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PerryScope By Perry Diaz It’s tough fighting the world’s second biggest economic power and most populous country. But when another economic heavyweight joins the fight against you, they could trounce you very badly. And to make the situation worse, the two adversaries are the giant People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Lilliputian but economically rich Republic of China (ROC), which is more commonly known Read More …
By Miles Yu The Washington Times China is challenging a key American policy toward Japan: the unambiguous U.S. support of Japan’s sovereign rights to the Ryukyu island chain, including the key strategic island of Okinawa. The United States does not officially take sides in disputes between China and Japan over the hotly disputed Senkaku Islands, also called the Diaoyu, but Washington repeatedly and unequivocally has Read More …
China questions Japan’s sovereignty over Ryukyu islands, heightening tension over existing Senkakus islands dispute By Justin McCurry Tokyo Guardian China is attempting to open a new front in its territorial dispute with Japan by questioning Tokyo’s sovereignty over the island of Okinawa, home to 25,000 US troops. The two countries are already pushing rival claims to the Senkakus, a chain of uninhabited islands in the Read More …
Scarborough Shoal, a mecca for fishermen, is claimed by both countries, and the fight over it and other territory in the South China Sea threatens to entangle the U.S. By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times MASINLOC, Philippines — The fishermen were sailing the azure waters off the Philippine coast when Richard Caneda saw the morning sunlight glinting off a vessel “bigger than the biggest ship Read More …
China has opened another territorial dispute — Okinawa and the Ryuku islands. What’s next? — PERRY DIAZ Land grab threatens Asia’s island paradise By Mark Elliott Travel Daily Asia When you think of Asian islands, what immediately comes to mind? Tourists relaxing on white sandy beaches, dipping their toes in the clear blue waters? Or warships encircling rocky outcrops, ready to plant flags in the Read More …
By Dean Cheng The Foundry Heritage.org Amidst all the regional concerns about North Korea, the Senkaku dispute between China and Japan has continued to fester. This past week, the situation has escalated, with the Chinese Foreign Ministry specifically stating that the Senkakus are a “core interest.” General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that the Chinese had used this term Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz With China moving closer to total control of the South China Sea, the other five claimant countries are getting nervous… very nervous. Indeed, China’s neighbors are so nervous that they’re arming themselves in an attempt to stop China’s aggressive advances into their territories. But at the rate China is building her naval forces and deploying them to the South China Sea Read More …
Senkaku Islands Dispute: How China Could Spark the Next Big War By Peter McKenzie PolicyMic.com Recently, it seems that the disputes in the South China Sea have passed out of the public interest (the most famous of said disputes being disagreements such as the one between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, or the disagreement between the Philippines and various other nations over the Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘Is this why China has arrogantly ignored Asean’s recent calls for a Code of Conduct and peaceful settlement of territorial disputes in the South China Sea?’ A DAY after the summit meeting in Brunei of the leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) last week, China lashed out at the Philippines for its attempt to seek an international Read More …
Behind the Headlines by BUNN NAGARA TheStar.com Whatever China’s purpose in raising its military profile in East Asian waters, it is serving nobody’s interests. MILITARY face-offs in the South China Sea are now into their third phase over a period of some eight months. Subtly muscular postures continue to involve the world’s three biggest economies – the United States, China and Japan – and tensions Read More …