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French President Emmanuel Macron reviews an honor guard of the French Navy aboard the French Mistral Class assault ship and helicopter carrier "Dixmude", January 19, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Claude Paris

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, France, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Europe lends America muscle in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Enter Europe into the escalating contest for supremacy in the South China Sea. In what could be a seismic shift, France and the United Kingdom (UK) have indicated their commitment to prevent any single nation, namely China, from dominating a vital sea line through which over US$5 trillion of trade travels every year. As permanent […]

The Arleigh Burke Class missile destroyer USS Stethem transits waters east of the Korean peninsula on March 22, 2017. Photo: US Navy Handout via Reuters/Kurtis Hatcher

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Are US naval assertions in the South China Sea necessary?

by Mark J. Valencia November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

The Chinese navy conducts an exercise in the South China Sea. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

G7 criticism of China’s maritime policy rings hollow

by Emanuele Scimia June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

Who shall have the fishy... A Philippine fisherman prepares to weigh a fish at the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Vietnam

Beijing angry over G7 stance on disputed territories

by Reuters May 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Francois Hollande inspects an honor guard with President Joko Widodo on March 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Indonesia’s quest for a green-water submarine force

by Emanuele Scimia April 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Under threat: A swirling school of jack fish in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The island chain is part of 600 islands, reefs and shoals environmentalists consider a biodiversity "hotspot." Photo: Reuters/David Loh

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

Ecological hotspot under geopolitical fire

by Dan Southerland April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

A US Navy F/A-18 launches from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in this undated handout picture released November 1, 2014. Photo: Reuters / US Navy handout

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

As US-China tussle, Asean frets

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A file photo shows the Liaoning with vessels accompanying her in a drill. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Risk and imagination in the Trump era

by Greg Raymond February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

PLA soldiers march near a sign on the Spratly Islands. China lays claim to almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea, through which about US$5 trillion worth of trade passes each year. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, South Asia, World

China on edge as US carrier strike group exercises in South China Sea

by Bill Gertz February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

The Chinese Coast Guard regularly patrols the disputed waters off the Senkakus, or Diaoyou islands. Photo: Reuters

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China’s maritime disputes explained

by Ben Richardson February 8, 2017February 18, 2020

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reviews the honour guard before a meeting with Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

In Japan island defense, Mattis shifts China dispute focus

by Bill Gertz February 8, 2017February 8, 2017

He snuck up on you... Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire. Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, World

Advice for Trump: Don’t let China displace US in Asia-Pacific

by Shivshankar Menon December 14, 2016December 15, 2016

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: AFP / Mikhail Klimentiev

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Abe chides Moscow deployment on Japan’s ‘inherent territory’

by Linda Sieg November 25, 2016February 18, 2020

The South Korean coastguard is taking a tougher stand against illegal fishing. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

South Korean coastguard fires at Chinese trawlers

by Agence France-Presse November 2, 2016February 18, 2020

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