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South China Seai

The latest news on South China Sea territorial disputes. The contrasting claims have been an ongoing point of contention among several countries including China, Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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  • Senior diplomat Liu Zhenmin tells Boao Forum in Hainan countries should resolve their disputes on a regional basis and warns outsiders not to ‘fan the flames’
  • Liu was speaking after a series of clashes between China and the Philippines that have prompted increasing concern from the US and Japan
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The Philippines has been furious over what it calls repeated aggression by China’s coastguard and allied fishing vessels around disputed features located inside Manila’s exclusive economic zone.

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The emerging Strategic Support Force is leveraging the civilian sector to expand China’s space, cyber, electromagnetic and psychological warfare capabilities.

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Taiwan launched its newly renovated pier on Taiping islet in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday but Tsai Ing-wen’s absence was noted by the opposition.

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Manila cannot win on its own, and the US is not interested in getting directly involved, South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative says in latest annual report.

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Le Hoai Trung, the Communist Party’s diplomatic chief, visited China as president Vo Van Thuong was forced to step down amid a corruption scandal.

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Foreign vice-minister Chen Xiaodong warns that relations are ‘at a crossroads’ and says Manila must pay ‘serious attention to China’s concerns’.

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‘If China is not afraid to state its claims to the world, then why don’t we arbitrate under international law?’ said the Philippines’ defence minister on Monday following a weekend stand-off at Second Thomas Shoal.

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Video clips of the attack near Second Thomas Shoal showed a white ship repeatedly dousing another vessel sailing alongside it with a water cannon.

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Critics say the costs of implementing the Reserve Officers Training Corps bill and doubts over its strategic impact mean efforts are better redirected towards modernising the military

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US involvement in the Batanes port could have stoked tension amid growing friction with China and Washington’s push to step up defence engagements with the Philippines.

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The US has been stepping up bilateral and trilateral defence cooperation with Japan and the Philippines to counter China’s territorial claims and military build-up.

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The threat from Beijing’s sweeping South China Sea claims is growing, the Philippine president said in an interview – but he hopes ‘the time never comes’ that he has to invoke a mutual defence treaty with the US.

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Nearly 40 per cent of respondents said Indonesia and other Asean states should form an alliance to defend Jakarta’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.

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US President Joe Biden’s press secretary confirmed the April 11 meeting with Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Fumio Kishida to ‘advance a trilateral partnership built on deep historical ties of friendship’.

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The port in Batanes could facilitate rapid troop deployment and serve as a transit point for supplies and evacuated Filipinos in the event of a conflict.

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The US secretary of state will meet South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul to explore how to boost their alliance and ‘extended deterrence’ against North Korea.

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