A Chinese ship rammed a Vietnamese fishing boat operating in the Paracel Islands, Vietnamese state media reported Friday, in what might be the first case of China implementing its unilateral fishing restriction in parts of the South China Sea versus vessels of another country. Tuoi Tre (Youth) paper reported that Wednesday’s occurrence occurred near Lincoln […]

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Vietnam objected Thursday to China’s current reported laying of undersea cable televisions in the challenged Paracel Islands, stating it was an offense of Vietnamese sovereignty. The Foreign Ministry comment came as Vietnam released a coastguard vessel into another objected to island chain in the South China Sea, the Spratlys, in evident action to the existence […]

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The United States is having a hard time to take on China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia, according to a brand-new survey of the area’s specialists, despite the fact that there is strong assistance amongst them for democratic worths. China currently has far more financial influence than the U.S., and somewhat more political power, in […]

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A Chinese ship seems laying undersea cables between Chinese outposts in the challenged Paracel Islands, vessel tracking software application and satellite imagesshows Professionals state the cables will likely have military utilizes and might possibly enhance China’s capability to discover submarines. The cable television ship started operations in the location almost 2 weeks back after leaving […]

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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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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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China’s navy just recently gathered 1.5 lots of vegetables on its most significant military base and civilian center in the Paracel Islands, in what state media represented Wednesday as vindication of Beijing’s position that disputed land features it claims in the South China Sea can sustain human life. The navy has actually finished a sand-to- […]

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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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Fishermen’s associations in Vietnam and the Philippines objected Monday China’s yearly summer season fishing ban in the South China Sea and required their national federal governments to oppose it, amidst the danger of rigorous enforcement by the China Coast Guard. ” Vietnamese fishermen have total rights to fish in waters under their sovereignty,” the Vietnam […]

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