Tag Archives: China

  1. The amphibious ship USS Essex leads a formation of East Asian and United States Navy ships in the Gulf of Thailand, February 8, 2010

    Why There Can’t Be Quiet in the South China Sea

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    Lack of clarity on borders and disagreements between Chinese foreign policy makers make it difficult to cool things down.

  1. Flag of North Korea (Dion Gillard)

    North Korea Ready for Third Nuclear Test

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    Kim Jong-un has utterly failed to pay Beijing the proper reverence it has become accustomed to.

  1. Presidents Barack Obama of the United States and Hu Jintao of China talk at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009

    South Sudan Wants China to Pick Sides in Dispute

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    South Sudan, a major Chinese oil trading partner, says Beijing’s foreign policy of noninterference is failing.

  1. Sailors aboard the Chinese navy destroyer Qingdao prepare to depart Pearl Harbor, September 10, 2006 (US Navy/David Rush)

    Did China Win the Day in Navy Standoff?

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    China and the Philippines appear to have diffused a crisis in the South China Sea. What are the long term implications?

  1. The Philippine navy's multimission surface combatant ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 27, 2011

    Chinese-Philippine Standoff in South China Sea

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    The Philippines are dispatching more navy ships to a disputed shoal where they attempted to arrest Chinese fishermen.