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China tightening grip on Spratlys; merge threads, updates
Topic Started: Jun 25 2012, 06:46 PM (30,264 Views)
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Taiwan warns of increasing threat as Chinese warships conduct drill in South China Sea
By: J.R. Wu, Reuters
December 27, 2016 11:03 AM


TAIPEI -- (UPDATE - 1:54 p.m.) Taiwan warned on Tuesday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day," as Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier sailed towards the island province of Hainan through the South China Sea on a routine drill.

The drill comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, following US President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with the island's president that upset Beijing.

"The threat of our enemies is growing day by day. We should always be maintaining our combat alertness," Taiwan Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan said.

"We need to strengthen the training (of our soldiers) so that they can not only survive in battle but also destroy the enemy and accomplish the mission," he said.

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China's Xi says won't let anyone make 'fuss' about its territory
By: Reuters
January 1, 2017 2:40 PM


BEIJING - China will never allow anyone to "make a great fuss" about its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's address, while China's top official in charge of Taiwan ties warned of risk ahead in 2017.

China's increasingly assertive moves to push its territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea, including building artificial islands, has unnerved its neighbors.

"We adhere to peaceful development, and resolutely safeguard our territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests," Xi said, in comments carried by state media late on Saturday.

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Chinese navy confirms carrier conducted drills in South China Sea
By: Reuters
January 3, 2017 9:45 AM

China's sole aircraft carrier conducted drills in the South China Sea, the navy said, days after neighboring Taiwan said the carrier and accompanying ships had passed 90 nautical miles south of the island amid renewed tension between the two sides.

The Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier and accompanying warships sailed round the east coast of Taiwan in what China called a routine exercise complying with international law.

The carrier's J-15 fighters conducted flight exercises in "complex sea conditions" on Monday, the People's Liberation Army Navy said on its official microblog late the same day.

The carrier group also ran helicopter exercises, it said, but did not give details on the exact location.

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China says aircraft carrier testing weapons in South China Sea drills
By: Michael Martina, Reuters
January 4, 2017 6:48 PM


BEIJING - A group of Chinese warships led by its sole aircraft carrier is testing weapons and equipment in exercises this week in the South China Sea, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Exercises by the ships, in particular the aircraft carrier Liaoning, since last month have unnerved China's neighbors, especially at a time of heightened strain with self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, and given long-running territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

China says the Soviet-built Liaoning and the other ships conduct routine exercises that comply with international law.

"The Liaoning aircraft carrier group in the South China Sea is carrying out scientific research and training, in accordance with plans," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular news briefing.

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Chinese bomber flies round contested Spratlys in show of force: US official
By: Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom, Reuters
January 11, 2017 1:47 AM


A Chinese H-6 strategic bomber flew around the Spratly Islands at the weekend in a new show of force in the contested South China Sea, a US official said on Tuesday.

It was the second such flight by a Chinese bomber in the South China Sea this year. The first was on Jan. 1, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The flight could be seen as a show of “strategic force” by the Chinese, the official said.

It comes after US President-elect Donald Trump has signaled a tougher approach to China when he takes office on Jan. 20, with tweets criticizing Beijing for its trade practices and accusing it of failing to help rein in nuclear-armed North Korea.


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China said it: they are not militarizing the place. Sad to say, our government believe these lies. Oh, sorry, I remember, the gov't is also re-selling it, the way GMA did.
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China's sea militarization 'very troubling': PH defense chief Lorenzana
By: Agence France-Presse
January 17, 2017 7:13 PM


MANILA - China's militarization of the South China Sea is "very troubling" and neither peaceful nor friendly, the Philippines' defense secretary said on Tuesday.

President Rodrigo Duterte has sought to improve his nation's relations with China by adopting a non-confrontational approach over their competing claims in the strategically vital waters.

But, even as other senior government officials sought to downplay China's building of defense installations on artificial islands it has built in the sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana issued a strongly worded statement.

"Notwithstanding the warming of relations between our countries, the Philippine government would be remiss in its duty to protect its national interest if it does not protest, question and seek clarification from China on the presence of weapons in the Spratlys," Lorenzana said in a statement.

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China party paper says no 'provocation' can stop its military drills
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January 22, 2017 10:53 PM


BEIJING - China's military will carry out drills regardless of foreign provocations and pressure, the Communist Party's paper said on Sunday, adding that exercises far out at sea like those conducted recently by its sole aircraft carrier will become normal.

China caused unease among some countries in the region last month when the carrier the Liaoning, accompanied by several warships, cruised around self-ruled Taiwan and into the Pacific for what China called routine drills.

Earlier this month, Taiwan scrambled fighter jets and navy ships as the Liaoning then passed through the narrow waterway separating China from the island Beijing claims as its own.For its part, China was alarmed this month when US President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state Rex Tillerson said China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea.


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China likely to build more islands: PH defense chief
By: Ayee Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
February 7, 2017 4:17 PM


MANILA, Philippines - Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday, adding this would be "unacceptable" in the flashpoint waterway.

In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometers (143 miles) from the main Philippine island of Luzon.

Beijing has already built up a number of islets and reefs in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, installing military facilities on several of them.

Analysts say similar installations on nearby Scarborough Shoal could give China effective military control over the disputed Sea -- something the US has said it is not prepared to accept.

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China upgrades military infrastructure on South China Sea islands, report claims
By: Mike Yeo, February 9, 2017
MELBOURNE, Australia — China is continuing to expand its construction activities in a second group of disputed South China Sea islands, according to a Washington-based think tank on Wednesday.

The report, released Wednesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, says Beijing has undertaken substantial upgrades to its military infrastructure in the Paracel Islands, with the construction of harbors, helipads and a full-fledged helicopter base on several islands in the chain.

Also claimed by Vietnam, the Paracels already play a key role in China’s goal of establishing surveillance and power projection capabilities throughout the South China Sea. Their location, less than 200 miles from the southern Chinese island of Hainan, means that bases and facilities on the Paracels can serve to bridge the distance between Hainan and outposts farther south.


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