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Trump responds to N Korea with missile defence test and B-1 drills
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe US B-1 bombers were joined on Sunday by South Korean and Japanese planes The US says it has carried out a successful test of its...
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US tests defense system after North Korea missile launch
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese...
View ArticleSouth China Sea deal stuck on mere outline
To avert unwanted skirmishes ASEAN and China need a Code of Conduct in the disputed South China Sea. At the same time Manila must make Beijing comply with the UN ruling on their maritime row. The...
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Asean and the South China Sea
MARIT STINUS-CABUGON THE foreign ministers of China and the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are expected to endorse the draft framework for a code of conduct...
View ArticleChina uses trade as political weapon
China denies mixing business with politics, yet it has long used trade to punish countries that refuse to toe its line. China’s recent heavy-handed economic sanctioning of South Korea, in response to...
View ArticleChinese spy ships: The devil in the detail
Recent posts in The Interpreter (by Iain Henry, Euan Graham and James Goldrick) have commented on the presence of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off the Queensland Coast during Exercise...
View ArticleChinese Underwater Drones Eyed for Possible Sub-detection Role
Can Chinese underwater drones help track foreign submarines? A Chinese research expedition claims to have made major breakthroughs operating Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) collecting hydrographic...
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China Shows Off Military Strength in PLA Parade to Mark 90th Anniversary
By Hong Soon-do, Beijing correspondent, AsiaToday China staged a huge military parade on Sunday in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and showed off its military...
View ArticleTesting time for Asean in South China Sea: The Star columnist
Bunn Nagara KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Straits of Malacca was once a narrow, shallow and crowded waterway with increasing volumes of international shipping – and little security...
View ArticleThe Week Donald Trump Lost the South China Sea
Vietnam’s history is full of heroic tales of resistance to China. But this month Hanoi bent the knee to Beijing, humiliated in a contest over who controls the South China Sea, the most disputed...
View ArticleThe ASEAN Summits and the South China Sea
The U.S.-China tussle over the South China Sea issue will be on display in Manila this week. By Mark J. Valencia for The Diplomat July 31, 2017 From August 2-8, ASEAN leaders and their dialogue...
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Philippines: ASEAN, China Expected To Approve Framework For South China Sea...
situation report Jul 31, 2017 | 15:15 GMT Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) and China are expected to endorse the framework for a code of conduct governing the...
View ArticleA More Muscular Britain in the South China Sea?
The hype surrounding the UK’s future role on the issue need to be put into proper perspective. Late last week, a series of remarks by British officials about the country’s future actions in the South...
View ArticleTrump considers withdrawal from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is finding proposed troop increases for Afghanistan to be a much harder sell than expected for President Donald Trump. Instead of an additional 4,000 forces to add to...
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Five pillars for a US strategy on the South China Sea
Under President Donald Trump, the United States has become a distracted power. Ongoing investigations into alleged Russian involvement in last year’s presidential election cast a long shadow over the...
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China-Vietnam Relations Fall To A One-Year Low Over A New Maritime Dispute
China-Vietnam Relations Fall To A One-Year Low Over A New Maritime DisputeForbesBeijing says that feature in the Spratly chain rightfully belongs under its flag. It may separately resent the influence...
View ArticleAsean, China agree on Code of Conduct at sea framework
Fifteen years after their first joint declaration on the South China Sea disputes, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China have agreed to adopt a framework to guide...
View ArticleAsean, China to formally endorse South China Sea code of conduct framework
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Fifteen years after their first joint declaration on the South China Sea disputes, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)...
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50 years on, the South China Sea stands between Asean and 'one community'
China and Asean have set a good example on regional economic integration to bring about mutual benefit. But the deeper economic engagement between China and its smaller neighbours does not...
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Asean meet won't state arbitral rule
THE arbitral ruling invalidating China’s nine-dash line over the West Philippine Sea in the framework of the Code of Conduct among members of the Association of Southeast Nations and Beijing will not...
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