South China Sea © Reuters Published time: 11 Aug, 2016 Beijing has put the contested waters of the South China Sea under ever-closer surveillance, launching a new high-resolution satellite. It will help the country “safeguard its maritime rights and interests,” researchers behind the project say. “The satellite will play an important role in monitoring…
We are witnessing increasing levels of US-China tension, with Obama’s Pivot to Asia and the recent South China Sea disputes. Is this all maneuvering for the pacific front of WW3? US-China tension in the last few months has sharply increased, with both nations exchanging some heated dialogue over the contested issue of the South China…
08.08.2016Morris Herman People say they the conflict in the South China Sea is about the resources. I’m not certain that it is true. All the conflicts and wars that America is involved in are said to be about resources, but if you examine what happens, it often doesn’t hold up and sounds illogical. In the…
A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber © Reuters Published time: 6 Aug, 2016 China has said it carried out a combat air patrol over contested islands in the South China Sea. In a separate incident, roughly 230 Chinese fishing vessels and Coast Guard ships were spotted near East China Sea islets, triggering an angry response…
It’s not only China vs. the US in the South China Sea. Few in the West realize that two completely different, intersecting stories are developing in maritime and mainland Southeast Asia. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague denied China’s historic rights to waters in the South China Sea within its nine-dash line; it…
© Guang Niu / Reuters Published time: 3 Aug, 2016 The Chinese defense minister has warned the tense situation in the South China Sea poses the threat of a direct confrontation and has called on the military, police and general population to be ready to defend the country’s territorial integrity. Chang Wanquan made the statement while…
