Chuyên mục: Philippines

Australia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea

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by  • June 4, 2015

Both the tone and substance of South China Sea discussions in Australian policy circles has undergone an important shift in recent months. What was previously a second-tier security concern to be watched closely and engaged diplomatically, but at a safe distance, has become a heated discussion about concrete responses. Australian policymakers are as concerned as anyone about China’s breakneck land reclamation in the Spratly Islands and the threats, both legal and military, they pose to the global commons. Australian officials and thinkers are seriously considering options to contest Chinese assertiveness, in tandem with the United States and other partners, which would have seemed distant possibilities a year ago. Tiếp tục đọc “Australia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea” →

China Unlikely to Halt Island Construction in Disputed Sea

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War, blocked shipping lanes among scenarios for South China Sea, State report says

The alleged on-going reclamation of Subi Reef by China is seen from Pag-asa Island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, western Palawan Province, Philippines / AP

The alleged on-going reclamation of Subi Reef by China is seen from Pag-asa Island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, western Palawan Province, Philippines / AP

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June 9, 2015 5:00 am

Freebeacon – China will continue building islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea but a major conflict in the region over the dispute is unlikely, according to a State Department security report.

“Beijing will continue to develop contested territories in the South China Sea,” says the internal report by the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). “Unlike fishing boats or patrol vessels, infrastructure investments, such as land reclamation and the construction of runways and lighthouses, signal a more permanent presence.” Tiếp tục đọc “China Unlikely to Halt Island Construction in Disputed Sea” →

Trung Quốc bành trướng trên Biển Đông, ngư dân Philippines đành treo lưới

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08/06/2015 09:50

(TNO) Trung Quốc chiếm bãi cạn Scarborough và tăng cường hoạt động xây dựng đảo nhân tạo trái phép trên Biển Đông đã cản trở hoạt động của ngư dân Philippines. Nhiều người đành phải neo tàu, gác lưới tìm công việc khác.

Trung Quốc bành trướng trên Biển Đông, ngư dân Philippines đành treo lưới - ảnh 1

Ngư dân Philippines đi về tay không sau khi đến gần khu vực bãi cạn Scarborough
và bị Trung Quốc dùng vòi rồng và súng xua đuổi – Ảnh: Reuters
Trong nhiều năm qua, Biển Đông là nơi chia sẻ ngư trường của các ngư dân trong khu vực. Tàu cá các nước qua lại tấp nập, ngư dân dừng tàu chia sẻ với nhau những điếu thuốc hay khoai tây hoặc tán gẫu, theo bài viết trên tờ The Washington Post (Mỹ) ngày 6.6.

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ASEAN must take a collective stance on the South China Sea

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4 June 2015

Author: Vignesh Ram, Manipal University

 
EAF – The South China Sea dispute has become the new normal in ASEAN meetings. The dispute, with its overlapping claims on various land features in the South China Sea, has started to figure as the most important territorial disputes in Asia, one that risks becoming a major power confrontation in the region. With this in mind, ASEAN must take a collective stand on the South China Sea.

Beijing deployed the Haiyang Shiyou oil rig 981 in May 2015 close to the Paracel Islands, triggering a furious reaction in Hanoi and the most serious uptick in tensions in the waters in years. (Photo: AAP) Tiếp tục đọc “ASEAN must take a collective stance on the South China Sea” →

Sabah’s Shadow on the South China Sea

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• By Jay L. Batongbacal I May 27, 2015

cogitasia – Philippine media went into a minor frenzy with the startling news that Manila purportedly offered Kuala Lumpur a quid pro quo in March: dropping the Philippine claim to North Borneo (Malaysia’s Sabah State) in exchange for Malaysian support for Manila’s arbitration case over the South China Sea. The media reports were quickly denied by the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, which noted the total absence of any reference to such a deal in the note that set off the firestorm. Recently, President Benigno Aquino III had to reiterate that his administration was not dropping the claim, prompting Malaysia to summon the Philippine Charge d’Affaires. Tiếp tục đọc “Sabah’s Shadow on the South China Sea” →

Enter Science & China’s Blue Economy in the South China Sea’s Policy Discussion

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by  • June 2, 2015 •

By James Borton

Source: Vladimir Varfolomeev's flickr photostream, used under a creative commons license.

cogitasia – The role of marine science and the emergence of China’s blue economy helped frame a new narrative on the South China Sea’s policy debate, as shown at a CSIS discussion on May 21titled “The Convergence of Marine Science and Geopolitics in the South China Sea.” Two of the panelists John McManus from the University of Miami’s Rosentiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and Kathleen Walsh from the U.S. Naval War College agree that the South China Sea is not simply a sovereignty dispute but is likely to be recognized as one of the most significant environmental issues of the 21st century. Tiếp tục đọc “Enter Science & China’s Blue Economy in the South China Sea’s Policy Discussion” →

Philippine President Slams Beijing for Acting like Nazis in the South China Sea

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Kazuhiro Nogi — AFP/Getty Images Philippine President Benigno Aquino delivers a speech in the Japanese parliament during his visit to Tokyo on June 3, 2015.

TIME

This isn’t the first time he’s compared the Chinese leadership to the Third Reich

Philippine President Benigno Aquino refused to pull his punches in Tokyo on Wednesday when he compared Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea to Nazi Germany’s demands for Czech territory in the 1930s.

During a speech to business leaders in the Japanese capital, Aquino blasted the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing claim to a majority of the potentially resource-rich waters of the South China Sea. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine President Slams Beijing for Acting like Nazis in the South China Sea” →

The Philippines to the United States: We Want You Back

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FP Report

Amid the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, the Philippines is growing increasingly desperate for more U.S. military support.

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By Siddhartha Mahanta
June 1, 2015
sid.mahanta@sidhubaba

MANILA — At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter stressed that the United States will continue to rebuff Chinese efforts to assert sovereignty in the South China Sea, largely by boosting military support to regional allies. Carter announced a proposal called the Southeast Asia Maritime Security Initiative, which would authorize up to $425 million for maritime capacity-building efforts in Southeast Asia. Tiếp tục đọc “The Philippines to the United States: We Want You Back” →

US-PH war drills open amid China buildup

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http://globalnation.inquirer.net/121004/us-ph-war-drills-open-amid-china-buildup/

US-PH war drills open amid China buildup

LET THE WAR GAMES BEGIN US soldiers disembark from a Chinook helicopter during an air assault exercise with their Filipino counterparts in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, at the start of the joint US-Philippines annual military exercises. AFP PHOTOLET THE WAR GAMES BEGIN US soldiers disembark from a Chinook helicopter during an air assault exercise with their Filipino counterparts in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, at the start of the joint US-Philippines annual military exercises. AFP PHOTO

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