News For the Last Days
CHINESE state media has issued a grave warning to two USS aircraft carriers in the South China Sea that they could be destroyed. China and the US have seen rising tensions over trade, new laws on Hong Kong and the spread of the novel coronavirus. It comes after the US and China have both started ramping... Continue Reading →
The Philippines has condemned China for swarming the waters near a Philippine-based island in the contested seas. According to news.com.au, around 275 vessels were spotted close to Thitu island, which is part of the hotly debated waters. A major row has been boiling over recent months with numerous countries claiming the rights to the waters,... Continue Reading →
THE UNITED States have taken tensions with China to a new high by "asserting their right" to sail warships past disputed islands in the South China Sea. Tensions between China and the US have been steadily mounting on multiple fronts, as the two nations clash on military power, trade and cyber-warfare. On September 26, US President Donald... Continue Reading →
Chinese state media says the exercises are centred on the aircraft carrier Liaoning, with warships combining from the North, East and South Sea fleets. This is the first time China’s refurbished Soviet-era aircraft carrier, Liaoning, has engaged in large-scale live-fire drills. It comes as the United States has three aircraft carrier battle groups converging on the... Continue Reading →
China’s aggressive posture toward the South China Sea has been stirring tensions in the region, and a new national security law suggests that Beijing is just getting started. The new law calls for security to be maintained in all fields, including culture, education, and cyberspace. Moreover, as reported by The New York Times, the law’s passage indicates... Continue Reading →
China has almost finished building a 3,000-metre-long (10,000-foot) airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, new satellite photographs of the area show. A US military commander had told Reuters in May that the airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef could be operational by year-end, although the June... Continue Reading →
China has begun dispatching surveillance vessels off the coast of Hawaii in response to the Navy's monitoring activities of disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to the Taiwan newspaper Want China Times. The purported surveillance comes on the heels of raised tensions between China and the United States late last month. A Navy P-8A... Continue Reading →
In an effort to stoke nationalism and distract its people from a slowing economy, the Chinese government has been acting particularly aggressively in the South China Sea. This is one of the most dangerous games in the world. For over a year China has been diligently building islands on top of reefs in the South China Sea... Continue Reading →
American flags fly fore and aft on the US missile cruiser Shiloh as it docks at a pier across a narrow waterway from decrepit, decaying buildings of an abandoned US naval base at Subic Bay. The dock was once a bulwark of American power in the South China Sea after US forces seized the base... Continue Reading →
An increasingly assertive China has warned that World War 3 is "inevitable" unless the United States stops meddling in the South China Sea affairs. Earlier this week, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said in a new white paper that it is going to up the ante in the South China Sea. In a sign of... Continue Reading →
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