South China Sea on Verge of Environmental Disaster
In July, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled against China’s claims to...
Spratly islands
CCTV Cartoon Defends South China Sea Claims
With the international court in The Hague expected to rule on China’s contested claims in...
The Pleasant Lion and the Great Wall of Sand
In his in-depth profile of Chinese president Xi Jinping at The New Yorker this week, Evan Osnos...
Maritime Dispute on Display in the Sea and at The Hague
Just after the Philippines submitted an arbitration case to the United Nations in effort to...
A Game of Shark and Minnow
The New York Times employs a digital story-telling format to provide an in-depth look at the...
China to Open Disputed Islands to Tourism
Reuters reports that China will soon be allowing tourists to visit disputed islands in the South China Sea: China will this month start allowing tourists to visit the Paracel Islands, one of a group of disputed islets and reefs...
Philippines Wary of Chinese Boats
As the Chinese navy successfully freed a warship in a disputed region in the South China Sea, the Philippines has expressed concern over Chinese ships near the Spratlys. The Voice of America reports:The Philippines is expressing...
Navy Warship Sprung From SCS Reef
The Chinese navy has successfully freed a warship which had run aground on a disputed South China Sea shoal near the Philippines, according to The Associated Press: The warship will sail back to port with minor damage, and no...
Chinese Frigate Runs Aground on Disputed Reef
Xinhua reported on Friday that a PLA Navy frigate had run aground on a reef in disputed waters in the South China Sea: Chinese navy on Friday was conducting rescue mission of a frigate, who ran aground in the waters of...
China in Focus at U.S.- Philippine Security Talks
As tensions rise in the South China Sea due to the joint China-Russia military drills and the stalemate in the Scarborough Shoal, China was high on the agenda in talks between the Philippines and the US. Reuters reports: Those...
Pacific Big Enough for All, says China
Amid tensions in the South China Sea and the recent joint US-Philippines military exercises, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, Ma Keqing, has stated that the region should aim for peace and stability. Ma’s statement seems...
Manila Protests Chinese Ships Presence
After accusing China of intrusion into the Philippine maritime jurisdiction in May 2011, the Philippine government is again accusing China of trespassing into their jurisdiction in the South China Sea. This area is believed to...
China Claims South China Sea Pact with Vietnam
According to China’s Foreign Ministry, China and Vietnam have agreed to peacefully resolve recent tensions over territorial claims in the South China Sea, though Vietnamese officials have yet to comment. From The Wall...
As China Extends Maritime Reach, Neighbors Grow Uneasy
China’s neighbors are growing increasingly concerned about the ambitions of the country’s navy, especially after a drill off the Japanese coast raised alarms, and Vietnam conducted live-fire exercises in response to...
Vietnam Protests Chinese Naval Exercises
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested against Chinese military drills in the South China Sea: Xinhua News Agency (China) on February 25th reported that the 8th Chinese naval escort fleet had on February 24th...
Sinica: China’s Troubled Waters
This weeks Sinica podcast looks at tensions in China’s coastal waters. Listen here: Are Chinese-American maritime relations running aground? The recent sinking of the South Korean corvette the Cheonan, most likely by...
Offering to Aid Talks, U.S. Challenges China on Disputed Islands
From the New York Times: Opening a new source of potential friction with China, the Obama administration said Friday that it would step into a tangled dispute between China and its smaller Asian neighbors over a string of...
Photo: The disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, by Storm Crypt
The disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, by Storm Crypt
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