The South China Sea is bordered by China to the north, Indonesia and Malaysia to the south, Taiwan and the Philippines to the east, and Vietnam and Thailand to the west and has become an increasing flash point in Southeast Asia, because each of those...

The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². It is the largest sea body after the five oceans. The minute South China Sea...

Daojiong Zha [*] In modern East Asia, the pursuit of security is a particularly problematic enterprise. Until the European "explorers" reached the Asian shores, the ideas/principles of "nation-state" and "international relations"-as was enshrined in the Treaty of Westphalia were alien to the...

The Spratlys Islands did not present a pretty picture in 1999. While there was little or no danger of a major conflict, a combination of factors increased the prospects of the occurrence of unpleasant military incidents. Some of these factors were not new: the...

Taiwan's president inaugurated a runway on a disputed island in the South China Sea, sparking a protest from the Philippines which also claims sovereignty over the isle, officials said.Chen Shui-bian, the first Taiwanese president to ever visit Taiping island in the Spratlys chain, also met...