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US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold South China Sea exercises

Amid rising conflicts regarding territory, US, Japan, Australia and Philippines announce a joint maritime activity on the South China Sea.

A China Coast Guard vessel on the South China Sea.(Reuters)

world news

Published on Apr 06, 2024 01:43 PM IST

Reuters |

Quad needs a security thrust to restrict China

Securitisation’ of regional partnerships is the only hope. Otherwise, China will keep squeezing adversaries until the world order is remade as per its wishes.

FILE- Leaders of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) from left to right, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pose for photo at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister's Office of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. The Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad, has repeatedly accused China of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea and of pushing its maritime territorial claims. The navies of the four countries regularly hold drills seen as part of an initiative to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Pacific.(Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool Photo via AP, File)(AP)

opinion

Published on Apr 04, 2024 09:50 PM IST

BySreeram Chaulia

Biden-Xi phone call: US warns China on supporting Russia’s military industrial base

Bilateral engagements to continue; Secretaryof the Treasury Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony J Blinken to visit Beijing soon

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) waves as he walks with US President Joe Biden at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, US, on November 15, 2023. (REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Apr 03, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByPrashant Jha

Xi Set to Meet Indonesia’s Prabowo in China Amid Tensions at Sea

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to meet Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Monday amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.

world news

Published on Apr 01, 2024 08:56 AM IST

Bloomberg |

South Korea reacts to China using water cannons against Philippine ships

The Philippines accused China's coastguard of using water cannons on Saturday against a civilian boat supplying troops at the Spratly Islands

In this frame grab from aerial video footage taken on March 5, 2024 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Chinese Coast Guard ships (L and R) deploy water cannons at the Philippine military-chartered civilian boat Unaizah May 4 (C) during its supply mission near Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. (AFP)

world news

Published on Mar 26, 2024 01:48 PM IST

Reuters |

Philippines accuses China of attempting to block another vessel

This is the second such alleged incident near a disputed reef in two weeks.

This handout photo taken on February 22, 2024 and received on February 25, 2024 from the Philippine Coast Guard shows China Coast Guard personnel onboard a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (R) as they shadow a Philippine fishing boat (L) during the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) mission to bring supplies to fishermen near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.(AFP)

world news

Published on Feb 25, 2024 05:05 PM IST

AFP |

China’s behaviour over Taiwan, border dispute with India concerning: German minister

German minister of state for foreign affairs Tobias Lindner rejected the accusation that Europe is only focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

German minister of state for foreign affairs Tobias Lindner said China was getting more and more assertive and sometimes even questioning the international rules-based order (X/FollowCII)

india news

Published on Feb 22, 2024 06:55 PM IST

ByRezaul H Laskar

Philippines on China's ‘dangerous’ actions in South China Sea: What we know

Located within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Scarborough shoal is also claimed by China.

A China Coast Guard vessel manoeuvres near Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.(Reuters)

world news

Published on Feb 11, 2024 05:43 PM IST

Reuters |

Philippines chides China over South China Sea claims: ‘Truth and in fact…’

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion of commercial shipping annually.

A Philippine Coast Guard personnel looks through a binocular while conducting a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea.(Reuters)

world news

Published on Dec 20, 2023 03:47 PM IST

Reuters |

US airs concerns to China about 'dangerous and unlawful' South China Sea actions

The talks took place in Beijing between US China Coordinator Mark Lambert and China's Director-General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang

The meeting follows recent high-level diplomacy ahead of an expected meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the mid November APEC summit in San Francisco. (File)

world news

Published on Nov 04, 2023 02:59 AM IST

Reuters |

China military says Philippine boat 'illegally entered' its waters

China and the Philippines have had several confrontations in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

In this image released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, a Philippines supply boat, center, sails near a Chinese coast guard ship, top, and a Chinese militia vessel off Second Thomas Shoal, (AP)

world news

Published on Oct 30, 2023 06:53 PM IST

Reuters |

China says US statement on collision with Philippine boat disregards facts

China and the Philippines traded accusations over the collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

A Philippine flagged boat is blocked by a China Coast Guard vessel during an incident that resulted in a collision between the two vessel.(Reuters)

world news

Published on Oct 23, 2023 02:36 PM IST

Reuters |

Chinese vessels hit 2 boats in South China Sea: Philippines

A China Coast Guard vessel collided with a Philippines-contracted resupply boat on Sunday approx 13.5 nautical miles east-northeast of the outpost.

A Philippines supply boat, center, sails near a Chinese coast guard ship, top, and a Chinese militia vessel off Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea.(AP)

world news

Published on Oct 22, 2023 02:51 PM IST

Bloomberg |

Indo-Malaysia tie: A counterbalance to growing volatility in East Asia?

