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US & China Square Off Over South China Sea
Topic Started: Jul 12 2012, 01:32 PM (27,735 Views)
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US: No valid reason for China to restrict navigation in disputed sea
By Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com) | Updated March 29, 2016 - 3:49pm

MANILA, Philippines – The United States (US) on Tuesday stressed that China does not have a valid reason in its attempt to restrict freedom of navigation and overflight in the disputed South China Sea.

US Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs in the East Asia and Pacific Bureau Colin Willett said that the facilities that China has been building in the disputed waters are not needed to protect civilians or monitor the weather.

"The runways that they have built are designed to accommodate strategic bombers, not coddle points for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. We still see radio operators channeling for ships and planes that are operating in accordance to the international law and warning them to stay away," Willett said in a telephone conference with members of the press.

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Patrolling Disputed Waters, U.S. and China Jockey for Dominance

HELENE COOPER

New York Times

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MARCH 30, 2016

Here in the hot azure waters off the Spratly and Paracel Islands — which encompass reefs, banks and cays — the United States and China are jockeying for dominance in the Pacific. From Mischief Reef, where China is building a military base in defiance of claims by Vietnam and the Philippines, to Scarborough Shoal, where the Chinese are building and equipping outposts on disputed territory far from the mainland, the two naval forces are on an almost continuous state of alert. ...

Finally, when the Chinese frigate was six miles away and clearly visible to the naked eye on the horizon, the ship-to-ship radio crackled with the sounds of accented English. “U.S. Navy Warship 62. ... This is Chinese Warship 575.”

And so began an elaborate diplomatic dance. .....

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Pentagon appeals for peace in South China Sea
By Jose Katigbak, STAR Washington bureau (The Philippine Star) | Updated March 31, 2016 - 12:00am


WASHINGTON – The Pentagon on Tuesday reaffirmed its call to all countries with conflicting claims to parts of the South China Sea to refrain from reclaiming or militarizing any islands in dispute.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said he could not confirm recent reports that China has deployed anti-cruise missiles on Paracel islands or increased its maritime survey activities around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal but said all countries involved in maritime disputes should pursue diplomatic and legal solutions to these issues.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in a speech at a World Affairs Council gala in Washington, said five evolving challenges now driving the Pentagon’s planning and budgeting were Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and international terrorism.

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A threat veiled in rhetoric?

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China to US: ‘Be Careful’ in South China Sea
Agence France-Presse 9:32 p.m. EDT March 31, 2016


BEIJING — Beijing’s Defense Ministry on Thursday warned the US Navy to “be careful” in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines.

Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access to five military bases, including some close to the disputed South China Sea, where tensions have risen over Beijing’s assertion of its territorial claims.

China claims virtually all the South China Sea despite conflicting claims by Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, and has built up artificial islands in the area in recent months, including some with airstrips.

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The only photo you need to see to know that the US is serious about the South China Sea

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Mar. 31, 2016, 12:41 PM 202,957 110


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This contested region is home to $5 trillion in annual global trade, so the tit for tat over crumbs of land in the South China Sea isn't for nothing.

And while China claims most of the contested region, the US continues to patrol the area.

In a simple show of force, here's US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter flying in a V-22 Osprey over the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea.

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US to ignore China air defense zone over South China Sea
By Camille Diola (philstar.com) | Updated April 7, 2016 - 11:43am


MANILA, Philippines — As regional tension continues to mount over the disputed South China Sea, China has not denied possibilities of building an air defense identification zone (ADIZ), which the United States said it will not recognize.

Sr. Col. Yang Yujun, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, said China reserves the right to declare an ADIZ over one of the world's most important trade routes. An ADIZ requires any third-party aircraft to identify itself and declare its intentions to an authority before being allowed entry.

"What I need to underscore here is that to set up an ADIZ is the right of a sovereign state and we don't need other countries to make suggestions," Yujun said at a press conference in Beijing last week.

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Can someone pls post this video I found on my behalf.

tnx Sir's

A very informative video regarding- https://youtu.be/INcw-KyNhH4 "US Military TURNS UP THE HEAT on China with more US Navy Ships"-
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Pentagon chief: China's South China Sea behavior is self-isolating
By Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com) | Updated April 14, 2016 - 7:01pm

MANILA, Philippines – United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday said that China is isolating itself by refusing to participate in a rules-based approach to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Manila earlier filed an arbitration case against Beijing before the Permanent Court of Arbitration under the United Nations but the latter refused to participate in the proceedings.


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U.S. challenged China, 12 others on navigation rights last year

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April 25, 2016

The U.S. military conducted "freedom of navigation" operations against 13 countries last year, including several to challenge China's claims in the South and East China seas, according to an annual Pentagon report released on Monday.

The operations were against China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Libya, Malaysia, the Maldives, Oman, the Philippines and Vietnam, the report said. ...

The number of countries the United States challenged last year was down from 2014, when it targeted 19 countries. That was the largest number in more than a decade.

Iran and the Philippines have been the most frequently challenged countries over the years, mainly because they sit astride busy sea lanes whose use they have tried to limit or govern.

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Freedom of Navigation (FON) Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015: USNI News
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When the tribunal would finaly hand a winning verdict.on the philippines case next month...id like to hope that the PN has the plan to stamp its claim on Scarborpugh shoal ahead of the PLA reclamation of the shoal.howd they do it?

Put extra engines on 2 of our ww2 LST's...paint it to look like container ships..hide 2 squads of marines all with supplies..then make a mad dash unto the shoal..anchor on the innards of the shoal facing each end...pour marine concrete on the Lsts base...set up the commsats and beam the message"scarborough is Philippine territory"...period
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