territorial dispute – Asia Times

China’s territorial move angers neighbors

by AT Contributor April 21, 2020April 22, 2020

China on Tuesday defended its naming of 80 islands and other geographical features in the South China Sea in a move likely to anger neighbours as the country asserts its territorial claims. A joint announcement of the names on Sunday from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Civil Affairs came a day […]

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Five arrested over shooting in Vietnam

by Asia Times staff March 11, 2019February 18, 2020

A Paracel Island. Photo: iStock.

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Vietnam condemns China for weather stations on Spratlys

by Asia Times staff November 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of the South China Sea: iStock

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US warship sails near disputed area in the South China Sea

by Asia Times staff and agencies October 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese structures are pictured at the disputed Spratlys in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

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Photos show China is probably winding down dredging work

by Asia Times staff February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

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Indonesia boosts its air and sea denial capabilities

by Emanuele Scimia November 20, 2017November 20, 2017

Two Timorese girls look for cockles on the beach in Dili, Timor Leste in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Candido Alves

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New dawn on Greater Sunrise energy dispute

by Erin Cook October 13, 2017February 18, 2020

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea. Photo: Reuters, Kyodo/File Photo

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Defending Japan’s southern islands from Chinese osmosis

by Grant Newsham October 13, 2017

The US Navy claims this image shows Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in 2015. Photo: US Navy via Reuters

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West is wrong about China’s goals in South China Sea

by Asia Unhedged May 6, 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

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US carrier group patrols in tense South China Sea

by Reuters February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan previously was building one 5,000-ton class destroyer a year but will now make two 3,000-ton class ships every year, beginning from 2018, as well as producing eight smaller and cheaper mine-sweeping and anti-submarine vessels. REUTERS

AT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

A stronger China sees Japan speed up new warship builds

by Reuters February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

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