China is dredging in a bay at Woody Island, its greatest settlement in the South China Sea, most likely to broaden the synthetic island’s northwest corner, satellite images shows. This advancement in the contested Paracel island chain, in the northern part of the South China Sea, comes amidst installing issue in Southeast Asia over China’s […]

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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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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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The Philippines on Thursday “strongly” opposed China’s development of two districts in the challenged South China Sea, stating Beijing’s relocation breached the Southeast Asian country’s territorial sovereignty. Manila had actually been opposing Beijing’s self-declared Sansha City “and the extent of its administrative jurisdiction” considering that 2012, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) stated in a […]

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China has actually upped the ante amidst increasing stress in the South China Sea by stating 2 new administrative districts for the objected to area and launching a new map calling all the reefs and islands it declares. The intriguing relocations come as Beijing deals with diplomatic pushback from a few of its Southeast Asian […]

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