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China’s new map draws outrage from its neighbors
The latest edition of China’s official national map lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea and contested areas along its land border with India. Cue fierce backlash from neighboring countries.
August 31, 2023 Source: The China Project
U.S.-China chills at the Shangri-La Dialogue
China’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, had sharp words to say about each other’s countries at the Shangri-La Dialogue, dashing hopes that the two superpowers might use the opportunity to stabilize fraught relations.
June 5, 2023 Source: The China Project
Malaysia’s China conundrum
A trip to China by Malaysia’s new prime minister may bear a lot of economic fruit, but Kuala Lumpur will have to navigate Beijing’s growing tensions with the U.S. and shared territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
April 4, 2023 Source: The China Project
Editor’s note for April 4, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
April 4, 2023 Source: The China Project
Beijing and Tokyo calm the waters of the East China Sea — at least for today
The talks were stiff, but Chinese and Japanese officials did some jaw jaw rather than war war today.
February 22, 2023 Source: The China Project
A Chinese laser and more downed flying objects stoke security fears
Some countries have been scrutinizing their air, sea, and land spaces for traces of the Chinese military ever since “Balloon-gate.” A blinding laser aimed at a Philippines ship and the fourth downing of a flying object in the U.S. will likely fan those security fears, no matter how Beijing explains it.
February 13, 2023 Source: The China Project
The Philippines up-and-down relationship with China, and a strange COVID moment in China
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn for January 11, 2023.
January 11, 2023 Source: The China Project
Philippines voids joint oil exploration pact with China
A mere week after a friendly visit to Beijing by the Philippine president, the country’s Supreme Court brought the gavel down on an “unconstitutional” 2005 pact with China and Vietnam to explore oil in the disputed South China Sea. The waters have only gotten murkier.
January 11, 2023 Source: The China Project
Philippines President Marcos flies to Beijing to woo China
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is in Beijing on his first foreign trip of the new year. He is expected to ink a slew of trade and agriculture deals, and even a memorandum of understanding over the disputed South China Sea.
January 3, 2023 Source: The China Project
U.S. warship ‘sent away with a warning’ by China as Biden backs Trump policy on South China Sea
The Biden administration marked the fifth anniversary of a landmark maritime dispute arbitration case by affirming the Trump administration’s policy to actively support the maritime claims of five Southeast Asian states over China.
July 12, 2021 Source: The China Project
Chinese vaccine diplomacy pays off with strengthened Southeast Asia ties
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a meeting to mark 30 years of formal ties, and appeared to smooth over tense spots in relations — with the help of Chinese vaccine aid, which has focused on Southeast Asia.
June 8, 2021 Source: The China Project
Philippines foreign minister tweets profane insults at China over maritime dispute
After a month of lodging repeated diplomatic protests against the presence of Chinese fishing boats in disputed waters, the Philippines foreign minister took a less diplomatic approach on Twitter. He was gently rebuked by President Rodrigo Duterte for being “rude and disrespectful” to the Philippines’ “benefactor.”
May 3, 2021 Source: The China Project
The Philippines is fed up with China’s ‘maritime militia’
China and the Philippines are engaged in a diplomatic feud after hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels, which the Philippines called an unofficial “maritime militia,” anchored around a disputed reef.
April 5, 2021 Source: The China Project
Pineapple becomes new symbol of prickly Taipei-Beijing relations after China bans imports
Beijing unexpectedly announced last week that it had found “pests” in Taiwanese pineapples, and banned their import. Taiwan called it an “ambush,” and drew a parallel to China’s targeting of Australian wine.
March 1, 2021 Source: The China Project
Beijing rejects idea of climate as ‘standalone issue’ in U.S.-China relations
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington.
January 28, 2021 Source: The China Project
Biden administration says Taiwan commitment ‘rock-solid’ after Beijing sends warplanes
During the first weekend of the Biden administration, China sent dozens of warplanes into the Taiwan Strait, prompting the U.S. State Department to issue a statement blaming Beijing for tensions and reaffirming American commitments to Taiwan.
January 25, 2021 Source: The China Project
The 14 sins of Australia: Beijing expands list of grievances and digs in for extended diplomatic dispute
The Chinese embassy in Australia shared a detailed list of 14 grievances that Beijing has against the country, extending far beyond China’s core interests and directly criticizing internal Australian affairs.
November 18, 2020 Source: The China Project
U.S. denounces Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sides with five Southeast Asian countries
Washington has long disapproved of many of China’s maritime claims, but today, the State Department formalized its position on multiple disputes. The U.S. now effectively supports claims to reefs, shoals, waters, and other maritime features by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia over China.
July 13, 2020 Source: The China Project
‘Western Pacific’: U.S. messaging in the South China Sea includes recommitment to Taiwan
Washington, D.C., is signaling its commitment to the Western Pacific — a favored umbrella term for any part of the Pacific Ocean that China claims…
June 12, 2019 Source: The China Project
Buying time in the South China Sea
“China hopes to complete talks on South China Sea code of conduct in 3 years,” says Xinhua News Agency. China security scholar M. Taylor Fravel…
November 13, 2018 Source: The China Project