Posted on April 28, 2019. Tags: Belt and Road Initiative, China, South China Sea, The Quad, Vietnam
Rapid economic growth and the modernization of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has allowed China to expand its regional influence. Within the South China Sea, China’s expansion has materialized in the form of a coercive maritime strategy. Aside from straddling the key sea lanes of communication used for trade, the South China Sea also contains […]
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Posted in Asia, Australia, China, Conflict, India, Security Issues, US, World
Posted on June 22, 2018. Tags: Asia, Censorship, China, Chinese, Cross-strait conflict, Cross-strait relations, Democracy, Diplomacy, Hong Kong, One China Policy, People's Republic of China, Politics, Republic of China, South China Sea, Taiwan, Taiwanese
Last month, two more countries broke away from the fast dwindling assortment of diplomatic allies that officially recognise Taiwan as a sovereign state. The political volte-face in May by the Dominican Republic and Burkina Faso in favour of closer ties with Beijing follows a long trend of diplomatic shifts that leave Taiwan increasingly isolated on the […]
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Posted in Asia, China, Conflict, Political Security, Security Issues, World
Posted on May 31, 2015. Tags: ASEAN, Beijing, China, South China Sea, U.S.
Tensions in the South China Sea were raised once again on the 21st of May when a U.S. P8-A Poseidon surveillance plane was identified by Chinese early warning radar gathering reconnaissance above the Spratly archipelago. The crew of the P8 were warned at least eight times to abort their flight over the contested waters, yet […]
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Posted in Asia, China, Security Issues, US, World