BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The joint maritime patrols conducted by the Philippines and Australia have heightened tensions in the South China Sea, China's Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. Defense and security cooperation between countries shall not target any third party or harm a th...
Why do tensions in the South China Sea keep rising? Dr. Wu Shicun, a leading expert on maritime issues in China, joins Diplomacy Talk to break down what's happening between China, the Philippines, and the U.S. Studying the region for over 30 years, Dr. Wu elaborates on why the Phil...
Wang said that over the past few months, it has been the Philippines who is breaching the common understandings with China and heightening tensions in the South China Sea. It is the Philippines who has attempted to change the current status of Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea and make ...
Tensions in the South China Sea National Intelligence Estimate: The Next Two to Three YearsDaniel Urchick
"China has undisputable sovereignty over islands and their adjacent waters in the South China Sea," Tan said. "China building infrastructure and necessary defensive structures on these islands are a lawful exercise of national sovereignty and entirely legitimate." ...
Rising tensions in the South China Sea: Prospects for a resolution of the issue The article examines the overlapping and conflicting claims to the South China Sea which have resulted in a stalemate. China claims the Spratly and the Paracel islands as well as the surrounding waters and has ...
But other ASEAN members understand that there must be no chaos in the South China Sea in order for ASEAN to develop, Song said. "The U.S., as a country from outside of the region, does not want the signing of the COC or a peaceful South China Sea. The interference of such external...
Some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes are at risk due to rising tensions in the South China Sea, experts warn. In recent months, skirmishes have escalated in the highly-contested South China Sea – a marginal sea in the Western Pacific ocean that’s a crucial trade route for China...
During the same period of the Philippine-U.S. joint military exercise and the joint air patrol, the Southern Theater of Operations of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has organized sea and air force cruises in the South China Sea, with the Philippines claiming that it w...
The locals could have benefited from cooperation in fisheries, oil, and gas production, he said, adding that escalating tensions in the South China Sea is harmful to realizing regional prosperity in the long term. The regional security situation had been relatively stable, but the Philippines' rec...