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BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON More ships – including aircraft carriers – are entering the Chinese fleet. As China prepares to start sea trials of its first aircraft carrier, possibly as early as this Friday to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party, foreign analysts will be watching to see how quickly the Chinese …

By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 21, 2011 – The United States, like the rest of the world, has a deep interest in ensuring freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and in helping defuse tensions over territorial disputes there, a senior defense official said yesterday. Speaking on background at a Center …

To handle pirates effectively under Indian laws, the government is planning to introduce in Parliament a bill which will give more powers to the Navy and the Coast Guard to deal with the sea brigands. The government is planning to bring the anti-piracy bill in the monsoon session of Parliament, sources in the government said. …

The Philippines and the US have begun 11 days of joint naval exercises amid growing tensions with Beijing over disputed waters in the South China Sea. US missile destroyers will join much older Philippine warships for the drills off the south-west Philippines. In a BBC interview, President Benigno Aquino said he was concerned by China’s …

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) — The U.S. Senate has called for a peaceful resolution of the dispute over the South China Sea, deploring China’s use of force. The Senate unanimously Monday approved a resolution introduced by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, saying the issue should …

CPR’s son, Roberto Romulo, former foreign secretary By Roberto R. RomuloFormer Secretary of Foreign Affairs It seems that the situation in the South China Sea is taking a turn for the worse. The increasingly harsh rhetoric is now being backed by a display of muscle. China sent one of its most modern surveillance vessels on …

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is “troubled” by tensions triggered by a maritime border dispute in the South China Sea, US officials said Friday, calling for a “peaceful” resolution to the crisis. “We’ve been troubled by some of these reports about the South China Sea and believe they only serve to raise tensions and …

At the Strategic Track under the framework of the Third Round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) held on May 9-10, 2011, the two sides discussed major bilateral, regional and global issues. The two sides commented positively on the progress in U.S.-China relations since President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the United States …

Firm Enhances Growing International Footprint Press Release Source: Blank Rome LLP On Sunday May 8, 2011, 9:30 pm SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that on May 1, 2011, it opened an office in Shanghai, China, officially named Blank Rome LLP Shanghai Representative Office, USA. The Ministry of Justice of the People’s …

Beijing (China Daily/ANN) – China marine surveillance forces will expand rapidly to better protect the country’s marine security, a senior official said. Sun Shuxian, deputy director of the China Marine Surveillance (CMS), estimated more than 1,000 people will join the CMS staff by the end of 2011, increasing the total number to at least 10,000. …