSTALMENT OF UPGRADED US ROCKET SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES TO HELP DETER CHINA"S "MILITARISATION" OF ISLANDS IN THE CONTESTED SOUTH CHINA SEA. IF DEPLOYED, THE ROCKET SYSTEMS WOULD POSE A FEROCIOUS THREAT TO CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING"S PLANS TO CEMENT BEIJING"S DOMINANCE IN THE REGION. THE LONG-RANGE, PRECISION-GUIDED ROCKETS FIRED BY THE SYSTEM WOULD BE ABLE TO STRIKE CHINESE MAN-MADE ISLANDS ON REEFS IN THE SPRATLY CHAIN, ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST.
CHINESE SURVEY SHIP INVOLVED IN SOUTH CHINA SEA STAND-OFF WITH VIETNAM BACK HOME, TRACKER SAYS
BOTH COUNTRIES ALSO COMMITTED TO FINISH THE LONG-DELAYED SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH WILL SET GUIDELINES THAT CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WILL AGREE TO FOLLOW TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT IN THOSE WATERS.
THE TWO SIDES RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF OTHER COMPLEMENTARY BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL PLATFORMS IN MAINTAINING REGIONAL PEACE AND STABILITY INCLUDING ASEAN-CHINA DIALOGUE RELATIONS, THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, AND THE EAST ASIA SUMMIT. BOTH SIDES REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2002 DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (DOC), AND WERE COMMITTED TO THE EARLY CONCLUSION OF AN EFFECTIVE AND SUBSTANTIVE CODE OF CONDUCT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (COC).
“CHINA DOESN’T WANT ANY NON-ASEAN COMPANIES TO DRILL FOR OIL IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,” SAID HOP, WHO IS ALSO A VISITING SENIOR FELLOW AT THE ISEAS-YUSOF ISHAK INSTITUTE IN SINGAPORE.
VIETNAM CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AFTER MONTHS OF TENSIONS WITH BEIJING
「IF OUR MEMORY SERVES US CORRECTLY, VIETNAMHAD SPECIFIC POSITIONS ON BANNING ANY NEW AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE [ADIZ], ON CLARIFYING MARITIMEENTITLEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, ON THE BLOCKING OF CHINA』SPROPOSAL TO BAN MILITARY DRILLS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WITH OUTSIDE POWERSUNLESS ALL SIGNATORIES AGREE, AND ON THE BLOCKING OF BEIJING』S PROPOSAL TOEXCLUDE FOREIGN OIL FIRMS BY LIMITING JOINT DEVELOPMENT DEALS TO CHINA ANDSOUTHEAST ASIA,」 HE SAID. 「THE AFOREMENTIONED ARE ALL AREAS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCEWHICH SHOULD BE FULLY SUPPORTED NOT ONLY BY THE PHILIPPINES BUT BY ASEAN AS AWHOLE.」
CHINA, U.S., VIETNAM, PHILIPPINES, MILITARY, DISPUTED ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA, SOUTH CHINA SEA RULING
WHAT HAPPENED: CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES ARE CONSIDERING COOPERATING ON FISHING AND MARITIME RESEARCH IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, RAPPLER REPORTED OCT. 29. OFFICIALS FROM BOTH SIDES REPORTEDLY DISCUSSED THE ISSUE DURING A RECENT MEETING AS PART OF A BILATERAL CONSULTATION MECHANISM.
PUTIN ACCEPTS DUTERTE INVITE, JUST BEFORE MANILA-BEIJING SOUTH CHINA SEA OIL TALKS. COINCIDENCE?
US NAVY ADMIRAL GEORGE WIKOFF HAILS BEIJING AS 『CORDIAL, PROFESSIONAL』 IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
A US PRESENCE ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DEPLOYMENT WILL BE A USEFUL POLITICAL TOOL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AS A SHOW OF STRENGTH TO CHINA AS WELL AS ASSERTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN THE SEA. IN ADDITION, IT REINFORCES THE IDEA THAT THE UK SUPPORTS US FOREIGN POLICY – QUEEN ELIZABETH IS EFFECTIVELY REPLACING A US CARRIER ON HER FAR EASTERN TOUR AS PART OF THE SUPERPOWER"S STANDING NAVAL PRESENCE.
LESS IS HEARD THESE DAYS ABOUT CHINA』S MASSIVE TERRAFORMING OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, WHICH NOT LONG AGO EXERCISED NEIGHBOURS AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN CHINA IS ANY LESS ASSERTIVE IN THE 1.4M SQUARE-MILE (3.5M SQUARE-KM) SEA WHICH, ON THE FLIMSIEST GROUNDS, IT CLAIMS PRETTY MUCH IN ITS ENTIRETY. ON THE CONTRARY, CHINA SEEMS TO THINK ITS ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS ALLOW IT TO OPEN A NEW PHASE OF SELF-ASSERTION IN THE FACE OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH OVERLAPPING CLAIMS IN THE SEA.
EVEN A MINOR NAVAL INCIDENT BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BEIJING IN THE HOTLY DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA RISK BECOMING “NIGHTMARISH”, MILITARY OBSERVERS HAVE WARNED. ANALYSTS ATTENDING THE XIANGSHAN FORUM IN BEIJING SPOKE OF THE RISK THAT TAIWAN PURCHASING WEAPONRY FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COULD IMPOSE AS ANOTHER STICKING POINT BETWEEN HIM AND CHINA’S PRESIDENT XI JINPING. FORMER PLA MAJOR GENERAL YAO YUNZHU SAID: “STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING, TRUST BETWEEN CHINA AND THE US HAS FALLEN. A SKIRMISH INVOLVING MILITARY AIRCRAFT OR WARSHIPS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA COULD EASILY ESCALATE.”
BUT EVEN CHINA-FRIENDLY LEADERS LIKE MR DUTERTE ARE HEDGING THEIR BETS, TELLING BEIJING TO 「LAY OFF」 THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. ENCOUNTERS AT SEA HAVE STRAINED TIES BETWEEN SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AND CHINA, GIVEN OVERLAPPING CLAIMS TO THE OCEAN. IN JUNE, UPROAR ENSUED WHEN A CHINESE VESSEL COLLIDED WITH A PHILIPPINE BOAT, STRANDING 22 FISHERMEN LATER SAVED BY A VIETNAMESE SHIP.

 

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