2012-12-11 — A flotilla of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy patrolled waters near the Diaoyu Islands on Monday after returning from a training exercise in the West Pacific. It was also the first time China confirmed naval operations in ...
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Four Chinese warships pass contiguous zone in southwestern Japan
2012-12-10 — Four Chinese warships passed the contiguous zone around Japan’s southwestern islands to enter the East China Sea on Dec. 10, the Defense Ministry said. Two destroyers and two frigates were spotted between Yonagunijima and Iriomotejima islands around 5 ...
Read More »Indian warships prepared to be deployed to South China Sea
2012-12-05 — The Indian navy is prepared to deploy vessels to the South China Sea to protect India’s oil interests there, the navy chief said on Monday amid growing international fears over the potential for naval clashes in the disputed ...
Read More »Singapore expressed concern on China’s South China Sea rule
2012-12-04 — Singapore expressed concern on Monday over China’s plan to board and search ships sailing in what it considers its territory in the South China Sea, as tension grows over Beijing’s sovereignty claims in busy Southeast Asian waters. “Singapore ...
Read More »Asean chief head warns on China’s new ship patrol plan
2012-11-30 — Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told Reuters news agency that Beijing’s plan was “a very serious turn of events”. On Thursday China said that it granted its border patrol police the power to board and search ships in the ...
Read More »Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas
2012-11-29 — Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a move which could ...
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