China Claims Japanese Destroyer Entered Its Waters ‘Illegally’
China lodged a formal complaint for “illegal and improper” actions by a Japanese destroyer that entered Chinese territorial waters on July 4.
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Marine Biologist: China ‘Forever’ Erased Coral Reefs in South China Sea
Some coral reefs in the South China Sea are “gone forever” due to China’s illegal creation of military bases atop them, a marine biologist and expert on the sea told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Monday. “If you built something,
Philippines: Duterte Faces Impeachment Calls for Wanting to Allow China in Sovereign Waters
Philippines Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III shocked the nation Thursday by coming out in defense of granting China fishing rights in Philippine sovereign waters in light of a Chinese ship sinking a Filipino fishing vessel and refusing to rescue its crew this month.
World View: Philippines President Duterte Orders Military to Occupy South China Sea Islands
Contents: President Trump orders missile strikes on Bashar al-Assad’s Syria; Philippines president Duterte orders military to occupy South China Sea islands; Philippines sends warship to Benham Rise to protect from China
China: ‘No Such Thing as Man-Made Islands’ in South China Sea
A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman denied the existence of Chinese-made artificial islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, a bizarre development given the open construction of such islands and promotion of their newly-installed assets in Chinese media.
International Tribunal Decisively Rejects Beijing’s Claim to the South China Sea
In 2013, the Philippines took China to court over Beijing’s seizure of Scarborough Shoal, which lies within Manila’s 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ. The South China Sea and its resources do not belong solely to China, the Philippine government said, but to all of the nations– Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam—that surround it.
World View: Japan’s Election Opens the Way to Repeal ‘Pacifism’ Constitution Clause
Contents: Increasingly angry China rams Vietnamese boat as tribunal ruling expected; Japan’s election opens the way to repeal ‘pacifism’ constitution clause; US will send 560 more troops to Iraq
World View: South China Sea Tension Set to Escalate After July 12 Arbitration Ruling
Contents: South China Sea tension set to escalate after July 12 arbitration ruling; Obama flip-flops again on Afghanistan
World View: South China Sea: China’s List of Supporters Found to Be Delusional
Contents: China claims that 60 countries support its South China Sea policy; China cites UNCLOS in disagreement with Japan; South China Sea: Which countries are on China’s side?; Cognitive dissonance and doubling down in China
World View: Taiwan May Reverse South China Sea Policy and Oppose China
Contents: Taiwan may reverse South China Sea policy and oppose China; Burundi calls planned African Union peacekeeping force ‘an attack’
In South China Sea Dispute, Did America Blink First?
In a rare exercise of foreign policy backbone, President Obama exhibited Reaganesque-like leadership against China last month—or did he?
