Although collisions, confrontations, and harassment in the South China Sea (SCS) often make the headlines these days, the reach and depth of China’s strategy of intrusive patrolling as Beijing seeks to establish a persistent and dominant presence in the sea are not widely understood. The People’s...
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OPINION | China’s “blue dragon” strategy in the Indo-Pacific
To compete strategically with the United States and undermine President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific policy, China has quietly been advancing its stealthy divide-and-conquer foreign policy agenda on four different but connected frontiers. The core of Beijing’s comprehensive plan can be described as a “blue dragon” strategy, anchored primarily between two “unsinkable aircraft carriers”, Sri Lanka and […]
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OPINION | How China’s maritime militia takes advantage of the grey zone
At the end of last year, Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies released the 2023 edition of its annual China security report, which focuses on China’s quest ..
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COLUMN | Standing up to China: tensions mount in Asian waters [Naval Gazing]
For many years, paramilitary patrol ships of the China Coast Guard (CCG) and its predecessor, China Maritime Surveillance, usually lightly-armed, but often with the reinf ..
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OPINION | Deliberate ambiguity of China’s new “territorial waters” declaration
Increasing military exercises in the South China Sea by the US Navy and partners from other nations aim to send a message to Beijing that its assertive territorial claims ..
OPINION | New law expands Chinese coastguard’s jurisdiction to at least the first island chain
China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concerns of China’s neighbours. The Philippines filed a formal rejection of ..
COLUMN | Japan boosts Asia’s maritime forces in pursuit of regional security balance [Naval Gazing]
Tokyo is taking an increasingly determined stance in relation to Beijing’s proactive strategy in Asia’s seaways. Japan’s prime focus is upon the Senkaku (Diaoyu) ..
Taiwanese fishing boat, Japan Coast Guard vessel collide in East China Sea
A Taiwanese fishing boat and a patrol vessel of the Japan Coast Guard collided in waters off the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, ..
COLUMN | PLA Navy in the vanguard of China’s advance [Naval Gazing]
In his determination to boost the PRC‘s status as world power, Chinese President Xi Jinping is proving to be an adept player of his maritime cards. Little is seen of ..