This article is authored by Ravindran Devagunam, senior correspondent, Foreign Policy and Politics, Malaysia Gazette, Kuala Lumpur.

ht insight

Published on Oct 14, 2023 08:42 PM IST

ByHindustan Times

The South China Sea conundrum in international relations

Authored by - Sriparna Pathak, associate professor, Chinese Studies and International Relations, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

Chinese structures are pictured in Subi Reef in South China Sea.(Reuters File Photo)

ht insight

Published on Oct 11, 2023 06:56 PM IST

ByHindustan Times

ASEAN’s challenge: Managing the South China Sea dispute

By- Rahul Mishra, principal investigator, Indo-Pacific Research and Outreach programme and coordinator, European Studies Programme, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

World leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of Philipinnes Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and others pose for a photograph during the 20th ASEAN-India Summit as part of the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta.(Reuters)

ht insight

Published on Oct 09, 2023 10:16 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

After India, three other nations reject China's 'baseless' new map

China released the map of its famous U-shaped line covering about 90% of South China Sea, a source of many disputes in one of world's most contested waterways

China's U-shaped line loops as far as 1,500 km (932 miles) south of its Hainan island and cuts into the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. (Twitter)

world news

Updated on Sep 01, 2023 08:50 AM IST

Reuters |

China's 'aggressive' stand in South China Sea must be challenged: US official

Vice Admiral Karl Thomas assured the Philippines of US backing in the face of "shared challenges" in the region.

Chinese structures are pictured in Subi Reef in South China Sea.(Reuters)

world news

Published on Aug 27, 2023 05:54 PM IST

Reuters |

Peaceful settlement of disputes, says India on China-Philippines face-off at sea

The US state department said an armed attack on Philippine vessels or aircraft in the South China Sea would invoke US mutual defence commitments

In this handout photo, a Chinese coast guard ship uses water canons on a Philippine Coast Guard ship near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea as they blocked its path during a re-supply mission on Aug 5 (AP)

india news

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 10:23 PM IST

ByRezaul H Laskar

How Barbie sparked the latest geopolitics tussle between China and Vietnam

Unforeseen political ripples occur when Barbie enters the South China sea dispute. The film's controversial map with the nine-dash line led to a ban in Vietnam

The talented actor-director Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster, the first live-action movie on the toy, Barbie, was banned in Vietnam(Film still)

world news

Published on Jul 28, 2023 05:25 PM IST

BySutirtho Patranobis

After Barbie, Blackpink concert banned in Vietnam, here's why the country is angry

Barbie film banned, Blackpink concert under fire for using map that shows China's controversial claim to South China Sea.

South Korean girl group BLACKPINK performs onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on August 28, 2022. - Hundreds of thousands of revelers were descending on California's Coachella Valley for the premier desert arts festival that kicks off Friday, April 14, 2023 which for the first time won't feature a white headliner.(AFP)

entertainment

Published on Jul 11, 2023 09:59 PM IST

ByMd Nobhar

Barbie row: Warner Bros responds after Vietnam bans film over disputed map scene

Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie was earlier set to hit theatres in Vietnam on July 21. The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, among many others.

entertainment

Published on Jul 07, 2023 02:52 PM IST

ByHT Entertainment Desk

Bye, Barbie! Vietnam bans Barbie movie over controversial map of South China Sea

Vietnam has banned the domestic distribution of Barbie due to a scene that shows the controversial nine-dash line map of the South China Sea.

entertainment

Published on Jul 03, 2023 06:48 PM IST

ByVrinda Rastogi

Chinese “aggressiveness” could cause casualties, says US

The recent air intercept by China over the South China Sea and maritime intercept across the Taiwan straits of American aircraft and vessels are a part of the People’s Liberation Army’s “increasing level of aggressiveness” and it won’t be long before someone gets hurt, the White House has warned.

This handout photo shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon observing the Chinese PLA Navy vessel Luyang III (top) while on a transit through the Taiwan Strait with the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Montreal. (AFP)

world news

Updated on Jun 06, 2023 09:56 PM IST

ByPrashant Jha, Washington

Indian-origin US Prez candidate calls India ‘biggest polluter’, sparks row

Indian-origin US presidential candidate Nikki Haley sparked a row on social media after her controversial statement calling India “one of the biggest polluters”

Indian-origin US presidential candidate Nikki Haley(AP)

india news

Updated on Jun 05, 2023 05:56 PM IST

ByManjiri Chitre

First signs of thaw in US-China ties, but road to normalcy is uphill

The resumption of formal bilateral dialogue has been accompanied by deepening friction and sustained suspicion

It is important to temper expectations of what can be achieved from this new round of engagement. (AP)

opinion

Updated on Jun 01, 2023 06:55 PM IST

ByManoj Kewalramani

4th edition of Indo-Indonesia bilateral exercise concludes in South China sea

The sea phase was preceded by a fruitful harbour phase which saw professional interactions, table top exercises and sports exchanges.

