(BGF) -  As Ankit Panda in The Diplomat commented on China's decision to move oil rig HD-981 accompanied by 80 coast guard ships in Vietnam's waters is to test the mettle of ASEAN states and the United States, and it gives Beijing an opportunity to gauge the...

(BGF) - As the Malay Mail Online reported, at a regular briefing, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying retorted  to US accusation of  Chinese actions as "provocative": “It is the US coming in and making a series of erroneous remarks about the issue in the...

(BGF) - US Secretary John Kerry expressed "strong concerns" over recent disputes in the South China Sea between China and Vietnam and called China's introduction of an oil rig and numerous government vessels in waters disputed with Vietnam was "provocative", as BBC...

(BGF) - The Economic Times reported that U.S Secretary of State John Kerry told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi over their phone call that Chinese actions over maritime dispute with Vietnam were "provocative", and urged both sides to de-escalate tensions, resolve the...

(BGF) - According to Reuters, in a discussion about the South China dispute with U.S State Secretary John Kerry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged him to speak and act cautiously, and to be objective. Click here to read the full article or visit the Reuters...

(BGF) -  Keith Bradsher from the New York Times commented that China and Vietnam appear to have reached at least a temporary impasse over a giant drilling rig sent by a state-controlled Chinese oil company to a site in the South China Sea, which claimed by Vietnam....