Reports of Chinese strategies to declare an Air Defense Recognition Zone over the contested South China Sea have actually resurfaced in news media amidst increasing stress in the area. Professionals stay doubtful that China would take such an intriguing, hard-to- impose procedure. The South China Morning Post reported today that China has actually prepared for […]

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Indonesia added its weight to current diplomatic relocations by ASEAN members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending out an unusual diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations previously today. The letter, sent out to U.N. Secretary- General António Guterres on Tuesday, defined the Indonesian federal government’s assistance for a 2016 […]

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China states it is nearing conclusion of a 450- foot-long search and rescue ship, the biggest such vessel in its fleet, that will get in service with the Ministry of Transportation’s South China Sea Rescue Bureau. The ship will overshadow coastguard vessels from other countries in those contested waters, where mishaps at sea are progressively […]

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India has actually voiced an unusual note of criticism of China’s assertive actions in the South China Sea, amidst a stress in between the 2 Asian powers on their long land border. A Brand-new Delhi-based analyst stated India is worried over China pushing South China Sea claimant countries that India thinks about partners. India is […]

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On the exact same day as a call in between the defense ministers of Malaysia and China, a Chinese survey ship Friday left the website of a questionable pressure campaign in Malaysian waters that at one point drew Malaysian, Australian, and U.S. warships into the South China Sea. The Hai Yang Di Zhi 8 survey […]

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China is swearing stringent enforcement of its yearly summer fishing ban in parts of the objected to South ChinaSea The ban started Friday and is most likely to be opposed by other claimant countries. The three-and-a-half- month ban, focused on saving fish stocks, extends into a location of the South China Sea as much as […]

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The Philippines ought to search joint patrols with Vietnam and Malaysia within the South China Sea to discourage Chinese language aggression within the disputed area, a former Supreme Courtroom justice informed reporters in Manila on Monday. Antonio Carpio stated Beijing seemed to be profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic to push its presence within the energy-rich […]

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Southeast Asian leaders concurred at an unique online top on Tuesday to ensure a social safety net for the area’s susceptible populations and backed reallocating funds towards battling the COVID-19 break out. The leaders of the 10- member Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) later on in the day held a different online top with […]

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China compounded a drought that ravaged fishing and farming neighborhoods on the Mekong River in 2015 by limiting the circulation of big quantities of water downstream from 11 of its dams, a U.S. research study company stated in a study launched Monday. Satellite measurements of “surface wetness” showed that the Chinese dams in the Upper […]

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China has actually released a patrol vessel from its Coast Guard to the Scarborough Shoal, the current salvo in its continual pressure campaign versus Philippine-claimed features in the challenged South China Sea, ship-tracking information shows. The China Coast Guard (CCG) ship 3302 was at Scarborough Shoal since Wednesday, Radio Free Asia can verify. It left […]

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