Chow Yian Ping

1 month ago | thinkchina.sg | Genevieve Donnellon- MayResearcher |Genevieve Donnellon-May |Chow Yian Ping |Qinglian He

Faced with opportunities and challenges with its longstanding partner, the US, as well as increasing difficulties to “cooperate where we can, disagree where we must” with China, Australia needs more than ever to strengthen defence, trade and diplomatic ties across the Indo-Pacific region. Researcher Genevieve Donnellon-May explains. As Australians head to vote in the federal election on 3 May, questions of sovereignty, economic security and regional alignment are once again in the spotlight.

1 month ago | thinkchina.sg | Don McLain GillLecturer |De La Salle |Don Gill |Chow Yian Ping

On 24 April, China’s state-run Global Times reported that the China Coast Guard (CCG) exercised “sovereign jurisdiction” in mid-April by seizing Sandy Cay in the West Philippine Sea or what Manila calls the part of the South China Sea encompassing its lawful 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). China’s state broadcaster CCTV also released photos of four CCG members posing with the Chinese flag on the sandbar, which the news channel described as a “vow of sovereignty”. ...