Wu Zurong, Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Feb 26, 2019
The US should stop provoking China in the SCS.
Wu Zurong, Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Jan 29, 2019
Britain should not be influenced by the US to confront China.
Chen Zinan, Assistant Researcher, Maritime Strategy Studies, CICIR
Dec 18, 2018
Why is the US so insistent on freedom of navigation?
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Aug 13, 2018
A modest change in U.S. policy could significantly dampen tensions in the South China Sea. Specifically, Washington needs to dramatically reduce its confrontational “freedom of navigation” patrols and stop treating Beijing as a disruptive element.
Ian Storey, Senior Fellow, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
Feb 01, 2018
On Wednesday 17 January, the U.S. Navy conducted a much anticipated “freedom of navigation operation” (FONOP) in the South China Sea when the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper sailed within 12 nautical miles of Scarborough Shoal.
Aug 10, 2017
A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a "freedom of navigation operation" on Thursday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea.
AP, The Associated Press
May 11, 2016
Upping the ante in the feud over who is responsible for rising tensions in the South China Sea, China on Wednesday said repeated U.S. Navy patrols in the area are forcing it to boost the defense capabilities of the islands it controls and may require it to launch more air and sea patrols.