The Harbour phase comprised of cross deck visits, professional interactions, subject matter expert exchanges, and sports fixtures.(PIB)

india news

Published on May 20, 2023 02:12 PM IST

ByYagya Sharma

Both America’s political camps agree that TikTok is troubling

That does not mean it will be banned

March 28th marked the deadline for TikTok, a wildly popular Chinese social-media app, to be wiped from federal-government devices because of worries about security. (AFP)

technology

Published on May 18, 2023 01:01 AM IST

The Economist

Enhancing India’s maritime footprint in the Indo-Pacific

Authored by Shrabana Barua, political analyst, New Delhi and Sankalp Gurjar, assistant professor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka.

Indo-pacific region(Representative Image/AFP File Photo)

ht insight

Published on May 17, 2023 12:07 PM IST

ByHindustan Times

South China Sea secured, China now eyes west coast of Africa and Indian Ocean

China has a ballistic missile tracker Yuan Wang 7 off coast of Oman in Arabian Sea and another Yuan Wang 5 off coast of Durban in South Atlantic Ocean.

File photo of Yuan Wang 5 Chinese missile tracker off Sri Lanka in 2022.

world news

Published on May 15, 2023 11:47 AM IST

ByShishir Gupta, New Delhi

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Amid rising conflicts regarding territory, US, Japan, Australia and Philippines announce a joint maritime activity on the South China Sea.

Securitisation’ of regional partnerships is the only hope. Otherwise, China will keep squeezing adversaries until the world order is remade as per its wishes.

Bilateral engagements to continue; Secretaryof the Treasury Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony J Blinken to visit Beijing soon

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to meet Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Monday amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.

The Philippines accused China's coastguard of using water cannons on Saturday against a civilian boat supplying troops at the Spratly Islands

This is the second such alleged incident near a disputed reef in two weeks.

German minister of state for foreign affairs Tobias Lindner rejected the accusation that Europe is only focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Located within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Scarborough shoal is also claimed by China.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion of commercial shipping annually.

The talks took place in Beijing between US China Coordinator Mark Lambert and China's Director-General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang

China and the Philippines have had several confrontations in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

China and the Philippines traded accusations over the collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

A China Coast Guard vessel collided with a Philippines-contracted resupply boat on Sunday approx 13.5 nautical miles east-northeast of the outpost.

This article is authored by Ravindran Devagunam, senior correspondent, Foreign Policy and Politics, Malaysia Gazette, Kuala Lumpur.

Authored by - Sriparna Pathak, associate professor, Chinese Studies and International Relations, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

By- Rahul Mishra, principal investigator, Indo-Pacific Research and Outreach programme and coordinator, European Studies Programme, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

China released the map of its famous U-shaped line covering about 90% of South China Sea, a source of many disputes in one of world's most contested waterways

Vice Admiral Karl Thomas assured the Philippines of US backing in the face of "shared challenges" in the region.

The US state department said an armed attack on Philippine vessels or aircraft in the South China Sea would invoke US mutual defence commitments

Unforeseen political ripples occur when Barbie enters the South China sea dispute. The film's controversial map with the nine-dash line led to a ban in Vietnam

Barbie film banned, Blackpink concert under fire for using map that shows China's controversial claim to South China Sea.

Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie was earlier set to hit theatres in Vietnam on July 21. The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, among many others.

Vietnam has banned the domestic distribution of Barbie due to a scene that shows the controversial nine-dash line map of the South China Sea.

Indian-origin US presidential candidate Nikki Haley sparked a row on social media after her controversial statement calling India “one of the biggest polluters”

The resumption of formal bilateral dialogue has been accompanied by deepening friction and sustained suspicion

The sea phase was preceded by a fruitful harbour phase which saw professional interactions, table top exercises and sports exchanges.

That does not mean it will be banned

Authored by Shrabana Barua, political analyst, New Delhi and Sankalp Gurjar, assistant professor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka.

China has a ballistic missile tracker Yuan Wang 7 off coast of Oman in Arabian Sea and another Yuan Wang 5 off coast of Durban in South Atlantic Ocean.

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