List of South China Sea articles
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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 7: US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with China's President Xi Jinping (R) as they sit next to Chinese vice premiers Liu Yandong (R) and US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (L) at the Great Hall of the People at the end of the eight round of U.S-China strategic and economic dialogues on June 7, 2016 in Beijing, China. Kerry has been in China for talks on a variety of issues including seeking diplomatic solutions for the South China Sea. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri - Pool/Getty Images) How to Explain Xi Jinping’s Mounting Foreign-Policy Failures
Yet The Hague's decision was only the latest in a series of diplomatic setbacks for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Pedestrians pass a military propaganda poster on a street in Shanghai on July 12, 2016. Beijing braced on July 12 for an international tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea, where it has expansive territorial claims, with all eyes watching for the Asian giant's reaction on the ground or in the water. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the whole of the South China Sea, on the basis of a segmented line that first appeared on Chinese maps in the 1940s, pitting it against several neighbours. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Legal Scholars Are Less Credible After South China Sea Ruling
Chinese academics either followed Beijing’s lead and rejected the tribunal — or kept silent.
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An US sailor raises the US flag on the USNS Safeguard as the USS Chung Hoon (in background) is also anchored at Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang on July 15, 2011. The port call by USSs Chung Hoon and Preble and USNS Safeguard is part of planned naval exchange activities between US and Vietnamese navies taking place amid high tensions over conflicting claims in the South China Sea. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) The South China Sea Is the Reason the United States Must Ratify UNCLOS
China has rejected the rule of law. It's in our best interest to uphold it.
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JULY 12: Anti China protestors mount a protest rally against China's territorial claims in the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea in front of the Chinese Consulate on July 12, 2016 in Makati, Philippines. The International Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration is expected to come out with a ruling today between the Philippines and China over the dispute in the South China Sea on Tuesday. The case was filed by the Philippines in 2013 since China took control of a reef about 140 miles from the Philippines coast although the People's Republic maintains it will not be bound by the ruling. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) What Is the Future of the South China Sea?
The July 12 ruling clarified the law of the sea, but may further alienate China.
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US Marines amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) speed past a landing ship during an amphibious landing exercise on a beach at San Antonio in Zambales province on April 21, 2015, as part of annual Philippine-US joint maneuvers some 220 kilometres (137 miles) east of the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines voiced alarm April 20 about Chinese "aggressiveness" in disputed regional waters as it launched giant war games with the United States that were partly aimed as a warning shot to Beijing. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) Thoughts on the Hague Tribunal’s South China Sea Ruling
The hard work starts now.
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Chinese demonstrators march with Chinese national flags and anti-Japan banners during a protest against Japan's "nationalizing" of Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku in Japan, in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, on Septermber 18, 2012.Thousands of anti-Japan protesters rallied across China over a territorial row on September 18, a key historical anniversary, as Japanese firms including car giant Toyota shut or scaled back production. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/GettyImages) After South China Sea Ruling, China Censors Online Calls for War
Beijing has fanned the flames of nationalism. Now it’s struggling to contain it.
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SANSHA, CHINA - JULY 24: (CHINA OUT) Soldiers raise the national flag during the Sansha city establishment ceremony in front of the city government's main building on July 24, 2012 in Sansha, China. The Sansha city on Yongxing island, a part of the Xisha Islands, will administer the Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha islands and the surrounding waters in the South China Sea. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) Why China Says No to the Arbitration on the South China Sea
Beijing will ignore the upcoming ruling — and with good reason.
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This picture taken on April 23, 2016 shows a member of the Indonesian navy standing before the Chinese trawler "Hua Li-8" (L) in Belawan, North Sumatra. Indonesian warships have detained a Chinese trawler allegedly operating illegally in Indonesian waters, just weeks after a confrontation between vessels from the two countries caused tensions, the navy said on April 24. / AFP / ABIMATA HASIBUAN (Photo credit should read ABIMATA HASIBUAN/AFP/Getty Images) Can Indonesia Afford a Fish War With China?
Jakarta needs Beijing’s billions, but it’s fed up with Chinese fishing boats trawling its waters.
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A Chinese national living in Malaysia shouts wears stickers of the Chinese national flag on his face as he shouts slogans during a protest against Japan's "nationalizing" of disputed islands known as Diaoyu in Chinese and as Senkaku in Japan, in front of the Japanese embassy in Kuala Lumpur on September 19, 2012. The islands are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan, and the current row has roiled the political relationship between Beijing and Tokyo, which is coloured by Chinese resentment over past conflicts and atrocities. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/GettyImages) The Fight Inside China Over the South China Sea
Even Beijing isn’t sure what it wants. Small wonder regional tensions are flaring.
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Screen Shot 2016-06-22 at 1.00.47 PM Watch: China Takes Teen-Friendly Tack in South China Sea Propaganda Battle
A new video offers a peppy, commercialized angle on a hot-button issue.
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Shunji Yanai, president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), is pictured prior to the beginning of a hearing on a high-profile protest over Russia's detention of a Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise drilling ship and its crew brought by the Netherlands in Hamburg, Germany on November 6, 2013. Moscow has sparked international protests over its heavy-handed response after two Greenpeace activists in September 2013 scaled a state-owned oil platform to protest against Russian energy exploration in the Arctic. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK LUX (Photo credit should read PATRICK LUX/AFP/Getty Images) Beijing: Japanese Judge Means South China Sea Tribunal Is Biased
In a last-ditch effort to discredit an upcoming ruling, China plays the nationality card.
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A Filipino fisherman is seen past the US Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) during an amphibious landing exercise on a beach at San Antonio in Zambales province on April 21, 2015, as part of annual Philippine-US joint maneuvers some 220 kilometres (137 miles) east of the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines voiced alarm April 20 about Chinese "aggressiveness" in disputed regional waters as it launched giant war games with the United States that were partly aimed as a warning shot to Beijing. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) At Scarborough Shoal, China Is Playing With Fire: Retired Admiral
A former U.S. commander warns that Beijing would be taking a big risk if it started dredging on the disputed shoal near the Philippines.
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NATO troops make a massive amphibious landing off the coast of Ustka, northern Poland, during NATO military sea exercises BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) on June 17, 2015 in the Baltic Sea. The multinational exercise of NATO allied and partner nations aims to demonstrate their collective capability to defend the Baltic region. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: NATO In On Afghanistan; Chinese, Russian Ships Peep U.S. Ops
U.S. Warplanes in Philippines; U.A.E. Done in Yemen;; and lots more
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Indian naval sailors on a rubber inflatable boat pass naval warships at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on April 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ Indranil MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) India Sees a New Regional Role for Its Navy
New Delhi still has a ways to go before it can live up to its regional aspirations.
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GettyImages-538130344 China Doesn’t Care About What Some Dutch Court Thinks about the South China Sea
And veiled threats from the U.S. Secretary of Defense clearly don’t scare it, either.
