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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Less than a week after China sent out a study vessel into Vietnamese waters, vessel-tracking software application shows that the China Coast Guard has actually appeared at Vanguard Bank, an understood South China Sea flashpoint in between Vietnam and China. The coastguard ship came within 30 nautical miles of a Vietnamese oil well, and its […]

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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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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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The Philippines inaugurated a beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island on Tuesday, with authorities explaining it as the first of numerous upgrades on the area that Manila claims in South China Sea waters near where Beijing has actually developed military stations. The ramp is a concrete pier that will enable ships to dock on Pag-asa, Philippine […]

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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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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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