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By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 20, 2021 The USS Curtis Wilbur steamed past the Paracel Islands to assert free navigation, the Navy said Thursday, just days after the guided missile destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait. The Paracels, a cluster of islands in the South China Sea about 180 miles southeast of Hainan, China, are claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan and China. All three expect either permission or advance notice before a warship cruises through the area. The Chinese military s Southern Theater Command said the Curtis Wilbur entered the waters near the Paracels without permission, and that Chinese ships and planes followed the U.S. ship, according to Reuters news service.
Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:00 am - 10:30 am
The CSIS Southeast Asia Program is pleased to present The Future of the U.S.-Vietnam Partnership, a two-part discussion on key issues in the U.S.-Vietnam comprehensive partnership. This session will feature keynote remarks from Edgard Kagan (Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania, National Security Council) and a panel of experts on political and security issues.
For more information on Session One on economic issues (Tuesday, April 27, 2021), please click the following link: https://cs.is/3xj0ExA
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South China Sea Tensions: Vietnam Has An Answer To China s Little Blue Men
KEY POINTS
Fishing boats clash with Chinese coastguard vessels to get attention on Chinese coercion
Vietnam has sparred with China for 50 years over the resources in the South China Sea
Vietnam has taken a leaf out of its big neighbor s playbook, building a maritime militia that resembles China s little blue men who keep South China Sea littoral countries nervous with their irregular tactics.
About 8,000 fishing boats and 70,000 fishermen are working with the Vietnamese Navy in a range of missions, South China Morning Post reported, quoting a Chinese military magazine.
By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 6, 2021 The Philippines has accused Chinese diplomats of lying after they claimed hundreds of ships trespassing in Philippine waters are sheltering from bad weather. Diplomats from the island nation protested last month after 220 Chinese fishing vessels were spotted by the Philippine coast guard near Julian Felipe Reef in the Spratly Islands. Also called Whitsun, the boomerang-shaped reef lies about 175 nautical miles west of the Philippine province of Palawan, and inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Saturday told the vessels to sail away and for the Chinese to leave our sovereign territories and abide by international law.