But he said the impact of such a ruling on Beijing’s position in the South China Sea would depend on how it responds. “The U.S.-China relationship is absolutely vital”. At the dialogue, a Chinese admiral said Beijing is poised to ignore the decision on the Philippines’s lawsuit expected this month.
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Carter also reiterated the ridiculous US claims that the USA security alliances provided the “oxygen” for the Asia-Pacific to grow, this at a time when the USA economy is virtually on life-support.
FILE – Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the U.S. Navy, May 21, 2015.
Bonnie Glaser is director of the China Power Project for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Bound by a treaty to protect Japan, the United States flew a pair of B-52s through the adiz. Yet the adiz is technically still in effect (although it is not enforced).
Beijing will not budge on its claims of ownership over a vast tranche of the South China Sea, a top official insisted Tuesday, as a key annual meeting with the USA ended with no movement on the issue.
Mr Lew said earlier he hoped the two countries would make progress on market access issues as well as the problem of excess industrial capacity in China during this week’s talks.
But Sun, deputy chief of the Joint Staff Department at the Central Military Commission, spoke in a lower voice to say he believes that other parties involved have “wisdom and patience” – like China – in charting “a path of peaceful negotiation”. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that Beijing’s plan to declare ADIZ would depend on various factors including the existing threat level it faces in its aerial territory.
This is hard to swallow.
Now, not only is China readying to reject the arbitrary award, it has hinted that it will establish an Air Defence Identification Zone over the area. China’s diplomats have been busily visiting Southeast Asian capitals. A second adiz declaration will not bring a surprise like there was with the 2013 declaration. But ironically, their actions appear to be forcing European gunboats to again steam for the South China Sea.
Beijing has no actual control over the Diaoyu [Chinese name for Senkaku Islands]; in the latter, it does control some of the maritime features.
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President Xi Jinping received a high-level delegation from Pyongyang in Beijing on Wednesday, signaling that those countries may be seeking to fix ties further strained by North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in January. “Both sides should put themselves in each others’ shoes and manage them in a pragmatic and constructive way”.
