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South China Sea tensions
![Crying Wolf? Contrary to Reports, No Dredges at Scarborough Shoal Yet Crying Wolf? Contrary to Reports, No Dredges at Scarborough Shoal Yet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-07_17-50-25.jpg)
Crying Wolf? Contrary to Reports, No Dredges at Scarborough Shoal Yet
By Steven Stashwick
Images show Chinese Maritime Militia, not Barges, but Filipino Fishermen still blocked from Shoal.
![Revealed: The Truth Behind ASEAN's Retracted Kunming Statement Revealed: The Truth Behind ASEAN's Retracted Kunming Statement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-19_06-06-33.jpg)
Revealed: The Truth Behind ASEAN's Retracted Kunming Statement
By Carl Thayer
New details on the June 14 meeting between ASEAN and China shed light on the imbroglio surrounding ASEAN's statement.
![The ASEAN-China Special Meeting Mystery: Bureaucratic Snafu or Chinese Heavy-Handedness? The ASEAN-China Special Meeting Mystery: Bureaucratic Snafu or Chinese Heavy-Handedness?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-17_15-04-45.jpg)
The ASEAN-China Special Meeting Mystery: Bureaucratic Snafu or Chinese Heavy-Handedness?
By Carl Thayer
Was ASEAN consensus undermined or is there a more mundane bureaucratic explanation for the confusion surrounding the statement?
![US Navy Sends Electronic Attack Warplanes to Philippines Amid South China Sea Tensions US Navy Sends Electronic Attack Warplanes to Philippines Amid South China Sea Tensions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-16_15-56-29.jpg)
US Navy Sends Electronic Attack Warplanes to Philippines Amid South China Sea Tensions
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Four aircraft arrived at Clark Air Base for pilot training and to support U.S. Navy operations in the South China Sea.
![China's Navy Tests 'Maritime Combat Ability' in the South China Sea China's Navy Tests 'Maritime Combat Ability' in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-29_16-30-13.jpg)
China's Navy Tests 'Maritime Combat Ability' in the South China Sea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Philippines are apparently not impressed with China’s martial might.
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