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CHINA'S NAVY IS A WEAKNESS! China’s huge navy becomes a massive headache for it (Credits- News Alert)

'DAY WILL COME SOON': CHINA THREATENS US OF HAWAII INCURSION FOR ENTERINING OUTH CHINA SEA || 2021 (CREDITS- WARTHOG DEFENSE)

CHINA'S SOUTH CHINA SEA MILITARY BASES ARE A TOTAL PAPER TIGER || 2021 (CREDITS- WARTHOG DEFENSE)

The South China Sea: A Looming Environmental Disaster?

                                                               Chinese coast guard ( Image credits- VOA) China has been a building spree in South China Sea with the intention to reinforce their claim. But what is always ignored the environmental coast that associated with these constructions. National Interest looks at the matter deeply to assess the truth. ( read the entire article here ........)

America Needs to Stop Losing to China ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Joseph A. Bosco)

USN FA-18 Super Hornet ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / USN) Source- The National Interes t Author- Joseph A. Bosco “America doesn't win anymore” was a constant Donald Trump campaign theme and a situation he pledged to reverse. But before we start winning again we need to stop losing — especially with China, which candidate Trump named as the prime exploiter of America's diplomatic naiveté. While he focused on trade and currency issues, we have been losing to Beijing even more dangerously on national security issues. North Korea, the South China Sea and Taiwan are three Asian flashpoints where China's interests are inimical to American interests and values—any one of which could suddenly bring the United States and China into military conflict ( To read the full article, click here ......)

China Will Hold its Fire in the South China Sea — Until September ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Harry J. Kazianis)

Credits-Internet image Source- The National Interest Author-  Harry J. Kazianis Over at the Washington Post, acclaimed columnist David Ignatius takes on the always tumultuous tides roiling the South China Sea. Ignatius points out the scope of Beijing’s defeat in the recent international court case brought by Manila, noting that while most that follow professionally this important part of the world were of the collective mind China would lose in some fashion, but no one (myself included) thought Beijing would lose so badly. Score one for the “rules-based international order.” But it’s what happens next that is key. And to be clear, China will respond — and respond with a vengeance. However, as Ignatius points out, at least for now, while Beijing has only stepped up the rhetoric and seems content to take selfies of its bombers over what could be its next island reclamation project in the South China Sea, the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal, China is not exactly i

ADIZ in the South China Sea: Nine-Dash Line 2.0? ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Alexander Vuving)

PLAAF J-10 ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Author- 天剣2) Source- The National Interest Author-  Alexander Vuving Ever since China set up its first air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea in November 2013, a Chinese ADIZ has hung as a sword of Damocles over the South China Sea. The same day as China’s Ministry of Defense announced the establishment of the East China Sea ADIZ, the ministry’s spokesman proclaimed, “China will establish other air defense identification zones at an appropriate time after completing preparations.” Since then, official statements by both China’s Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have never ruled out the possibility of a South China Sea ADIZ, saying consistently that setting up such an ADIZ is the right of China as a sovereign state. Adding to this suggestion, sources close to the Chinese military occasionally told foreign journalists that China had plans and was ready to impose an ADIZ in the

China's Big South China Sea Dilemma ( Source- The National Interest)

Image credits- VOA Source- The National Interest Author- East Asia Forum China’s reaction to the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s relatively harsh ruling against it on the South China Sea has been angry. The court upheld nearly all of the 15 points on which the Philippines approached the Court in 2013.China boycotted the proceedings, questioning the Court’s jurisdiction and publicly claiming historic rights to the South China Sea and its resources. The Court rejected this claim, concluding “there was no legal basis for China to claim historical rights to resources.” In the absence of China exercising its right of defence, the Court was left with little alternative than to give an ex-partè ruling based on United Nations Convention of the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), to which both China and the Philippines, but not the US, are signatories. The Chinese Foreign Ministry in a defiant statement said “the award is invalid and has no binding force. China does not accept or r

America Doesn't Owe China Anything after the Verdict ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Machael Mazza)

USS John Stennis on petrol ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The National Interest  Author- Michael Mazza The accepted wisdom has it that, as a general rule, Chinese leaders should not be made to “lose face.” In the wake of last week’s Permanent Court of Arbitration award in Philippines v. China, a veritable chorus of China hands has called for the United States to support the ruling, but to avoid rubbing Xi Jinping’s nose in the dirt. Giving “face” to Xi Jinping—essentially, allowing him to escape the current predicament without incurring further shame—is important if we are to avoid a dangerous escalation of tensions, or so the thinking goes. There is a certain logic here. Xi Jinping has just suffered a significant defeat on the international stage, and at the hands of lowly Manila, no less. Should other countries now act with what Chinese citizens or leaders perceive to be disrespect, Xi will look weaker and more ineffective than he

America Can Enforce the South China Sea Decision without Humiliating China ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Andres Corr)

USS Nimitz ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The National Interest Author- Anders Corr The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague released a stinging rebuke to China in last week’s ruling on the arbitration case brought by the Philippines. Philippine presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte both risked their relations with China by initiating and, in the latter case, not acquiescing to Chinese demands that they withdraw the case. The Philippines should be strongly supported by the United States and our allies in this moment of need, including through U.S. naval enforcement of the ruling and U.S. ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The intensity and unanimity of the court’s ruling was a surprise to most analysts, and must feel like a crushing humiliation to Chinese officials. China reacted swiftly and with equal intensity. “The arbitration tribunal made the illegal and invalid so-called final verdict on

The award of The Permanent Court of Arbitration Tribunal in South China Sea, What next?

Chinese coast guard ship in South China Sea ( Image credits- VOA) At last the long awaited ruling has come in the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines. The Permanent Court of Arbitration Tribunal has ruled over overwhelmingly in favour of the Philippines. The ruling has set at rest the long held Chinese argument of claim over the whole of South China Sea on the ground of historical precedent. It laid down the broader law by which China's claim to the islands in South China Sea and it's encompassing Exclusive Economic Zone has been rejected. China is put to great embarrassment as China is a signatory to The United Nations Convention on Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS) and is bound by the terms and laws laid down in the said convention. China outright rejected the ruling saying that the same is unilateral in nature and the Court does not have the right to adjudicate in sovereign disputes.  What is the South China Sea Dispute: The South China Sea dispute