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Title:
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The AIIB offers hope for the China–Philippines relationship
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Author:
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Adoracion M. Navarro, PIDS
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Source:
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East Asia Forum
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Date:
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July 20, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines’ new President Rodrigo Duterte has indicated that China could play a key role in developing the Philippines’ infrastructure. Even before the election, Duterte announced that he is willing to back down on the South China Sea dispute with China if it can build railway systems in the Philippines within his six-year term. So could infrastructure investment offer a way forward for the China–Philippines relationship?
Political Security
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Title:
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America Can Enforce the South China Sea Decision without Humiliating China
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Author:
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Anders Corr
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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July 18, 2016
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Description:
- The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague released a stinging rebuke to China in last week’s ruling on the arbitration case brought by the Philippines. Philippine presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte both risked their relations with China by initiating and, in the latter case, not acquiescing to Chinese demands that they withdraw the case. The Philippines should be strongly supported by the United States and our allies in this moment of need, including through U.S. naval enforcement of the ruling and U.S. ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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Title:
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The Philippines Stood Up to China—and Won
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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July 16, 2016
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Description:
- A new era has begun in the South China Sea. Things will never remain the same, even if facts on the ground will take some time to reflect new realities. China’s expansive maritime claims across the South China Sea have been nullified in unequivocal terms. Yes, China will surely go on to dismiss the verdict of an Arbitral Tribunal, constituted under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), as “null and void,” “a piece of scrap paper” and a conspiracy of the West.
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Title:
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Philippines’ Landmark Victory in the South China Sea and Its Discontents
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The Huffington Post
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Date:
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July 15, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines just scored a historic legal victory against China in the South China Sea. The much-anticipated decision came more than three years after the Southeast Asian country filed for compulsory arbitration, under Article 287, Annex VII of the United Nations on the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), against China, which boycotted the whole proceedings and has refused to acknowledge its jurisdiction.
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Title:
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China says Pentagon report ‘severely damaged’ relations
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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May 15, 2016
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Description:
- Beijing - China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the Asian giant’s defence policy, warning Washington it had “severely damaged” trust between the superpowers.
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Title:
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China was a Regional Preeminent Power for Centuries, and it is Trying Again
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Author:
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Mark Beeson, UWA
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Source:
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East Asia Forum
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Date:
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July 13, 2016
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Description:
- Most of us have never known a world where the United States was not the preeminent power. Now things are starting to look rather different. Not only is much of the global economy stuck in an underperforming rut, but there is also an alternative, seemingly more successful, model of economic development on offer in the so-called ‘Beijing consensus’. It is precisely this reality, and the hitherto impressive performance of the Chinese economy, that has led some to conclude that, as Martin Jacques puts it, China will ultimately ‘rule the world’.
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Title:
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Timeline: The China-Philippines South China Sea dispute
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Author:
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AP
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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July 12, 2016
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Description:
- An arbitration panel in The Hague, Netherlands, issued a ruling Tuesday in a long-running dispute between the Philippines and China over the South China Sea. The Philippines had asked the tribunal to declare China’s claims and actions invalid under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. Beijing has refused to join the case, rejecting the tribunal’s jurisdiction, and has said it will not accept the decision.
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Title:
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Arbitration between the Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China regarding the South China Sea (Statement by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida)
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Author:
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Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
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Source:
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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Date:
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July 12, 2016
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Description:
- This is the statement by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the final award by the Arbitral Tribunal.
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Title:
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US urges respect for South China Sea ruling
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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The Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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July 8, 2016
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Description:
- The United States on Thursday urged respect for a decision on territorial disputes in the South China Sea set to be handed down by an international arbitration court next week.
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Title:
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Smearing China not help resolve South China Sea disputes
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Author:
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Editor: Dong Zhaohui
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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July 3, 2016
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Description:
- As an honest and responsible power, China has always abided by international law and basic norms governing international relations, and will continue to do so in the South China Sea issue while safeguarding its territorial sovereignty.
