Second Vietnamese Dies after Being Chased by Police in 2015-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jan 12, 2015 Le Quoc Hoan, 31, from Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong became the second Vietnamese to have died after being chased by local police, state media reported. According to his mother, Mr. Hoan and his friend rode their bikes in early Jan 8 in Ky Dong street in […]
New year in the South China Sea brings little hope for change-By Mark Valencia Scmp | Jan 12, 2015 Last year was not a good year for international relations on the South China Sea. In fact, one could argue that the conflicting interests became the primary security issue in Southeast Asia. This year is unlikely to be better and could be worse. Flux is integral to […]
2014: the year China alarmed its neighbors into new defense strategies-Apdforum | Jan 09, 2015 2014 was the wake-up year for Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam that they had to confront China’s drive to gain full legal and strategic control of the South China Sea, one of the world’s great trade arteries. “Tensions are rising. In August a Chinese Navy fighter plane buzzed a U.S. […]
In Vietnam, arrests dash hopes that crackdown on bloggers will end-CPJ | Jan 09, 2015 What one hand gives, the other takes in Vietnam. Last October’s early release of jailed blogger Nguyen Van Hai, more commonly known as Dieu Cay, has proven to be an anomaly as authorities have subsequently ramped up their repression of other independent bloggers. The latest victim of the crackdown is […]
China vs. ASEAN in the South China Sea and Beyond-By Richard Javad Heydarian Nationalinterest | Jan 09, 2015 By all possible measures, 2014 was a roller-coaster year for East Asia, particularly for the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which have anxiously watched Beijing’s widening shadow of influence and territorial assertiveness across the region. China kicked off the year with a bang, introducing […]
One Vietnamese Dies After Being Chased by Police, First Victim This Year-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jan 08, 2015 One Vietnamese citizen in the southern province of Dong Nai died early on Wednesday [Jan 7] morning after being chased by local police, becoming the first victim of the Vietnamese police this year, according to the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper. According to the newspaper, Le Nguyen Xuan […]
Will China Change its South China Sea Approach in 2015?-Thediplomat | Jan 08, 2015 Given the litany of surprises we have witnessed in the South China Sea over the past few years, it would be a fool’s errand to make grand predictions about what we might see in 2015. Nonetheless, there has been a flurry of discussions over the past few months among the […]
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