When Cambodia’s Minister of National Defense General Tea Banh was seen taking a leisurely dip in the Gulf of Thailand with Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian after a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Cambodian naval base being built with China’s help earlier this month, no one in the region batted an eyelid. As U.S.-China friction is getting
Singapore’s prime minister warned Thursday that trade and security were being put at risk by U.S.-China tensions and urged better communication between Washington and Beijing to maintain stability and growth in Asia. “If U.S.-China relations continue on this path, it will lead to further bifurcation of technology and splitting of supply chains or even worse,
China is the source of destabilization in the South China Sea and has been for the last couple decades, but Beijing’s assertiveness has less to do with its rivalry with the United States than is commonly assumed, a new report says. In the report “Dynamics of Assertiveness in the South China Sea” published by the
China has once again announced a unilateral fishing moratorium in the South China Sea, to vigorous protests by Vietnam but the Philippines has so far not reacted. The three-and-half-month ban began on Sunday and covers the waters north of 12 degrees north latitude in the South China Sea which Vietnam and the Philippines also call
s territorial growth in the South China Sea.” [To solve] intricate problems like this, its really useful to have a multilateral technique and cumulative security that permits free and open Indo-Pacific (waters),” Gen. Charles Flynn, the U.S. Army leader in the Pacific, informed press reporters in Kuala Lumpur.” I believe training workouts and the ability
A file photo revealing ocean surveillance ship USNS Effective sitting in dry dock at Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 13, 2007. The ship is currently deployed to the South China Sea. Credit: U.S. Navy Spy ships The USNS Bowditch is a Pathfinder-class survey ship that has typically been deployed in the South China Sea. The USNS Effective
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made an unmatched visit to the Memorial for the Johnson South Reef Battle in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa province at the weekend. He paid homage to the 64 Vietnamese soldiers who were killed in the incident on March 14, 1988. Chinh was the very first top Vietnamese leader
, they certainly dont show it. The Philippines leading diplomat, Teodoro Locsin Jr., has tweeted quite a lot about the dispute in Ukraine, however he made no comment about Russias invasion. Nor has he revealed any concern about the South China Sea. Rather, the Philippines foreign secretary talked about going to Poland to satisfy” my
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (left) and Josep Borrell, the European Unions high agent for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (best), welcome Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi during the Indo-Pacific Ministerial Cooperation Forum, in Paris, Feb. 22, 2022. Credit: AFP Stability in the area has been threatened recently through declared attacks by
One month after an F-35C Lightning II fighter jet crashed on a warship in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy is lastly making the very first steps to obtain the aircraft from the bottom of the sea. The U.S. Navy 7th Fleet spokesperson confirmed to RFA on Thursday that it has actually sent a
