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Force Majeure

Force Majeure

(Photo Credit: AP) (BGF) - This recent article, published in The Economist, discusses the relative impunity China is able to act with in its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. As the article notes, China's actions, such as placing an oil rig off the coast of...

Vietnam Won’t Be Pushed Around By China

Vietnam Won’t Be Pushed Around By China

(Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images) (BGF) - Recently The Boston Globe published an article discussing Vietnam's history of conflict with, and resistance against, China. In light of Vietnam's long history of resisting Chinese actions, H.D.S. Greenway argues that, although...

U.S., Japan press China to respect int’l law over S. China Sea row

(BGF) - China insisted that its activities in the South China Sea were the "inherent right of the country" and that they are all "in accordance with international law and historical evidence"', neglected the U.S., Japan and other regional powers' urges to address...

Philippines to ‘secure sovereignty’ if challenged by China

(BGF) - The Philippines' Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a press briefing that the Philippines will "secure sovereignty" if it is challenged, as the Inquirer reported. The remark is made after the Philippines Navy surveillance plane found eight Chinese...

South China Sea tensions mount as Manila prepares to drill for oil

(BGF) -  Joshep Santolan for the World Socialist Web site reported that tension escalated in the South China Sea after the Philippines government announced that it would deploy the oil exploration plan in the waters which are also claimed by China. Vietnam also...