South China Sea

China is a growing regional power with one of the most debated conflicts in the international community located right off its coast. The South China Sea is a section of the Pacific Ocean that is semi isolated due to its proximately to the surrounding geographic areas, such as islands and peninsulas, making it a marginal sea. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary a marginal sea is one that, “waters adjacent to a state and under its jurisdiction and extending outward from the coast about…

dealing with the issue of the South China Sea in Southeast Asia. Throughout his book, he argues whether or not the South China Sea should be worth protecting, argues that the surrounding cultures can, and also how his argument relates to my personal Christian convictions.…

The South China Sea Silk routes was an important point of connection for China to exchange with the rest of the world. These routes were concentrated around the South China Seas and the Indian Ocean, with starting points located in ports such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Ningbo, linking China’s Southern coast with south- east Asian countries. These routes became for commonly used when wartime interrupted the land…

SUBJECT: China Summary: For the past three decades, China’s economic and social development trajectory has been growing at an average of about 10 percent GDP growth rate and more than 600 million people have been lifted out of poverty. With a population of about 1.4 billion, China became the second largest economy and is a major political and financial player. Aspirations to become a world leader, in par with the U.S run deep. China is setting up complementary or parallel structures to…

A bold statement, to say the least. Since Duterte’s rise to power in May, 2016 as the 16th President of the Philippines, as what is described as a “landslide” victory with over 16 million votes (around 39% of total votes cast, more than 6 million votes ahead of his closest rival), both his actions and words has brought the Republic of the Philippines to the spotlight numerous times (Cruz, 2016). From comparing himself to Hitler, to cursing Obama “putangina” (literally means whore-mother,…

around the South China Sea. From a realist perspective, this is a direct response to the rising power of China that Trump perceives as a serious threat to the U.S. national security and that should be dealt militarily. In a neo-realist perspective, if China becomes a dominant power in Asia and wields commensurate power around the world as the U.S., the U.S. cannot appeal to the higher authority to settle disputes with China effectively. Therefore, it follows that the U.S. contains China in check…

China is continuing to grow and spread its borders as far as it can, but is threatening the sovereignty of other countries. The fact that China isn’t respecting territorial disputes among all these countries is a sign of disrespect in and of itself. Though, there isn’t much that we can do about it. The best we can attempt…

military provides necessary security to the Philippines. Meanwhile, the us army presence in the region has guaranteed the sovereignty of the nation. One of the critics of the President Duterte, is the increased threat of Chinses in the South China Sea and he demanded US reaction to the expansion of Chines in the region, but the US has not responded to his demand. There is no need of any force escalation against Duterte’s regime because Philippine is a close US ally, but the situation is…

of islands located in the East China Sea that are currently being controlled by Japan They have a total area of about 7 square kilometers and lie north-east of Taiwan, east of the Chinese mainland and south-west of Japan's southern-most prefecture, Okinawa. These islands are considered very important to all three countries due to their close proximity to important shipping lanes, rich grounds for fishing and the potential to house large oil and gas reserves. China, Taiwan and Japan all claim…

As far as I am concerned, I am pleased to hear that people are trying to make the world better as a citizen. However, the reality is cruel. How many people are indifferent when they see the people need help. In China, we may really want to help the old man who lies on the road, but we will not choose to help the old because we are afraid that the old man might a liar and a fraud. It will take long time not less time to make the world to be safer. For example, school…