On April 22, 2024, Chinese media outlet Xinhua published an article, titled "Destabilizing South China Sea Is U.S. Strategic Objective," by Koh King Kee, the president of the Centre for New Inclusive Asia, a non-government Malaysian think tank. In the article, Koh King Kee analyzes the heating up of the tensions in the South China Sea and stresses that the area has become the
Introduction China has been constructing artificial islands and building military bases in the South China Sea (SCS), in order to consolidate its position in the region. China's activity completely disregards the historic ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2016, which favored the Philippines in its claims in the West Philippine Sea.[1] The ruling
Introduction In March 2024, the Philippine vessel "Unaizah May 4" was targeted twice by the Chinese coast guard while on a mission to resupply Filipino soldiers stationed in BRP Sierra Madre, the dilapidated warship that serves as a Philippine Navy outpost at Ayungin Shoal (known in Chinese as Ren'ai Jiao).
Tokyo and Moscow have been locked in a dispute over the Kuril Islands for decades. The Ukraine war has given some Japanese hope that they can be wrestled out of Russia's control. How does China factor in?