VN Youtuber – 11/6/2023
Đêm 10 rạng sáng 11/6 đã xảy ra hai vụ tấn công vào trụ sở ủy ban hai xã ở huyện Cư Kuin tỉnh Đắk Lắk khiến một số cán bộ và người dân thiệt mạng và bị thương. Đằng sau vụ việc này có thể là tổ chức nào và nhằm mục đích gì?
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South China sea: Philippines, US & Japan hold joint drills
Al Jazeera English – 7/6/2023
The coast guards of the Philippines, US and Japan are holding their first ever joint exercises.
They’re taking place as tensions are rising in the Indo-Pacific region.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from the South China Sea.
Pulling back the curtain on China’s maritime militia
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 18, 2021 CSIS
Over the past year, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies conducted a study of China’s maritime militia using remote sensing data and open-source Chinese language research. The resulting report, Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime Militia, features the most comprehensive study to-date of the structure, subsidies, and ownership networks of China’s maritime militia in the South China Sea, as well as a methodology for identifying Chinese maritime militia vessels and a list of over 120 militia vessels thus identified.
The full report can be accessed here:
Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime Militia (full PDF download)
Translations:
Menyingkap Semula Tirai Tentera Maritim Cina (Malay Translation)
Vén màn sự thật về Dân quân Hàng hải Trung Quốc (Vietnamese Translation)
Executive Summary
Since completing the construction of its artificial island outposts in the Spratly Islands in 2016, China has shifted its focus toward asserting control over peacetime activity across the South China Sea. A key component of this shift has been the expansion of China’s maritime militia—a force of vessels ostensibly engaged in commercial fishing but which in fact operate alongside Chinese law enforcement and military to achieve Chinese political objectives in disputed waters.
Continue reading Pulling back the curtain on China’s maritime militiaKể chuyện VN dùng mưu lấy lại đảo bị Philippines chiếm
VN Youtuber – 28/5/2023
Năm 1970, Philippines bí mật đưa quân đổ bộ chiếm một số đảo ở Trường Sa. 5 năm sau, quân Nam Việt đã lập mưu để đoạt lại một đảo từ tay người Philippines là đảo Song Tử Tây.
Philippines-Vietnam teaming up on China in South China Sea
Marcos Jr-Chinh reviving dormant de facto alliance to check, balance and challenge China in disputed and militarized waters
By RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN MAY 25, 2023 Asia Times
MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has not only revitalized defense ties with traditional Western allies but has also doubled down on strategic cooperation with like-minded regional states pushing back against China’s South China Sea assertiveness.
In particular, Vietnam has emerged as a pivotal player in the Philippines’ emerging regional strategy to constrain and roll back China’s ambitions in the hotly contested and geostrategically crucial maritime area.
Continue reading Philippines-Vietnam teaming up on China in South China Sea
Tàu Hướng Dương Hồng 10 của Trung Quốc vi phạm vùng biển Việt Nam: Ý đồ và Hậu quả quốc tế
Nghiencuubiendong – 26/05/2023
Trả lời câu hỏi phóng viên chiều ngày 25/5/2023, Phó Phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Việt Nam Phạm Thu Hằng cho biết, tàu khảo sát Hướng Dương Hồng 10 (XYH-10) của Trung Quốc cùng một số tàu hải cảnh, tàu cá bảo vệ đã xâm phạm vùng đặc quyền kinh tế của Việt Nam được xác lập phù hợp với các quy định của Công ước Liên Hiệp Quốc về Luật biển năm 1982. Trước đó, theo tin từ Reuters, tàu XYH-10 cùng loạt tàu hộ tống đã xuất hiện tại vùng đặc quyền kinh tế của Việt Nam từ ngày 8/5.
Aggression in West PH Sea: China’s maritime ‘Great Wall’ plan
By: Kurt Dela Peña May 04, 2023 globalnation.inquirer.net
COMPOSITE IMAGE: JEROME CRISTOBAL FROM INQ/STOCK/PAMALAKAYA FILE PHOTOS
(First of two parts)
MANILA, Philippines—China is building a maritime ‘Great Wall’ in the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea, according to analysts who have been keeping tabs on Chinese aggression in the disputed waters.
But unlike the engineering marvel Great Wall built mainly for defense, the one that China is building on seas far from its coast is also for dominance, the analysts said.
In the 1990s, China started building structures over coral reefs and islets inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea. This was met by so far the strongest protest from the Philippine government—an arbitration case over the Scarborough Shoal standoff in 2012.
But China, instead, “flexed more of its military muscle.” The intrusion continued with impunity.
