Australia has actually sent out a diplomatic note to the United Nations rejecting China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea, signing up with the growing list of nations that have actually pressed back versus Beijing’s anticipation of “historic rights” to the challenged waters. The note was sent out to the UN on Thursday […]

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Indonesia is staging a major marine exercise today in the Java Sea and the South China Sea, the objected to waterway where tensions have actually increased recently in between China and the United States. The Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet held an exercise in the Java Sea on Wednesday as part of a series of drills […]

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China has actually implicated the US of “stirring up tension” after America’s secretary of state said it would take a harder position on Beijing’s “bullying” in the South China Sea. Territorial conflicts over little island chains in the area have actually been going on for several years in between China and neighbouring countries such as […]

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The United States on Monday revealed a harder stance versus China’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea, stating them illegal and implicating Beijing of dealing with the challenged waters as a “maritime empire.” In a declaration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated there were “no legal grounds” for China’s extensive maritime claims. He officially […]

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Australia, Japan, and the United States have actually taken a very finely veiled spoken swipe at China’s intriguing conduct in the South China Sea, decrying what they called “dangerous or coercive” usage of coastguard vessels and maritime militia and efforts to interfere with oil expedition. The allied countries released the strong joint declaration after their […]

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For the first time in a number of years, the United States has actually released two attack aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy stated Monday, right after China bent its own marine muscle with a military workout in the challenged Paracel Islands. The military maneuvers indicate increasing tensions in the area, […]

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An American Navy combat ship today carried out “routine operations” near a Chinese geological survey ship in the South China Sea, U.S. authorities stated, after the Chinese vessel in June went into a location where Vietnam has actually revealed interest in checking out for oil. The maneuvers in waters around the Spratly Islands echoed occasions […]

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China started naval workouts in the objected to South China Sea on Wednesday, showcasing its capability to storm and take islands with coast guard and navy ships, according to experts and satellite images. The Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of China’s Hainan province revealed on Saturday that a naval exercise would happen in a broad swath […]

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China has actually increased its pace of deep sea surveys in the South China Sea, fretting other countries and claimant states. Specialists state that the mapping of the sea flooring is a pressure method in challenged waters and might assist China’s Navy in keeping track of submarine traffic. China has the world’s biggest fleet of […]

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The Indonesian foreign minister stated Thursday there was “no reason to negotiate” as she declared Jakarta’s position that it has no overlapping claims with Beijing in the South China Sea, days after Indonesia sent out the U.N. chief another letter on the subject. The diplomatic letter to United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres, dated June […]

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