MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial rift with the Philippines, officials in Manila said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vietnam protested a Chinese state oil company‘s […]
MANILA, Philippines – Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial rift with the Philippines, officials in Manila said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vietnam protested a Chinese state oil company’s invitation […]
SINGAPORE — China could easily grab control of the disputed Scarborough Shoal fishing grounds in the South China Sea using its increasingly modern and powerful armed forces. Chinese naval, air and amphibious units, working in unison, already have the capability to enforce Beijing’s claims of island ownership and maritime control in the northern sector of […]
China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the defence ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tensions over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese air patrols over the Spratly Islands, the ministry’s spokesman Geng […]
BEIJING | Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:48am EDT (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tensions over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese […]
BEIJING | Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:48am EDT (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tensions over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese […]
MANILA, Philippines – Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial rift with the Philippines, officials in Manila said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vietnam protested a Chinese state oil company’s invitation […]
Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, Philippines officials say. PHILIPPINES Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the government would ask China why six Chinese fishing boats and 17 smaller dinghies returned to the lagoon […]
South Korea and the United States have launched a major naval exercise in the tense Yellow Sea, a spokesman says. The three-day drill will involve 10 South Korean warships plus the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, 8,000 personnel and hundreds of combat aircraft, the defence ministry said on Saturday. The joint naval drill, which comes […]
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States yesterday launched a massive naval exercise in the tense Yellow Sea, ahead of the 62nd anniversary on Monday of the outbreak of the Korean War, a spokesman said.The three-day drill will involve 10 South Korean warships plus the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, 8,000 personnel and hundreds of […]