Spratly islands News
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A US Navy ship has sailed in disputed South China Sea waters near a reef claimed by Beijing, a US official said.
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Five Taiwanese fishing boats set sail for Taiwan`s sole holding in the South China Sea on Wednesday in protest against a court ruling that deems it a rock rather than an island, limiting its rights to surrounding resource-rich waters.
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There has been an apparent climbdown by China from its position on India's membership bid for the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
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China`s ambassador to the United States blamed Washington`s pivot to Asia under President Barack Obama for increased tensions.
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The two airports were on Mischief Reef and Subi Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands
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The Philippines had challenged Beijing`s right to exploit resources across the South China Sea.
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The island province of Hainan will operate regular trips to the Spratlys, which China calls the Nansha Islands, in response to increasing demand.
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Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by 2020, reports said Wednesday, as tensions mount in the region.
The Pentagon on Tuesday called on China to reaffirm it has no plans to deploy military aircraft in the Spratly Islands after Beijing used a military plane to evacuate sick workers from a new airstrip on an island it has created in the disputed South China Sea.
A military plane belonging to the Chinese Air Force landed for the first time on Yongshu Jiao, or Fiery Cross Reef on the Spratly Islands, for which Beijing has disputes with Manila, Hanoi and other neighbours.
Activists chanted anti-China slogans in the Vietnamese capital on Monday to mark the anniversary of a 1988 battle in the Spratly Islands, a rare act of protest over an issue that has come to dog relations between Hanoi and Beijing.
China has stationed up to five ships around a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, preventing Filipino fishermen from accessing traditional fishing grounds, media in the Philippines reported on Wednesday.
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Recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the disputed South China Sea, a US think tank reported on Monday.
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A US official has confirmed that China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, as the United States expressed growing concern over China`s increased "militarization" in the region.
Vietnam has issued its second rebuke in a week to Beijing, accusing its northern neighbour of "threatening peace" after more Chinese aircraft landed on a contested reef in the South China Sea.
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Chinese fishermen are deliberately destroying the coral reefs in South China Sea.
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A US naval destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese island in the disputed South China Sea, the Pentagon said today.
Vietnam Wednesday slammed China over its construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea.
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