BEIJING – The militaries of China and Vietnam should deepen their exchanges, communication and friendship, China’s defense minister said during a visit to Hanoi, amid a festering territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The two communist-led states’ claims in the South China Sea came to a head in 2014, when Beijing parked an oil […]
BEIJING – The militaries of China and Vietnam should deepen their exchanges, communication and friendship, China’s defense minister said during a visit to Hanoi, amid a festering territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The two communist-led states’ claims in the South China Sea came to a head in 2014, when Beijing parked an oil […]
But it wasn’t until this week, that the government invited journalists to see the tiny place firsthand. Also known as Itu Aba, Taiping island consists of little more than a 1,360 meter long airstrip bordered on two sides by palm trees and white sandy beaches. But that is enough for Taiwan to make its case […]
Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi earlier accused China of violating her country’s sovereignty. Photograph: Darren Whiteside/Reuters Indonesia has refused Chinese demands that it release eight fishermen arrested for illegal fishing, and accused China on Wednesday of sharply raising tensions in the region by helping take back the crew’s seized boat. Related: Australia to increase defence […]
As tensions rise between US and China, and the ripple effect of Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea spreads, India’s hand is being forced, Harsh V Pant writes. The Cold War between the United States and China over the South China Sea is heating up. Washington has raised the stakes on China’s “militarisation” of […]
In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou (second right) walks after arriving at Taiping Island in the Spratly archipelago Taiwan flew international media to its largest island holding in the South China Sea yesterday in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the disputed […]
In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou (second right) walks after arriving at Taiping Island in the Spratly archipelago Taiwan flew international media to its largest island holding in the South China Sea yesterday in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the disputed […]
Getty Images China has just had a run-in with its only friend in the South China Sea, and that could complicate matters for Beijing as it continues to try to take a more aggressive stance in the region. On March 19, an official Indonesian vessel detained a Chinese fishing trawler that was operating in Indonesia’s […]
Taiwan flew international media to its largest island holding in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the disputed and increasingly tense region. Deputy Foreign Minister Bruce Linghu, who led the trip, said he wanted to show that Taiping is an island capable of sustaining human habitation, […]
In September, President Xi Jinping committed in public in the company of U.S. President Barack Obama that China would protect international shipping in the South China Sea and not militarize the dispute in the Spratly Islands. (See the White House record here, with some apparent stumble by the interpreter.) As discussed previously by me in […]