China continues to quietly dig in on disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to recent satellite images analyzed by an American think tank. The new land reclamation and construction initiatives have been military in nature, converting the islands into naval and air bases. New Chinese facilities have been discovered on Islands such as Tree Island, […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte assured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that China has committed not to conduct reclamation or expansion activities on disputed territories with the Philippines and ruled out violence as an option for settling the conflict. “China has put it on record that near the Pag-asa island and the Scarborough…China has committed to us […]
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims over the waterway soon, regional diplomats and military officers say. With global attention focused on North Korea and Beijing engrossed in its Party Congress, tensions […]
Washington: China made it clear to the US on Monday that the west had no territorial claim in the South China Sea and that it would be better for countries in the region to resolve issues among themselves. China claims almost all of South China Sea and also laid claims on the Senkaku islands under […]
WASHINGTON — The United States shouldn’t obstruct efforts by China and its neighbors to agree on a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, China’s ambassador said Monday as President Donald Trump prepared for his first official visit to Asia. Ambassador Cui Tiankai said the U.S. has no territorial claim in those waters […]
WASHINGTON — The United States shouldn’t obstruct efforts by China and its neighbors to agree on a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, China’s ambassador said Monday as President Donald Trump prepared for his first official visit to Asia. Ambassador Cui Tiankai said the U.S. has no territorial claim in those waters […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China and a powerful bloc of countries in Southeast Asia are likely to touch on a deep maritime dispute when their heads of state meet next month, but analysts say it will be without language that would offend an increasingly respected Beijing. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet […]
China has carried out a test flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, that could provide rapid cargo delivery to remote islets in the South China Sea without airstrips, in Beijing’s latest move to secure its presence in the disputed waters. The drone – built from a modified low-cost fixed-wing plane – can carry […]
China has carried out a test flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, that could provide rapid cargo delivery to remote islets in the South China Sea without airstrips, in Beijing’s latest move to secure its presence in the disputed waters. The drone – built from a modified low-cost fixed-wing plane – can carry […]
China has carried out a test flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, that could provide rapid cargo delivery to remote islets in the South China Sea without airstrips, in Beijing’s latest move to secure its presence in the disputed waters. The drone – built from a modified low-cost fixed-wing plane – can carry […]