China Resumes Dredging at Woody Island in the Paracels

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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Chinese Survey Ship Leaves Malaysian Waters After Pressure Campaign

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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Vietnamese, Philippine Fishermen Protest China’s Fishing Ban in SCS

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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