South China Sea

WASHINGTON — China is pressing a long-range modernization of its military, part of a strategy aimed at maximizing its leverage over Taiwan, extending its influence farther abroad, but avoiding conflict around its borders or with the United States, the Pe Full Article at The New York Times

BEIJING, May 18 (UPI) -- China was on "high alert" because a group of Philippine citizens planned to sail to China's Huangyan Island and plant a flag, an official said Friday. "Huangyan Island is part of China's territory," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hon Full Article at United Press International

BEIJING, May 18 (UPI) -- As China reiterated to the Philippines its claim to the Scarborough Shoal, officials were working with North Korea to diffuse another fishing crisis. Huangyan Island, as Scarborough Shoal is known in China, is an inherent part of Full Article at United Press International

DHAKA, Bangladesh – She's just come from convincing Chinese leaders to free blind dissident Chen Guangcheng. Soon she'll cajole India's leaders to reduce oil imports from Iran. But at the moment, Hillary Rodham Clinton is renewing old friendships in one Full Article at USA Today

Fish, oil and bananas all play a role in the latest round of the high-stakes sovereignty dispute in the South China Sea, a problem that may rival Europe’s own 19th-century “Schleswig-Holstein Question.” That long-simmering territorial dispute, between De Full Article at The New York Times

United Nations Convention Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) could have been dreamed up by Blackbeard. The Jolly Roger should fly over the Law of the Sea Treaty. It is theft of the high seas. President Obama hopes to leave a legacy, ratification of the Law of the S Full Article at The New Media Journal

MANILA, Philippines, May 12 (UPI) -- China and the Philippines have resumed negotiations over a simmering dispute over territorial waters, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said. China has laid claim to the Scarborough Shoal in the South Ch Full Article at United Press International

INTERNATIONAL An article on Friday about an escalation in the quarrel between China and the Philippines over an island in the South China Sea misstated, in some editions, the day on which anti-Chinese rallies were planned in the Philippines. They were he Full Article at The New York Times

Video of a Chinese journalist planting his nation’s flag on a tiny coral rock claimed by both China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. As my colleague Jane Perlez reported on Thursday, China expressed concern for “the safety of Chinese nationals Full Article at The New York Times

Published: May 11, 2012 at 1:34 PM MANILA, Philippines, May 11 (UPI) -- China Friday blamed the Philippines for ratcheting up tensions amid a simmering dispute over territorial waters. A foreign ministry spokesman said the government of the Philippines h Full Article at United Press International

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MANILA, Philippines, May 11 (UPI) -- The Philippines has reiterated it wants to settle the ongoing Scarborough Shoal dispute with China through dialogue and an international tribunal. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said he hopes China will Full Article at United Press International

The local news has been following Chinese threats against the Philippines, and China is getting more threatening. For years, China has claimed to own the Spratlys Island area, which is claimed by the Philippines, Brunai, Taiwan and Viet Nam. These countr Full Article at Blogger News

Two Chinese ladies bicycle past China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) headquarters in central Beijing. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver) License photo BEIJING, May 10 (UPI) -- China National Offshore Oil Corp. has started China's first deep-sea dril Full Article at United Press International

BEIJING — China escalated its quarrel with the Philippines over an island in the South China Sea on Thursday, halting Filipino bananas at customs for longer inspections and starting an official media campaign that suggested any claims on the island repre Full Article at The New York Times

May 9, 2012, 8:40 am By THE NEW YORK TIMES A map prepared by NOAA indicates that much of the nation has gotten off to a dry start this year. [NOAA Climate Services] Vermont is set to become the first state to impose an outright ban on fracking. The move Full Article at The New York Times

The news from China these days has been dominated by a series of bizarre occurrences: Escapee: Chen Guangcheng's escape into the U.S. Embassy in Beijing is among recent strange events in China. Escapee: Chen Guangcheng's escape into the U.S. Embassy in B Full Article at USA Today

Chinese walk past a photograph of an oil drilling platform outside the headquarters of one of China's national top three oil companies in downtown Beijing. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver) License photo BEIJING, May 7 (UPI) -- The China National Offshore Oil C Full Article at United Press International

China's national military band plays the country's national anthem in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 4, 2012. UPI/Stephen Shaver License photo WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Talks between U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs in Washington could he Full Article at United Press International