CNA

17 Nov 2020 09:26PM

NEW DELHI: The navies of India, the United States, Australia and Japan held exercises Tuesday (Nov 17) in the Northern Arabian Sea in the second phase of a naval drill seen as part of a regional initiative to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.

The Malabar naval exercise “highlights enhanced convergence of views amongst the four vibrant democracies on maritime issues,” India’s Defense Ministry said.

This is the second time that the four countries — an informal grouping known as the Quad — have participated in a combined military exercise of this size. The first phase of the Malabar drill took place Nov 3-6 in the Bay of Bengal.

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PUBLISHED : 15 NOV 2020 AT 05:43

WRITER: KYODO NEWS , BANGKOK POST

Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (centre) walks past flags of the Asean member countries before opening the 37th Asean in Hanoi on Thursday. It was followed by other related meetings, including the East Asia Summit on Saturday. (Reuters photo)

Asia-Pacific leaders voiced concern over the situation in the resource-rich South China Sea at a regional summit on Saturday, a Japanese government official said, as security tensions between the United States and China have shown no sign of easing.

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Laura Zhou in Beijing

Published: 6:00pm, 14 Nov, 2020 SCMP

The United States is expected to take a more contained approach to the South China Sea under Joe Biden, but the disputed waters will remain a potential hotspot in the relationship between Beijing and Washington, observers say.“I think he [Biden] will take a different approach to [US President Donald] Trump,” said Wu Shicun, head of the National Institute of South China Sea Studies, which advises the government.“He is likely to pay more attention to the South China Sea but his policies will be more balanced and more contained.”

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TĐH: Woody Island, also called Yongxing Island (simplified Chinese: 永兴岛; traditional Chinese: 永興島; pinyin: Yǒngxīng Dǎo; lit.: ‘Eternal Prosperity Island’) in People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Phu Lam Island (Vietnamese: Đảo Phú Lâm) in Vietnam, is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea (SCS), with an area of 2.1 square kilometres (0.81 sq mi). Wooddy Island and the rest of Paracels were taken by China’s intrusion forces from The Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Cộng Hòa) in the Paracel Battle of Jan. 1974. War of Aggression to take a disputed territory is a violation of the Charter of the United Nations, and cannot constitute a legitimate an legal possession of the territory. See China’s Three Wars of Aggression against the Vietnamese People)

The island has been under the control of the People’s Republic of China since 1956. It is administered by Sansha, a town located on the island.

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21 hours ago NHK World

Two Chinese patrol ships have temporarily entered Japan’s territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The patrol ships exited the waters after attempting to approach a Japanese fishing boat.

The Japan Coast Guard has been warning the vessels not to reenter Japan’s waters.

The Coast Guard says two of the four Chinese patrol vessels that had been sailing just outside the territorial waters made the intrusion off Taisho Island shortly before 11 a.m. on Thursday. Taisho is one of the Senkaku Islands.

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22/10/2020    05:00 GMT+7 vietnamnet

Tối 21/10, Phó Thủ tướng, Bộ trưởng Phạm Bình Minh đã chủ trì hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN – Liên hợp quốc (LHQ).

Việt Nam bình luận việc Anh, Pháp, Đức gửi công hàm về Biển ĐôngThiện chí của ASEAN, Trung Quốc và các nước khi bàn về Biển ĐôngTổng Thư ký Liên Hợp Quốc chúc mừng 75 năm Quốc khánh Việt Nam

Cùng tham dự có các Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN, Chủ tịch Đại hội đồng LHQ khóa 75, Tổng Thư ký LHQ và Tổng Thư ký ASEAN.

Đây là Hội nghị thường niên nhằm rà soát những tiến triển trong quan hệ đối tác toàn diện ASEAN – LHQ, chuẩn bị cho Hội nghị Cấp cao ASEAN – LHQ lần thứ 11 vào tháng 11/2020 và trao đổi về các vấn đề quốc tế và khu vực cùng quan tâm.

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Drake Long, Washington
2020-10-13

A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force SH-60 helicopter lands on the flight deck of the USS John S. McCain in the South China Sea, Oct. 12, 2020.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda

Japan joined the U.S. for an exercise in the South China Sea after engaging in a bit of defense diplomacy with Indonesia and Vietnam that was not welcomed by the region’s other key power – China.

Three Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships joined the U.S. Navy for a series of drills in the contested waterway that started Monday and will continue through this week.

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15/10/2020    23:54 GMT+7 vietnamnet Vietnam strongly protests the establishment of the so-called Sansha city in Phu Lam Island in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago and related activities as they seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

Hang made the statement regarding reports that China has more than 400 enterprises at the so-called Sansha city, at a regular press conference of the Foreign Ministry. Continue reading on CVD >>