... area. On the one side, the
Spratly Islands continue to be under the spotlight
, as Chinese vessels have been detected by the Philippines within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). On the other side, Manila’s coast guard has lately been engaged in a
... ...
Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
Russia’s stake in the wrangle
Located thousands of kilometers away, Russia may look like a full-fledged outsider of this dispute. Still waters run deep. Back in 2016, ...
... February 11, 2019, two U.S. guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Preble, passed 12 nautical miles of the Mischief Reef of the Spratly Islands, which by decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the South China Sea Arbitration, the Philippines v. China, were not recognized as islands, as insisted by Beijing, but as lowtide elevations that do not generate entitlement to maritime zones [
1
]. Accordingly, the passage of warships at any distance from them, as well as the implementation ...
Permanent Court’s of Arbitration in The Hague resolution that ruled in favor of the Philippines, which successfully challenged China’s claims to the South China Sea waters, will definitely complicate China’s stance in Southeast Asia. It will bring about additional pressure on China by the United States and Japan on the pretext ...
... to China’s placement of rig in disputed waters in the East Asian Sea. Taiwanese factories were the prime target, and thousands of Chinese nationals were evacuated from Vietnam.
All this anecdotal evidence goes to show that, instead of the decoupling ... ... Zone (ADIZ) spanning disputed territories between China and Japan sparked protests from Japan, South Korea, the U.S. and the Philippines and was immediately tested. South Korea also declared and extended its ADIZ, which also encompasses disputed territories ...
China, Philippines, Vietnam, USA
The latest developments in the South China Sea conflict between China and the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia have been escalating tensions in the region and affecting the conflict's entire political configuration. The issue is China's decision ...
