Category: Maritime
Even With a De-Escalation Deal, Philippines Says It Will Continue Media Pressure in South China Sea
The Philippines government is not going to change its strategy of inviting journalists and social media influencers to record confrontations with Chinese maritime forces in the South China Sea even as the two countries try to implement a de-escalation deal agreed to last month. ...
Manila-Based Chinese Journalist Explains What’s Propelling the Feud With the Philippines
China's English-language media framing of the South China Sea confrontation with the Philippines is often very reductive and relies on old tropes that Manila is only confronting China as part of some kind of U.S. conspiracy. The Philippines, in the view ...
Why China is Anxious About the Philippine President’s Visit to Vietnam
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. began a two-day state visit to Vietnam on Tuesday that will include discussions with his counterpart Võ Văn Thưởng and Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính. Food and maritime issues are expected to top the agenda. Vietnam is one of ...
China, Vietnam Tensions Flare Anew Over South China Sea Islands
The Chinese Foreign Ministry pushed back against accusations this week by the Vietnamese government that a pair of disputed islands in the South China Sea that were captured by China in a 1974 battle marked a "serious violation of international law."
Shake-Up in China’s Maritime Militia in South China Sea
China's informal maritime militia in the South China Sea is reportedly undergoing a "major rotation" with 27 vessels, mostly medium-size fishing ships, heading to disputed areas near the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal. This so-called "maritime militia" is a crucial part ...
China Will Not Tolerate The Philippines Building on Disputed Islands in the South China Sea, Says Spokesperson
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning made it clear on Tuesday that Beijing will actively oppose any effort by the Philippines to upgrade any of its outposts on disputed islands in the South China Sea. Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner ...
China Hits Back at Germany’s South China Sea Criticisms
China is lashing back at what it sees as Germany’s meddling in Beijing’s regional conflicts in the South China Sea. The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, visited Manila last week and criticized what she called China’s aggression against Philippine forces in maritime ...
Marcos Says ‘We Have to Do Something We Have Not Done Before’ to Deal With China
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has sparked a flurry of speculation over seemingly unprecedented comments he made regarding confrontations with Beijing in the South China Sea. In a recent interview with Japanese media, Marcos said traditional diplomacy with China had failed ...
Philippines’ Threat of New South China Sea Structure Inflames Beijing
China is lashing out at signals that the Philippines may be set to build a structure in what Beijing considers the most sensitive part of the South China Sea between the two countries. The developments are a potentially dangerous new step in what ...
Growing Chorus of Philippine Voices Calls for Calm in South China Sea
While China-Philippines tensions in the South China Sea are at their worst in recent memory, and both sides have dug in their heels, there have been sprouts of a Filipino contingency calling for Manila to rethink the costs of a potential conflict.
Ships Collide and China Fires Water Cannon at Philippines Vessels as Spat Escalates in South China Sea
Tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea hit their most dangerous point of the year this weekend, with Chinese ships using water cannons and colliding against smaller Filipino vessels. Chinese boats also employed what the Philippines ...
China’s ‘Aggression’ Against Philippines in South China Sea Stokes Rare Response From State Department
China-Philippine run-ins in the South China Sea over the weekend stoked a much sterner response than usual from Washington, a treaty ally of Manila and the main bulwark against Chinese expansion in the region. The Philippines issued a lengthy condemnation itself, saying ...