U.S. South China Sea policies have undergone several rounds of profound changes since the end of the 1990s, evolving from “staying neutral” to “limited intervention”, and then “active intervention”. This is because, on one hand, with Chinese comprehensive national strength continuously rising...
Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi (YAHNG jee-uh-CHERR) is making his government’s position clear after the latest round of U.S.-China security talks in Washington. The Trump administration has criticized China’s militarization of the South China Sea, which is a vital waterway for world trade...
China and the US Battle to Assert Presence in South China SeaUS warships are staging their third set of exercises in less thana month off the coast of...By FordPeter
A senior Chinese expert on the maritime issue raised questions on the announcement the US 7th Fleet made about a US submarine collision in the South China Sea, as well as concerns over the increasing military presence of the US and its allies in the region, as they could bring more danger ...
Tan made the comment in response to US officials' recent accusation China is "militarizing" the South China Sea and therefore the US would enhance its military presence in the Philippines. "China has undisputable sovereignty over islands and their adjacent waters in the South China Sea," Tan ...
Meanwhile,theUnitedStatespushesits'rebalancing'strategyintheAsia-Pacificregionandexpandsitsmilitarypresenceintheregion.Forsometime,theUnitesStateshasnotonlyconductedclosesurveillanceoverChina,butalsoexpandeditsalliancesandpartnershipsintheregion. TheUnitesStatesisanobviousagitatorintheSouthChinaSeadisputes,whichwouldbereso...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As the U.S. Navy asserts its presence in the South China Sea, Taiwan’s leader says its ties with Washington remain solid over the transition from the Trump to the Biden administration. President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday that U.S. military support remains firm eve...
Last year,Chinaadded surface-to-air missiles to the contested island, one of three that the Chinese military fortified in 2018. The destroyers conducted the passage, illustrating the continuing U.S. military presence in the area, to which China routinely has objected. ...
The Chinese know they must prevent the return of a Philippine vessel to Sabina because, should it anchor there, its presence will undercut what Day correctly calls “their bogus sovereignty claims.” The Philippines will not back down either. Manila cannot afford to let China take away another...
The presence of the Philippine ship prompted immediate and serious representations from China. In response, the then Philippine president Joseph Estrada vowed to tow away the ship, saying it ran aground the reef due to "malfunction". Later, Estrada's successor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo also pledged...