China rocks the boat as Australia and the US watch on
China has shown itself to be an ugly bully. Contrary to all its fine rhetoric of cooperation, it is happy to use coercion to take territory that is also claimed by its smaller neighbours. It is waging...
View ArticleAquino revives Nazi comparison
Reuters Philippine President Benigno Aquino made a veiled comparison on Wednesday between China’s activities in the South China Sea and Nazi Germany’s expansionism before World War II, echoing similar...
View ArticleWhy did China deploy missiles in the South China Sea?
As the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wrapped up talks yesterday in Sunnylands, California, officials in Taiwan confirmed that China had deployed surface to air missiles...
View ArticleTime for America to Step Up in the South China Sea
America’s challenge to China’s unilateral claims to the international waterways of the South China Sea is long overdue. Chinese strategists have repeatedly told foreign observers that they believe...
View ArticleChina under fresh fire over sea rows as US courts SE Asia
China came under renewed criticism Sunday over its rising profile in the South China Sea as it jostled with the United States for regional influence at the conclusion to a week of top-level diplomacy....
View ArticleConsensus on how to deal with China elusive in ASEAN meeting
For 49 years, the unity of Southeast Asia's main grouping has hinged on its founding principle: decisions by consensus. But that cardinal rule is now proving to be the biggest headache for its members,...
View ArticleASEAN split on how to deal with China in South China Sea row
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -- For 49 years, the unity of Southeast Asia's main grouping has hinged on its founding principle: decisions by consensus. But that cardinal rule is now proving to be the biggest...
View ArticleConsensus principle stymieing unity at SE Asian meetings
For 49 years, the unity of Southeast Asia's main grouping has hinged on its founding principle: decisions by consensus. But that cardinal principle is now proving to be the biggest headache for its...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticlePhilippine president likens China to pre-war Nazi Germany
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III likened present-day China to Nazi Germany yesterday during a speech in Japan, hinting the world cannot continue to appease Beijing as it claims ever-more...
View ArticleRichmond fans doomed to walk the Tiger Trudge
At the bottom of the 10th innings of game six of the 1986 World Series, a seven-decade-long curse looked set to be broken. But somehow, the Boston Red Sox found a way to stuff things up. In the press...
View ArticleWhy the 2016 Election Will Be One of the Most Pivotal Moments of Our Time
More than 150 years ago, in 1858, as the national crisis over slavery heightened, Abraham Lincoln famously remarked that "a house divided against itself cannot stand," and that the "crisis" would be...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Betrayal of the “Comfort Women”
Diplomatic Collusion On December 28th, 2015, the foreign ministers of Japan and Korea, suddenly and hastily announced a “resolution” to the “comfort women” issue, women trafficked and exploited as...
View ArticlePhilippines President Benigno Aquino III on China, the U.S.—and Duterte
Over the past few years, the Philippines has quietly racked up economic growth that, by some estimates, is second only to China’s in Asia. The country’s outgoing President Benigno Aquino III has made...
View ArticleSouth China Sea ruling hailed as equalizing small countries
FILE - In this March 29, 2014, file photo, Philippine Marines deployed on the Philippine Navy ship LT 57 Sierra Madre practice the "relieving the watch" ceremony near Second Thomas Shoal in the South...
View ArticleAustralia needs a balanced approach to China over new Silk Road (UNSW - The...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) OPINION: One of the great difficulties in assessing China's geopolitical intentions is the apparent contradiction between its uncompromising security...
View ArticleAnalysis: China emerges more muscular after ASEAN meetings
VIENTIANE, Laos — Daring to take on China in a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines went to an international tribunal for justice, and won big. But it turned out to be a pyrrhic...
View ArticlePhilippine's Aquino revives comparison between China and Nazi Germany
TOKYO Philippine President Benigno Aquino made a veiled comparison on Wednesday between China's activities in the South China Sea and Nazi Germany's expansionism before World War Two, echoing similar...
View ArticleSouth China Sea dispute updates
October 13, 2015: US preparing for "freedom of navigation" naval patrols in South China Sea The patrols, which would come within 12 nautical miles of at least one of the islands, are intended to...
View ArticleINSIGHT: How do we engage a hegemonic China?
Despite the hype surrounding Indonesia’s campaign for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council, dealing with China, a country that is no longer rising and is instead behaving like a regional...
View ArticleIs Indonesia ‘militarizing’ the South China Sea?
Following yet another incident with Chinese fishing vessels several weeks ago around the Natuna Islands’ exclusive economic zone — the third time this year — President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his...
View ArticlePosition Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea...
View ArticleChina's might needs a stronger response from Australia and the US
China has aggressively pushed its borders far out into international waters over the past two years by building islands and claiming them as part of China. It's a raw power play that rides roughshod...
View ArticlePhilippine leader likens China to Nazi Germany
Philippine President Benigno Aquino likened present-day China to Nazi Germany on Wednesday during a speech in Japan, hinting the world cannot continue to appease Beijing as it claims ever-more...
View ArticleSOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: China rejects island building freeze
The dispute over the strategic waterways of the South China Sea has intensified, pitting a rising China against its smaller and militarily weaker neighbors who all lay claim to a string of isles, coral...
View ArticleSOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: China rejects free on island building
The dispute over the strategic waterways of the South China Sea has intensified, pitting a rising China against its smaller and militarily weaker neighbors who all lay claim to a string of isles, coral...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia's tango with China
Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia have been contending with maritime friction with China Southeast Asia’s economic promise is emerging as a global growth driver after years of being overshadowed...
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