Diplomacy Talk: In recent years, have there been any significant shifts in China's policies or actions regarding the South China Sea? Wu Shicun: China remains committed to resolving the South China Sea issue with claimant states through peaceful means and negotiation. It continues to promote join...
BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts at a special forum in Beijing have pointed out that the root causes of the instability in the South China Sea are the United States picking sides on the South China Sea issue, certain claimants in relevant disputes attempting to enforce their ill...
The aim of this article is to examine the implications of high politics in the South China Sea disputes, which basically involve the United States, and other claimant countries, such as Vietnam and the Philippines on one side, and China on the other. The two main actors, namely China and...
Duterte won't bring up sea claim with China leader - Yasay In the G-7 declaration issued after their summit in Japan on Friday, the leaders of the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada urged claimants to territory in the East and South China Seas to refrain ...
The claimant states could, i think, take small steps towards this by quietly aligning their existing unilateral seasonal fishing bans in the area. From there, they could move towards joint patrols and enforcement. On the sovereignty side, if one or more states decide to resort to international ...
Despite its existence on the Chinese maps for more than six decades, the U-shaped line, as a traditional maritime boundary line of China in the South China Sea, has never received a wide recognition in the world community, much less by the other claimant states in the South China Sea. ...
affairs controversies like the South China Sea dispute are rarely mentioned — when they are, it is usually in the context of leaders’ anodyne remarks aboutappropriately handling differencesand jointlyupholding stabilityin meetings with their counterparts from rival claimant states, most commonly Vietnam...
China surpassed Japan and became the largest trading partner of the Philippines. The two are conducting negotiations over the possible joint exploration of oil and gas in the disputed waters. If they reach an agreement, it could serve as an exemplary model for South China Sea claimant countries....
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that Beijing had halted land reclamation in the South China Sea, and called on countries in the region to speed up talks on how claimant states should conduct themselves in the disputed waters. ...
The vast South China Sea has become one of the world’s most dangerous hotspots. Through words and deeds, six claimants including China contend for control over numerous small land features and resource-rich waters, with the United States also heavily involved because of alliances and our own ...