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Amid Tensions, US, China Assert South China Sea Positions
By Ankit Panda
Speaking on Saturday, Xi Jinping and Ashton Carter laid out their respective positions on the South China Sea.
The US and China: Actions and Reactions
By David Volodzko
Both countries are guilt of contradictory actions -- and of being deliberately provocative.
China's Big Plans for Big Data
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus, China's statistical tricks, the Ma-Xi meeting, and what China's destroyer said to the USS Lassen. China links.
Interview: Victor Robert Lee
By James Pach
“The USS Lassen’s sail-by at Subi Reef was too late in coming.”
Why the US Navy's First South China Sea FONOP Wasn't a FONOP
By Timothy Choi
The USS Lassen may not have actually asserted high seas freedoms around Subi Reef.
The Unintended Consequences of the US Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea
By Brendan S. Mulvaney
The U.S. needs to carefully consider the implications of its South China Sea operations for international law.
Taiwan's South China Sea Headache
By Shannon Tiezzi
Caught between its own territorial claims and international criticism of the "nine-dashed line", what is Taiwan to do?
China: Court Ruling on South China Sea Case 'Null and Void'
By Shannon Tiezzi
More on the South China Sea and China's fifth plenum, plus updates on Nepal and China's EU diplomacy. Friday links.
South China Sea: No Win-Win for China and US
By Bernard Fook Weng Loo and Koh Swee Lean Collin
Neither China nor the U.S. can back down now without losing credibility and face.
South China Sea Update: Freedom of Navigation Operations and International Law
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
The Diplomat's Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss recent developments in the South China Sea.
How China Maintains Strategic Ambiguity in the South China Sea
By Graham Webster
For now, careful Chinese officials have denied opponents specific grounds on which to argue.
Both the US and China Benefit From US Navy's Freedom of Navigation Assertions
By Dingding Chen
And so U.S.-China tensions over the South China Sea enter a new era. What can be expected?