Continue reading Aggression in West PH Sea: China’s maritime ‘Great Wall’ planU.S. Support for the Philippines in the South China Sea
PRESS STATEMENT
US STATE DEPARTMENT
APRIL 29, 2023
The United States stands with The Philippines in the face of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard’s continued infringement upon freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. Imagery and video recently published in the media is a stark reminder of PRC harassment and intimidation of Philippine vessels as they undertake routine patrols within their exclusive economic zone. We call upon Beijing to desist from its provocative and unsafe conduct. The United States continues to track and monitor these interactions closely.
Continue reading U.S. Support for the Philippines in the South China SeaUS Forces will have access to 9 Filippino Bases
China plots 33 spots for regular research ship visits, in Taiwan Strait, South China Sea, Pacific and Indian oceans
Stephen Chen in Beijing,SCMP
Published: 6:00pm, 1 Apr, 2023
China operates one of the world’s largest ocean surveying fleets but survey routes have often lacked transparency and varied from one mission to another. Photo: Xinhua
Beijing has for the first time listed the specific locations to be visited regularly by Chinese ocean research vessels, including disputed areas of the South China Sea and waters close to US Pacific bases.
The 33 areas, or “reference sections”, cover a wide span of regional waterways – from the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea to the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans – according to the announcement from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), a top government research funder.
US Navy denying china’s claims of illegally entering waters
Al Jazeera English – 23-3-2023
The United States has denied Chinese claims that a US destroyer was driven out from waters around the contested Paracel Islands after it “illegally” entered the area.
China’s state media described the US ship as having trespassed in “Chinese territorial waters”.
The US Navy on Thursday disputed the PLA statement, saying the destroyer was conducting “routine operations” in the South China Sea and was not expelled by Chinese ships.
Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu joins us live from Beijing to give us the latest updates.
(Almost) Everyone is Drilling Inside the Nine-Dash Line
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| March 8, 2023 | AMTI Brief (Almost) Everyone is Drilling Inside the Nine-Dash Line China’s military, law enforcement, and militia engaged in regular standoffs between 2018 and 2021 with Southeast Asian neighbors over oil and gas exploration inside Beijing’s nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea. By contrast, 2022 was comparatively quiet when it came to tensions over hydrocarbons, aside from one encounter involving the Philippines. But as several claimants forge ahead with new offshore projects in 2023, oil and gas development could reemerge as a primary flashpoint in the disputes. This feature details new exploration and development projects by claimants across the South China Sea. Many of the new projects lie in disputed waters, some at the sites of previous confrontations. With the China Coast Guard increasing the frequency of patrols across disputed waters, the prospect of confrontation between Chinese law enforcement and oil and gas operators at many of these locations is high.All of the projects detailed here and more are available to explore on AMTI’s newly updated map of Energy Exploration and Development in the South China Sea. Continue reading on CSIS website >> |
Philippines files 10 protests against China in 2 months over South China Sea row
UPDATED 7:13 CH 27 THG 2, 2023 SGT
MANILA – The Philippines has filed 10 diplomatic protests against China over alleged “violations” in the South China Sea barely two months into 2023, underscoring renewed tensions between the two nations over the disputed waters.
These form part of the 77 diplomatic protests filed against China under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday.
Continue reading Philippines files 10 protests against China in 2 months over South China Sea rowIndonesia-Vietnam EEZ pact sends firm message to China
ASEAN members strike South China Sea deal that upholds UNCLOS and tacitly rejects China’s nine-dash line
asiatimes – By BICH TRAN – FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Vietnam and Indonesia agreed to delimit their respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) on 22 December 2022 after 12 years of negotiations. The agreement provides hope for the strengthening of the region’s commitment to international maritime norms and principles encapsulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Continue reading Indonesia-Vietnam EEZ pact sends firm message to China
Căn cứ mới của Mỹ ở Philippines: Không dễ ăn của ngoại…
SÁNG ÁNH 12/02/2023 09:22 GMT+7
TTCT – Dù là đồng minh có hiệp ước của nhau và vừa thắt chặt thêm tình hữu nghị về quân sự, quan hệ Mỹ – Philippines thật ra không phải lúc nào cũng bằng phẳng.
Khi tôi đến thăm Subic Bay năm 1998, khu chế xuất vừa hoạt động và hãng xưởng còn lưa thưa. Đây là khu miễn thuế, ra vào phải qua kiểm soát hải quan, chỗ mua sắm chỉ có vài hàng quán mới mở và loãng khách với một khu phức hợp và ba rạp phim.
Cả khu còn do quân đội Philippines quản lý, hoang vắng với những nhà kho tiền chế và bungalow quân đội Mỹ bỏ lại nằm bắt bụi từ 1992.
Continue reading Căn cứ mới của Mỹ ở Philippines: Không dễ ăn của ngoại…
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