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South China Sea: is a report on Vietnam’s reclamation a smokescreen from Beijing’s row with Manila?

But Vietnam has embarked on major dredging and landfill works in recent years and expanded the reclaimed area several times compared with the original 0.7 sq km (173 acres) of …

South China Sea: Philippines sends ships to disputed atoll where Beijing building ‘artificial island’

by Walter Watson

The Philippines said on Saturday it had deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused Beijing of building “an artificial island” in an escalating …

Australia boosts funds to Taiwan-ally Tuvalu to counter mainland China’s Pacific influence

by Walter Watson

Australia will quadruple its financial help to Tuvalu, a Pacific Island nation at risk from rising seas, to cement a landmark climate migration and security deal as China also courts …