by Michaela Del Callar MANILA — The territorial disputes in the strategic West Philippine Sea would likely steal the spotlight in next week’s Association of South East Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) that would be attended by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 26 other foreign ministers despite China’s objections. Clinton and Southeast Asian […]
MANILA, Philippines (PNA) – The territorial disputes in the strategic West Philippine Sea would likely steal the spotlight in next week’s Association of South East Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) that would be attended by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 26 other foreign ministers despite China’s objections. Clinton and Southeast Asian nations at […]
Published on July 3, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments A Naval Operations Centre has been opened in Djibouti. Goals include improving the ability of Djiboutian maritime forces to track ship movements in their territorial waters and aid in the fight against piracy. Naval Operations Centre opens in Djibouti Djibouti has opened a new […]
July 02, 2012 RECORDER REPORT China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels, reached what China calls the Huayang reef in the Spratly […]
SOURCE: CREATIVE COMMONS / FLICKR / OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY IMAGERY The geopolitical temperature over the South China Sea is on the rise. Part I Clearly no stranger to regional rivalry, this vast sea has been the subject of long-standing territorial claims, in whole or in part, by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan. […]
China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines. China has deployed four […]
China sends patrol ships to disputed waters: Xinhua (AFP) – 13 hours ago BEIJING — China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels, […]
MANILA, Philippines – This year’s joint naval exercises between the Philippines and the United States will push through on Monday amid China’s declaration that it will resolutely oppose any military provocation in its territorial waters. The Philippine Navy said yesterday that the exercise is aimed at enhancing the skills of the naval forces of the […]
Vietnam’s shelf exploration (Photo from gazprom.ru) Gazprom’s projects in the resource rich South China Sea have come under question after the Chinese oil Company CNOOC offered foreign companies licenses on the Vietnamese shelf already granted to Russia’s energy giant. Since 2007 Gazprom has been developing four blocks in Vietnam as part of a joint venture […]
The move comes amid rising tensions between China and its neighbors over disputed islands in the resource rich area. 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 tension over the potentially resource-rich area. Skip […]