Exxon Mobil CEO and US President Elect Donald Trump’s pick for his ‘Secretary of State’, Rex Tillerson, has told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee that China will be prohibited to build more islands in the South China Sea. Neither will they be allowed to access the islands it has[Read More…]
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South China Sea: China seizes US underwater drone; US demanding its return
The US Navy unmanned underwater glider that was gathering unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea was seized by a Chinese warship. The US is demanding its return, said the Pentagon on Friday. The US has raised a formal diplomatic complaint over Thursday’s episode, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis[Read More…]
No end in sight to South China Sea dispute, even after Hague Tribunal’s verdict
The Permanent Court of Arbitration on Tuesday declared that China has no legal basis to claim ‘historic rights’ over the South China Sea. China has denounced the verdict and said that the global community has no means of enforcing the judgment. Despite China’s stand that the tribunal which has given the[Read More…]