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Title:
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Spotlight: Expectation of resumption of sound development of China-Philippines relations
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Author:
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Editor: huaxia
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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July 2, 2016
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Description:
- As the farce of arbitration on the South China Sea is to end soon, it is time for the new Philippine government of Rodrigo Duterte to stop the wrong foreign policy of its predecessor, so as to bring China-Philippines ties back to the track of sound development.
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Title:
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Why China is risking war with US Part II
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Author:
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Mauro Gia Samonte
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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July 2, 2016
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Description:
- FOR a refresher, this current discussion began two columns ago (last weekend) which showed massive deployment by the United States in the South China Sea of navy ships consisting of aircraft carriers and destroyers admittedly aimed at containing Chinese assertiveness in the Asia Pacific region. The article ended with the question: Will China risk countering that US force?
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Title:
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ASEAN must play role in resolving South China Sea rows: Singapore
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Author:
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The Japan Times
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Source:
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The Japan Times
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Date:
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July 1, 2016
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Description:
- Singapore’s defense minister has said there is a firm basis for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations helping to resolve disputes involving several of its member states and China in the South China Sea, “a critical waterway for international trade.”
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Title:
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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: China angry at Japan’s ‘meddling’ in South China Sea
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Author:
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The Strait Times
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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June 30, 2016
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Description:
- China is angry at what it sees as Japan “meddling” in the South China Sea, a think-tank said on Thursday (June 30) in a report urging both countries to establish a hotline to avoid conflict in the East China Sea.
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Title:
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The Day After: The Fallout From the Philippines Arbitration Case Against China
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Author:
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Lyle J. Morris
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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June 30, 2016
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Description:
- What compels compliance with rulings based on international law? There are two camps that hold distinctly divergent views on the issue. Rationalists believe that nations choose to comply or not based on fear of punishment in the form of sanctions, international enforcement, or other material costs. Constructionists, on the other hand, believe that nations choose to comply with international law because they want to follow norms and existing rules of behavior, or fear the reputational costs of non-compliance.
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Title:
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New Philippine defense chief says militant threat more pressing than South China Sea
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Author:
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Manuel Mogato
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 29, 2016
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Description:
- Crushing Islamist militants in the Philippines will take precedence over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the incoming defense minister said on Wednesday, and spending on military hardware would reflect that.
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Title:
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Why China is risking war with US
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Author:
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Mauro Gia Samonte
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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June 25, 2016
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Description:
- RELATED to the subject matter of my past two columns (on the PH-China dispute over the West Philippine Sea), this current discussion pursues the topic rather alarmingly. The former Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) chief, Lt. Gen. Victor Corpus, has a way of calling my attention, through a post on Facebook, to a video richly detailed with US military maneuvers in the South China Sea beginning January this year. It was, of course, a post open for perusal by any visitor to his FB page, but coming as it did on the heels of my two pieces on the the Philippine case at the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration, I gave the video presentation more than a cursory glance.
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Title:
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No instant reprisal under Phl-US pact
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Author:
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Federico D. Pascual, Jr.
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 23, 2016
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Description:
- THE AMERICAN ambassador himself has dashed the illusion of many Filipinos that the United States would instantly hit back at China if hostilities erupted between Manila and Beijing over territorial disputes in surrounding waters.
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Title:
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EU calls for free passage through South China Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 23, 2016
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Description:
- The European Union stressed Tuesday that countries must be free to pass through the disputed South China Sea. This pronouncement comes a month after Chinese fighter jets flew out to intercept a United States Navy reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the disputed waters.
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Title:
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U.S. ‘hypocrisy’ and Chinese cash strengthen Beijing’s hand in South China Sea
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Author:
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Simon Denyer
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Source:
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The Washington Post
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Date:
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June 19, 2016
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Description:
- The latest was Kenya. Before that: Lesotho, Vanuatu and Afghanistan. The list of countries backing Beijing’s stance in the South China Sea just keeps growing — China’s Foreign Ministry boasted last week that nearly 60 had swung behind the country’s rejection of international arbitration in a case brought by the Philippines.