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Foreign Policy: Latest drill of US Navy’s carriers hints a message to China

11:17 | 11/07/2020

Foreign Policy cited a former defense official as saying that China is pushing on all fronts with its recent efforts to exercise control over the entirety of South China Sea, however, the move of US to implement big aircraft carriers to operate in the region has shown that it is not “turn it back on the hotly” region.

US Secretary of State Pompeo criticizes Chinese 'bullying' in regional waters

05:53 | 10/07/2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on July 8 has stressed the need for countries to work together in dealing with China's stepped-up activities in regional waters.

International opinions regarding South China Sea dispute at ASEAN regional security conference

23:03 | 09/07/2020

On July 8th, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Defense organised a video conference of ASEAN Political-Security Community (ASPC), hosted by Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of Defense, head of Vietnam ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM).

US sailors joining East Sea (South China Sea) exercise asked to wear face masks

14:19 | 09/07/2020

Requiring all sailors to wear face masks is among extraordinary measures against the coronavirus taken by two US admirals in charge of a rare exercise in the East Sea (South China Sea).

China's simultaneous drills in 3 Asia seas while threatening that "Beijing has many anti-aircraft carrier weapons"

10:54 | 06/07/2020

China's Global Times reported that the East Sea (South China Sea) is entirely within the reach of the Chinese military and that Beijing possesses multiple missiles enabling to destroy aircraft carriers, right after the information of US sending the carrier to the area.

Global Times perversely declares East Sea (South China Sea) “fully within the grasp” of Chinese army

10:38 | 05/07/2020

The Global Times, a daily propaganda tabloid under the auspices of China Daily has unreasonably claimed that the Vietnam-sovereigned East Sea (South China Sea) is fully under the arm of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army amidst the US sent two air carriers and carrier strike groups joining in a drill in the area.

US sent two aircraft carriers, many warships to the East Sea (South China Sea) amid China's drills

15:43 | 04/07/2020

The United States sent two aircraft carriers USS Reagan, USS Nimitz and a series of warships into the East Sea (South China Sea) from July 4 as a challenge message to China's growing military moves in the region with Chinese drills near Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands.

Vietnam opposes Chinese military drills in its territorial waters in the East Sea

07:23 | 03/07/2020

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on June 2 voices Vietnam's strong opposition to Chinese military drills in Vietnam's territorial waters in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea).

ASEAN, China agree to go ahead with negotiations on Code of Conduct in East Sea

16:34 | 02/07/2020

ASEAN and China have reaffirmed their commitments to fully and seriously implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and soon resuming negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).

Pompeo: China cannot be allowed to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire

06:53 | 01/07/2020

The United States has welcomed the statement by members of the ASEAN countries that South China Sea disputes should be resolved in line with the international law, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo recently tweeted (local time).

China to start military drills around disputed Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands - What are its intentions?

12:10 | 29/06/2020

China's Maritime Safety Administration on Sunday announced plans to carry out military drills around the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands in the East Sea (South China Sea), an area over which China claims its Vietnam-owned sovereignty. The announcement prohibits all shipping in the area for five days from July 1, according to the asia.nikkei.com.

Vietnamese expert warns of China's moves in the East Sea

14:37 | 27/06/2020

The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam's East Sea Institute General Director Nguyen Hung Son, has warned about China's increasing activity in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea) in an interview with Japan's public broadcaster NHK.

Countries voice concern over China’s ADIZ in East Sea

07:13 | 26/06/2020

The Philippines strongly opposed plans by China to declare an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on air space above the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), Manila’s defense chief said on June 25.

Indonesia FM: Negotiations on Code of Conduct in South China Sea (East Sea) should resume soon

14:41 | 25/06/2020

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi on June 24 said that negotiations with China on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, should resume soon to ease tensions in the region, reported Japan's Kyodo News.

US deploys two carrier groups to the doorstep of South China Sea

11:14 | 23/06/2020

On June 21, two strike carrier groups of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CNV71) and USS Nimitz (CVN68) were deployed to join in dual carrier flight operations in Phillippines maritime area, the doorstep leading to the South China Sea as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to soar.

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