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After chilly silence, US SecDef, China defense minister hold first talks breakingdefense.com/2024/04/after-…
🇨🇳#China Coast Guard 5402 conducted an intrusive patrol into 🇻🇳#Vietnam's offshore oil/gas fields near Vanguard Bank from 14-15 April 2024. It was shadowed by Vietnam's fisheries surveillance vessel Kiem Ngu 278. This was CCG 5402's second such intrusive patrol in April. [🧵1/4]
🇨🇳#China Coast Guard 5402 conducted an intrusive patrol into 🇻🇳#Vietnam's offshore oil/gas fields near Vanguard Bank from 14-15 April 2024. It was shadowed by Vietnam's fisheries surveillance vessel Kiem Ngu 278. This was CCG 5402's second such intrusive patrol in April. [🧵1/4] https://t.co/xoUAw7nG5k
@GordianKnotRay @AndrewSErickson @CollinSLKoh @duandang @DzirhanDefence @brentdsadler @cdrsalamander @johnkonrad @wondersmith_rae @Marchfoward @SCS_news Get rid of the Chinese coast guard now for intruding in our territory
The Philippines is poised to generate about USD100 billion in investments in the next five to 10 years as a result of its participation in the historic trilateral summit with the US and Japan.
Ayungin Shoal, total of 5 China Vessels. 02:20 PM April 11, 2024 PHST #AyunginShoal #MaritimeAwareness #DailyAwareness
Apr 8: somewhere in China, a 🇨🇳 driver from a ride-hailing service demanded two passengers leave his vehicle as soon as he learned that they’re Japanese… The video went viral on 🇨🇳 social media and most people applauded the driver’s action.
This afternoon with 🇪🇺 Member States Ambassadors, I visited the 🇫🇷 frigate Vendémiaire currently docking in Da Nang. 🌟 A groundbreaking roundtable also took place aboard the frigate exploring convergences with 🇻🇳 in maritime security in Asia. (1/2)
‘Govt wants Sihanoukville to be next Shenzhen’ khmertimeskh.com/501469715/govt… #Cambodia #China #Vietnam
#Vietnam aims to start work on high-speed rail lines to #China by 2030 reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
👇Exactly this. One tactic in the information war against the 🇵🇭#Philippines is to present a false dilemma--capitulation vs. war as Manila's only two options. It is a powerful and insidious line, and utterly wrong.
👇Exactly this. One tactic in the information war against the 🇵🇭#Philippines is to present a false dilemma--capitulation vs. war as Manila's only two options. It is a powerful and insidious line, and utterly wrong.
PLATracker DISPATCH 01 - 07 April 2024 Partnering with @detresfa_ we track increased heightened military activity in the South China Sea, PLA movements around Taiwan, and more:
CHINA COAST GUARD IN MALAYSIA'S EEZ A group of Malaysian who were fishing near Terumbu Sahap in South Luconia Shoals were startled by the sudden appearance of China Coast Guard vessel 5103 which sailed too close to the Malaysian boat. This is proof of China try to strengthen -
China’s Xi Jinping calls on Vietnam to deploy ‘political wisdom’ to manage ties. scmp.com/news/china/dip…
The EU must step up in the South China Sea to deter China’s gray-zone tactics brusselstimes.com/opinion/994513…
Near Cam Ranh I took time to pay my respects at the memorial for the 64 soldiers killed in 1988 as they held each other’s hands around the national flag 🇻🇳 on Gac Ma Island of the Spratly archipelago. No plaque to be found here. No explanation. None needed.
"@Alex_Vuving is referring to Beijing's so-called "three warfares," which include psychological warfare, public opinion warfare and lawfare. "(..) European countries actually have a large capacity in fighting China's 'three warfares,' Vuving said." dw.com/en/how-can-eu-…
While the Philippine Coast Guard vessel and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources were dropping floating aggregate device (payao) in the vicinity of Rozul Reef, the two Chinese Coast Guard vessels (21551 and 21556) who were the usual interdictors in the resupply operation…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that #Russia and #NATO are now in “direct confrontation.” reuters.com/world/russia-n…
U.S. seeks to 'integrate' Japan into defense industrial base asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…
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@Midshipnews Under Abe Shinzo, #Japan loosened its constitutional restrictions on the use of force & expanded defense spending. Mr. Kishida has only accelerated that approach. While engaging US, #Japan also aims to raise defense spending up from 1.2% (2022) of GDP to 2 % by 2027. Great. 3/3
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“What about IPEF?” Well the ASEAN response to that is apparently “what about it?” Most don’t have an opinion or appear not to even understand it. This is a huge issue for the US going fwd - ASEAN states do not respect trade deals where market access is not on the table. 3/
Important news: After 15 years of search efforts, a team including Australian veterans have helped Vietnamese authorities to identify the resting place, in Binh Duong province, of a large number of fallen 🇻🇳 soldiers. The veterans, from the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian 1/3
PLATracker DISPATCH 01 - 07 April 2024 Partnering with @detresfa_ we track increased heightened military activity in the South China Sea, PLA movements around Taiwan, and more:
@SCS_news Agreed. Adding more small arms and weapons in Vietnam would likely cause harm to police-community relations which often rely on discretion, flexibility and non-intervention as a counterweight to coercion, as I wrote about in my book. images.app.goo.gl/PrqmZnt74fUbep…
Australia is busy! Today, we - 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇯🇵🇵🇭- announce joint “Maritime Cooperative Activity” to 💪 interoperability, doctrines & tactics. Part of our collective commitment to regional cooperation & maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. Full statement: minister.defence.gov.au/statements/202…
The #Philippines, #Australia, #Japan, and the #UnitedStates will hold maritime drills in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, April 7: joint statement from all four countries. The 4 countries also expressed support to the 2016 Arbitral ruling and maintained that the quadrilateral…
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@FrisoDubbelboer @SCS_news I stand corrected. For brevity I used the word “owns” and was using it loosely.
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@MT_Anderson @GordianKnotRay @coastguardph @AndrewSErickson @brentdsadler @CollinSLKoh @JeffreyOrdaniel @Aaron_MatthewIL @DzirhanDefence @supbrow @aseanstrategic @SCS_news That Chinese maritime coercion in the SCS could be considered “hybrid”warfare and not “grey” is something that @alessionaval would be better qualified to discuss. This paper on topic is helpful. With thanks. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
On this day in 1979, Vietnam called for a general mobilization to fight against the Chinese invasion. Although China already announced that it would withdraw one day earlier (March 5), Hanoi didn't believe in the withdrawal order. Ten days later, China completed its withdrawal.
@CarpioJudge @SCS_news The Philippines do not ‘own’ it (have ‘sovereignty’ over it) but rather the Philippines have certain ‘sovereign (exploratory) rights & jurisdiction (e.g. over structures) over Second Thomas Shoal, since it is part of its’ EEZ, per #UNCLOS article 56 an the 2016 SCS-#Arbitration.
While other countries treat maritime incidents as crises to be deescalated, 🇨🇳#China seizes upon them as pretext for calculated escalations, by which it means to reset the board in its favor. I put the incident off 🇹🇼#Taiwan's Kinmen Island into context.👇 sealight.live/posts/gray-zon…
Remittance as a resource curse: no country has successfully overcome the middle-income trap through labour export, and it is unlikely that Vietnam will be an exception. fulcrum.sg/vietnams-labou…