Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "defence craft"

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    • Duterte’s ‘red lines’ in the West Philippine Sea 

      Heydarian, Richard J. (The Daily Guardian, June 5, 2018, on page 5)
      In a remarkable twist of events, the Rodrigo Duterte administration has, for the first time, sought to draw the line in the sands of the West Philippine Sea. This is a welcome development, though action speaks louder than ...

    • How Beijing is winning in the South China Sea 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 5, 2018, on page 5)
      Earlier this month, the USS Carl Vinson became the first American aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam since the Vietnam War ended in 1975. Coming alongside the news that a record 23 nations from Southeast Asia and beyond ...

    • Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys 

      Todesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, June 1, 2018, on page 5)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was being smart the other day when he challenged critics of the Duterte’s complacent attitude in the face of China aggressive moves in South China Sea. At the flag-raising ceremony at ...

    • The South China Sea conflict - in under five minutes 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 11, 2015, on page 5)
      1. Whose South China Sea is it, anyway? China’s claim to the South China Sea is based in history, dating back to records from the Xia and Han dynasties. China delineates its claims via the nine-dash line, which Chiang Kai ...