If there's going to be a military conflict between the United States and China, the thinking in Washington goes, it will most likely happen if China tries to invade Taiwan. But lately tensions have escalated precariously in another part of theSouth China Sea-the waters off the western coast ...
China, Philippines: The Latest Conflict in the South China Sea.Padilla, Jorge Villalobos
Territorial conflict is an old story in the South China Sea, where several nations make conflicting claims on the region—and its oil and gas potential. But the escalating conflict betweenVietnamandChinais something new altogether. Anti-China protesters march while shouting slogans in Ho Chi Min...
China-Philippines relations have been one of the most vacillating connections among China and its neighboring countries. During the rule of Benigno Aquino III, bilateral relations were at a low ebb due to frictions over the South China Sea. Incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte changed the Philippines...
"My main message over the past few years has been consistent, and this year will be no different -- we must avoid a physical conflict in Asia. Because we can all agree, that neither Asia nor the world can withstand a third geopolitical shock," said Ng Eng Hen, defense minister of Sing...
The collision is the second in recent days near Sabina Shoal, a flashpoint in the South China Sea conflict. Both countries have reported several incidents involving their ships in the area over the past two weeks. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a crucial international maritime ...
be a true great power unless it holds the key to its ‘front door,’ and that is the South China Sea. It cannot afford to leave control of the Sea in the hands of powers openly averse to China’s rise. The spectre of conflict therefore, continues to haunt the South China Sea. ...
Tensions in the South China Sea may seem far off to Western investors, but any conflict in the region could affect the world economy.
The Philippines ambassador to the US, Jose Manuel Romualdez, also said last week that the South China Sea - not Taiwan - is the “real flashpoint” for an armed conflict in the region, and warned that “all hell breaks loose” if Washington decides to invoke its mutual defense treaty...
Australia had backed the Philippines’ push to have the ASEAN declaration adopted at the end of summit cite a 2016 arbitration ruling in The Hague, Netherlands, that invalidated Beijing’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea, which conflict with the claims of several ASEAN stat...