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Vietnam refuses to stamp Chinese passports that claim nearly all of South China Sea
Vietnamese immigration officers said Tuesday they were refusing to stamp entry visas into controversial new Chinese passports which feature a map of Beijing’s claim to almost all of the South China Sea. Vietnam has said the computer-chipped passports violate its sovereignty and has demanded Beijing withdraw the documents, which show…
Asian territory disputes could trigger war: Panetta
TOKYO — China and other Asian countries could end up at war over territorial disputes if governments keep up their “provocative behaviour”, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday. Speaking to reporters before arriving in Tokyo on a trip to Asia, Panetta appealed for restraint amid mounting tensions over territorial…
Chinese state media tells U.S. to ‘shut up’ in sea dispute
China’s state-controlled media lashed out at the United States on Monday, accusing Washington of “trouble-making” over criticism of Beijing’s claims to a wide swathe of the disputed South China Sea. China’s ire was provoked by a U.S. State Department statement Friday expressing concern over increased tensions in the area and…
Clinton to walk tightrope with China amid regional tensions
PHNOM PENH — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet her Chinese counterpart in Cambodia on Thursday, keen to avoid souring ties amid a fraught background of rows between Beijing and its neighbours. The US has made a military and economic “pivot” towards Asia in a strategic bid to…
China dispatches patrol ships as tensions with Vietnam mount
China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels, reached what China calls the Huayang reef in the Spratly…
U.S. naval fleet to shift towards Pacific
The United States will shift the bulk of its naval fleet to the Pacificby 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore on Saturday. The decision to gradually deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of military partnerships, was part…
Navy to shift most of fleet to Pacific by 2020
The United States will shift the majority of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of…
China sends more ships to disputed shoal: Philippines
The Philippine military on Thursday accused China of sending more ships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, describing the move as an insult that would further inflame tensions. Four Chinese surveillance ships and 10 fishing boats have anchored off the disputed Scarborough Shoal, with the fishermen taking giant clams and corals that are…
China must increase ability to win ‘local wars,’ PM says
China must enhance the ability of its military to win “local wars”, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday, as Beijing grows increasingly assertive about its territorial claims in Asia. Beijing lays claim to large swathes of the South China Sea which are also claimed by its smaller neighbours, and must…
U.S. military seeks more access in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – The United States is seeking more access to Philippines ports and airfields to re-fuel and service its warships and planes, diplomatic and military sources said on Thursday, expanding its presence at a time of tension with China in the South China Sea. But it is not trying…
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