China claims sovereignty over the vast majority of the economically important body of water, and in recent years, it has built artificial islands to bolster those claims. ( read original story …)
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South China Sea dispute: China’s pursuit of resources ‘unlawful’, says US
China’s pursuit of offshore resources in parts of the South China Sea are “completely unlawful”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Mr Pompeo said he wanted to make clear that Beijing’s … (…
Trump administration will reject most Chinese claims to waters in South China Sea, Pompeo says
The Trump administration on Monday rejected nearly all of China’s claims in the South China Sea – wading into one of the most sensitive regional issues in Asia and further escalating tensions between … (…
Pompeo: U.S. to Take a Stand Against China in South China Sea
Pompeo’s surprise statement came four years and a day after a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that sided against China in a case regarding territorial disputes also … (…
China Carries Out First Coronavirus-Related Execution
China put a 24-year-old man who fatally stabbed two inspectors at a checkpoint to death in the country’s first coronavirus-related execution. Ma Jianguo was executed Thursday by officials in Honghe … ( read original story…
Breakingviews – Corona Capital: Ice hockey
Corona Capital is a daily column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights. ( read original story …)
Pompeo says Beijing claims in South China Sea ‘unlawful’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States would treat Beijing’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea as illegal, ramping up pressure on another front. “We … ( read…
Pompeo formally rejects Beijing’s claims in South China Sea
“Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them,” the secretary said in a statemen … ( read original story…
The U.S. just ramped up its opposition to Beijing’s South China Sea claims
The United States has previously said it considers Beijing’s territorial claims over most of the South China unlawful, but Washington has officially remained neutral, refusing to pick a side … ( read original story …)
Beijing’s claims in South China Sea ‘unlawful’, says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the United States would treat Beijing’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea to be illegal, ramping up pressure. “We are … (…
Through Hong Kong, Beijing Channels Its Repression to the World
There are many unprecedented and appalling dimensions to the new National Security Law that Beijing has imposed on Hong Kong. In one stroke, China’s unelected leadership stripped away the … ( read original story …)
U.S. hardens stance against China’s South China Sea resource claims
The United States on Monday hardened its rejection of China’s disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, calling them “completely unlawful,” in a statement that will further … ( read…
U.S. rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea
The Trump administration is escalating its actions against China by rejecting nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. ( read original story …)
