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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia urged China on Friday to refrain from the “militarization of islands” to avoid walking into a conflict, a day after the United States slammed Beijing for deploying missiles in the disputed South China Sea. China said Thursday it had weapons on one of the islands in the strategically important region, which US Secretary of State John Kerry said was evidence of an “increase of militarisation” and a “serious concern”. Prime Minister […]
by Ben Dooley BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, Taiwan said Wednesday, as Beijing insisted it had a right to build “self-defence” systems in the strategic region. Taiwan’s defence ministry confirmed the facility’s existence after Fox News reported missile launchers had arrived on Woody Island, part of the Paracels chain, in the past week. The report came as President Barack Obama called for […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Reports that China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea have been created by certain Western media, the country’s foreign minister said on Wednesday (February 17). “This is something that we were just being told several minutes ago that there are reports like that. And we believe that this is an attempt by certain Western media to create […]
(RANCHO MIRAGE, California) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has underscored the importance of upholding the rule of law in resolving the territorial disputes in the South China Sea on the first day of the US-ASEAN Leaders Summit here. US President Barack Obama is hosting the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a special summit at Sunnylands, the historic Annenberg estate where Obama held a meeting with Chinese President Xi […]
WASHINGTON D.C.,United States of America – It is expected that the President of United States Barack Obama will deliver a hard-hitting message to China in a summit that will be attended by South East Asian nations. Said message is connected with the problem in South China Sea and that the bullying of large nations against smaller nations is not the solution to the said territorial dispute but the rule of law. Said summit will be […]
Goldberg said the United States and the Philippines both have deep interest in ensuring freedom of navigation and he is not discarding the possibility of joint patrols in the area. Two U.S. warships have sailed by China-claimed islands in the Spratly and Paracel island chains since October. Foreign affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario said last week the officials discussing possible joint patrols were looking at an area within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. Tensions have […]
(Reuters) — China’s foreign ministry in Beijing accused the United States on Monday (February 1) of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of world trade is shipped every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have […]
Malaysian aviation officials were on Thursday (January 28) examining a metal object believed to be plane wreckage which washed up on the Malaysian east coast, prompting speculation for the second time in a week that debris from missing Malaysian Airlines aircraft MH370 may have surfaced. Local media reported that the object, which was white and measured two metres long, was spotted floating in the waters near the town of Besut in the eastern state of […]
The President of Taiwan defended his visit on an island claimed by his country in the West Philippine Sea, saying that he does not understand why the United States of America and the other claimants are reacting negatively to his visit. The Taiwanese president added that he only went to said island to visit Taiwanese personnel stationed there. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
CHINA urged the United States to play a constructive role in dealing with sensitive issues, referring to the South China Sea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. China has been firmly committed to safeguarding peace in the South China Sea, Wang said at a joint press conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing. “The South China Sea has been China’s territory since ancient times. China has the right […]
Meanwhile, an Australian expert has challenged claims that China’s build-up of artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea threatens commercial ships passing through the world’s busiest waterways, declaring that they are “completely fabricated”. Greg Austin, a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales based in Canberra, says despite the “shock” expressed by strategic analysts China has not embarked on an operation to expand its territory and is defending what it sees as […]
China yesterday (January 5) rebuffed comments by a united states senator that the lack of United States action is allowing China to continue to pursue its territorial ambitions in the region. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the influential U.S. Senate armed services committee, criticized the Obama administration for delaying further “freedom of navigation” patrols within 12 nautical miles of the islands built by China. Vietnam said the plane landed on January 2. Chinese officials have repeatedly stressed […]
