Two German warships on South China Sea mission | DW News

Russia's war against Ukraine has prompted Germany to beef up the country's long-constrained military, including expanding the Navy's capabilities. One of their roles is supporting allies across the world.

Watch a Risky China-Philippines Confrontation in the South China Sea

China’s maritime militia surrounded a Philippine convoy on a resupply mission in the disputed South China Sea. It would become one of the most significant confrontations between the two countries in recent years.

China and the Philippines: Asia's next hot war? |

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warns there's rising potential for outright conflict with China, just after another naval incident in the South China Sea. As the high-seas faceoff unfolded, two Chinese coast guard ships used water cannons against a smaller supply boat

China seas: A new Cold War brewing? •

Long dominated by the United States, the Asia-Pacific region is grappling with an increasingly assertive China. Tensions are mounting around Taiwan and in the South China Sea, both in the air and on the water, with numerous incidents of late involving Chinese fighter planes, collisions between ships and reefs being turned into military outposts

Confrontation in South China Sea deepens tensions between China and US-backed Philippines | DW News

 

Tensions are running high between the Philippines and China following a recent confrontation in a disputed area of the South China Sea. Manila condemned the Chinese coast guard on Sunday for firing water cannon at its vessels in the contested waterway, describing it as "illegal" and "dangerous." Beijing, on the other hand, said it had taken "necessary controls" against Philippine boats that had "illegally" entered its waters.

Top Gun and transformers: onboard a US battleship in the South China Sea

 

It might sound like twisted logic, but military forces everywhere argue that the greater the firepower they possess, the greater the chance of maintaining peace. In other words, massive weaponry is the best deterrent to war. Right now the theory is being tested like never before, and much of it is happening in Australia’s backyard, the Indo-Pacific region.

Can China and the Philippines mend their strained ties?

 

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is in China for his first overseas trip as leader.

The Philippines and China have had a strained relationship in recent years – the next stage of which both sides are looking to shape during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to Beijing.

Manila has historically been a close ally of the United States, but that relationship cooled somewhat under last Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who forged closer ties with Beijing.

Chinese fighter jet flies 20 feet from US military plane

 

US officials say this Chinese jet got so close to an American military plane that the US pilot had to perform evasive manoeuvers while flying in international airspace over the South China Sea in order to avoid a collision.

What’s behind the South China Sea dispute?

China and its neighbours all want a piece of the South China Sea. Rights to fish, territory, oil and gas. This fight has it all, including the potential for war.

Why are there fears China and Taiwan could go to war?

 

A dramatic rise in the number of aerial sorties over the sea separating the Chinese mainland from Taiwan has served as a reminder that the strait has the potential to be one of the most dangerous places on Earth. A reported 149 incursions in four days by People’s Liberation Army planes into Taiwan's air defence zone have left the de-facto independent island on high alert as it warned that China could be capable of invading by 2025. As global leaders keep a close eye on the worsening relations in the region, Guardian correspondent Helen Davidson explains why and how tensions could escalate into war

One area of concern is Xi Jiping who seems to view himself as a deity and the only one who can reunite China.  Having a god complex is dangerous not only  for Taiwan but, countries in the East and South China sea's. If China were to retake Taiwan what's to stop them from asserting military dominance over East and Southeast Asia?  China has already claimed 90% of the South China using a 15th century map to assert its claims while constructing artificial islands for use by its military to insure that control.   

(The map is called dash 9)

Chinese outrage at new US-UK-Australian security pact

China has strongly criticised a new defence and security pact between the United States, UK and Australia. The AUKUS agreement is intended to help deliver stablility in the Indo-Pacific region, which has come under increasing Chinese influence.

The Chinese government just can't understand irony. But, their hypocrisy which is clearly off the chart knows no bounds.

Remember China claims 2/3 of the South China sea a body of water abuts nine different countries. They're also claiming islands, shoals and reefs well within those countries territorial waters.  Let China whine. 

Germany sends naval warship to the South China sea

 

Security experts expect a US refocus to the Indo-Pacific. That is welcomed by countries from Japan to the Philippines. And America is not alone on this. The European Union is developing a new strategy for the region.

International Court has ruled China's claims in South China Sea illegal

 

Some 20-33% of global trade by sea passes through the South China Sea. It is also home to rich fishing grounds. Located in Southeast Asia, the South China Sea is claimed almost in its entirety by China,

China and the Philippines' battle over disputed territories in the South China Sea

Five years ago, the Philippines won a landmark legal victory over China over disputed territories in the South China Sea - including traditional Filipino fishing grounds like Scarborough Shoal.

 

How China came to dominate the South China Sea

As China contests islands from Japan to Malaysia, it has deployed its ‘maritime militia’ across the South China Sea.

In March, more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels occupied a reef off the coast of the Philippines.

They were manned not by fishermen but ex-navy officers, who operate nearly identical vessels estimated to number 3,000.

 

What’s behind the South China Sea dispute? | Start Here

 

China and its neighbours all want a piece of the South China Sea.

Rights to fish, territory, oil and gas.

The conflicting claims have it all, including the potential for war.

So why is ASEAN struggling to manage the problem? And why won’t China share?

Shrinking fish stocks raise tensions in the South China Sea

Fishermen claim being harassed or rammed by Chinese vessels. Plus, the firing of an Australian mining company boss.

In the disputed South China Sea, fishermen are being driven further from their shores due to dwindling catches, forcing them to encroach into territorial waters belonging to neighbouring countries.

Tensions have risen as China claims 80 percent of the South China Sea and has sent out the world’s biggest naval force to defend its territory.

 

South China Sea: Beijing extends its military and economic reach

China has dramatically increased its defence budget over the past 10 years. Plus, Nigeria prepares to export gas.

High in the Himalayas, China has been exerting its presence to deadly effect. Last month, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in hand-to-hand combat in a disputed territory along the Sino-Indian border.

The standoff between the two nuclear neighbours is just the latest move by Beijing to use its growing economic might in political and territorial disputes.

Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

China is building islands in the South China sea and its causing disputes among the other nations in the region; Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The US has many allies in the region and uses its massive Navy to patrol international waters, keeping shipping lanes open for trade

Donald Trump Attacks China On Twitter

Donald Trump has throughout the presidential primaries, general campaign and even since the election that he's incapable of  dealing with criticism on his policy positions.  (He has shown an inability to deal with the vagaries of life.)  As in earlier instances his complete lack of knowledge of the subject has given rise to political and diplomatic headaches for all parties involved.  This last burst of outrage follows his telephone conversation with the President of Taiwan Tsai ing wen on Friday.

The last part of his tweet is the most disconcerting given the fraught nature of current diplomatic situation in the South China sea.  In November of 2014 the Chinese issued what it called the Nine-Dashed Line map which claimed 90% of the South China fell under Chinese control.  China isn't the only player in this dispute which involves 6 other countries.  For example: Accepting China's claim as it stands would allow Beijing to claimed waters with the known and recognized exclusive economic and territorial zone of The Philippines.  The Philippines is, but of the nations involved in this dispute.  China to further enforce its claims as a fait aclopmli has constructed several artificial islands in the sea and started constructing military bases on them.  

Donald Trump is angry and lashing out  due to his diplomatic faux pas involving the President of Taiwan and their telephone conversation.   Since 1979 when the U.S. and other nations recognized the one China policy direct diplomatic relations with the government of Taiwan were severed.  This diplomatic fiction has allowed for stability in the region.  Conducting foreign policy through angry twitter rants will only lead to political and diplomatic isolation of the incoming Trump administration as no country will want to deal with a world leader unable to control his emotional outbursts.