Cultural, Educational and Society Organization
November 20, 2024
Lawmakers in both the UK and US have expressed grave concerns about the WHO’s expanding ‘command and control’ approach. By Nicole James The Epoch Times Commentary Who indeed rules the world? In a world grappling with unprecedented health challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) is ambitiously seeking to broaden its influence and financial resources. At the…
Read More about WHO Rules the World?By J. Bruce Jacobs American Enterprise Institute June 26, 2014 Key points: Recently, China has used military aircraft and ships to threaten Japan in the East China Sea near the Senkaku Islands (which the Chinese call the Diaoyu Islands and the government in Taiwan calls the Diaoyutai). Similarly, in the South China Sea, Chinese ships have…
Read More about China’s Frail Historical Claims to the South China and East China Seasby Joshua Lipes – RFA June 21, 2011 Critics say South China Sea implies Chinese ownership of the disputed waters. Termsak Chalermpalanupap speaks at a conference on maritime security in Washington, June 20, 2011. An official from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has suggested that changing the name of the South China Sea…
Read More about Name Change Could Foster TalksBy Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Global Post BEIJING, China — Amid the escalating dispute over territorial waters in the South China Sea, China’s rivals are toying with a simple idea: change the name of the sea. A petition drive from Vietnam to change the South China Sea’s name to the Southeast Asia Sea is gaining followers. Meanwhile, the Philippines has…
Read More about Rivals push to rename the South China SeaFrank Ching, Diplomat – Oct 16, 2011 The claims made by Southeast Asian countries rest primarily on the provisions of the Law of the Sea. China, however, is taking the position that its sovereignty over the territories concerned precedes the enactment of the Law of the Sea, and so the law doesn’t apply. History trumps…
Read More about Abusing History?Carlyle A. Thayer Introduction This paper assesses recent developments affecting the security of the South China Sea in the first half of 2011. 2 The paper is divided into five main sections. In the first four sections the paper reviews bilateral interaction on South China Sea issues between China and four claimant states – Vietnam, the Philippines…
Read More about Security Cooperation in the South China Sea: An Assessment of Recent TrendsThis article is an adaptation of an academic publication by Bill Hayton published in ‘Modern China’ as ‘The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims: Maps, Misunderstandings, and the Maritime Geobody.’ A version of this article was published in Vietnamese by BBC and may be read here. By Bill Hayton The South China Sea is a dangerous place…
Read More about CHINA’S CLAIM TO THE SPRATLY ISLANDS IS JUST A MISTAKEBy Donald K Emmerson NUSA DUA, INDONESIA – Southeast Asian policymakers looking north to the Asian mainland and east across the Pacific Ocean see two major, different, and complementary assets to their region: China’s biggest-in-the-world economy and America’s best-in-the-world military. This is not to underestimate the economic importance of America to Southeast Asia. For all…
Read More about US, China role play for ASEAN