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Prominent Chinese Scholar Calls for a Blockade of Second Thomas Shoal Unless Philippines Removes Grounded Ship
One of China's most prominent scholars on South China Sea issues, Wu Shicun, said the crisis with the Philippines over the Second Thomas Shoal is a "bleeding wound" that must be dealt with, or else it risks further escalation. Wu, who ...
Chinese, Philippines Coast Guard Squabble Over South China Sea Fishers’ Rescue
A dispute broke out between the Chinese and Philippines Coast Guards on Saturday when a Filipino fishing craft issued a distress call after its engine exploded near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Two of the fishers were ...
Marcos Says Philippines Will ‘Vigorously Defend What Is Ours’
The Philippines will "vigorously defend what is ours," President Ferdinand Marcos said on Saturday, as Manila's maritime row with Beijing over the South China Sea escalates. Marcos told a Philippine Military Academy graduation ceremony that the Southeast Asian country faced "a ...
UPDATE: Philippine Civilian Boat Convoy Won’t Proceed to China-Held Reef
A Philippine boat convoy bearing supplies for Filipino fishers said it was headed back to port Thursday. It had ditched plans to sail to a Beijing-held reef off the Southeast Asian country after one of its boats was "constantly shadowed" by a Chinese vessel.
Philippine Boat Convoy Won’t Proceed to China-Held Reef: Organizers
A convoy of boats carrying Philippine civilians bearing supplies for Filipino fishers has abandoned plans to sail closer to a China-held reef off the Southeast Asian country, organizers said Thursday. The convoy set sail Wednesday to distribute fuel and food to ...
Philippine Civilian Convoy Sails Towards Disputed Reef
By Faith Brown Civilians on board Philippine fishing boats sailed Wednesday towards a China-controlled reef off the Southeast Asian country, handing out aid to Filipino fishermen and dropping buoys to assert their rights to the disputed waterway.
Surveying the Geopolitical Landscape in SE Asia With ASEAN Wonk Prashanth Parameswaran
The escalating tensions between China, the Philippines, and the United States in the South China Sea highlight how Southeast Asia is now the most dangerous frontline in the burgeoning Great Power competition between Beijing and Washington.
Satellite Images Confirm China’s Installation of Floating Barrier at Mouth of Disputed South China Sea Atoll, Beijing Calls Move “Necessary”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed that a floating barrier now blocks the entrance to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a move that will further inflame tensions with the Philippines, which also claims the atoll as its own. ...
If Trump Wins, What Happens to the Philippines?
Ever since Donald Trump Donald Trump told a campaign rally over the weekend that if re-elected, he would encourage Russia to "do whatever the hell they want" to European countries that failed to meet NATO's spending targets, I started to wonder what he would say about the ...
Chinese, Philippine Coast Guards Trade Barbs Over Who Is to Blame for Latest South China Sea Confrontation
Chinese and Philippines officials are furiously trying to shape the narrative over a confrontation between their Coast Guards that took place last week near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. This latest incident occurred on Friday when a Philippine ...
Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard Trade Barbs Over Encounter on Remote South China Sea Shoal
Tensions between the Chinese and Philippines Coast Guard moved from the South China Sea to social media where the two sides on Wednesday battled it out over shaping the narrative about an encounter that occurred two weeks ago. On January 12,
Philippines and China Give Conflicting Accounts of Latest South China Sea Run-In
The Philippines on Tuesday vowed to protect its territory “at all cost” following another confrontation with the Chinese navy in the South China Sea. The two sides gave sharply differing accounts of the encounter, which occurred near the disputed Scarborough Shoal. ...