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24 June

CHINA (Territorial Disputes)

• •With Philippines: Chinese Foreign Ministry: “China will never accept the Philippines' illegal seizure of the Ren'ai Reef … over which China has indisputable sovereignty”
  (rmks: The Philippines in 1999 established a permanent presence/infrastructure by grounding an older landing ship at the reef)
  
  •With Japan / Philippines: Philippine navy commander VAdm Alano in Tokyo … met Japanese defense minister Onodera … discussed implications of recent Chinese increase in maritime activity … agreed “to stand together against any unilateral expression of force that threatens the status quo in the East and South China Seas.”

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27 June

USA – PHILIPPINES
CARAT 2013: The Philippine phase of this year’s Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) kicked off … Philippines claim activities will focus on Panatag Shoal, an area in the South China Sea contested by the Philippines and China … Philippines to contribute HAMILTON class patrol frigate GREGORIO DEL PILAR, coast guard patrol vessel EDSA (SARV-002), aircraft, divers and special forces personnel … the US Navy Task Group Carat for this phase includes destroyer FITZGERALD and salvage vessel SAFEGUARD.
(rmks: Panatag shoal currently is de facto controlled by China, and I wonder whether the US Navy will really join in a Philippine “sovereignty demonstration”)
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30 June

CHINA (Territorial Disputes)
General: In order to ease maritime tensions China agreed to hold "official consultations" on a proposed Code of Conduct (CoC) governing naval actions … at a meeting with ASEAN in China in September

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30 July

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JAPAN (VIETNAM)
Japanese coast guard training ship KOJIMA docks at Da Nang (Vietnam) for a five-day visit. Vietnam and Japan's coast guards established a cooperative relationship in 2000 (incl. training for Vietnamese coast guard officers by JCGI), but this is the first JCG visit to Da Nang.

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01 August

CHINA
Training ship ZHENG HE sails for a 40-day voyage with visits to South Korea (04-06 Aug) and Malaysia (16-19 Aug) … also to “patrol” islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

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06 August

CHINA (Territiorial Disputes)
General: Paramilitary maritime forces have established a new surveillance patrol route in the South China Sea … pattern covers practically all disputed reefs, shoals and islets in the region, incl. those disputed with neighbours such as the Philippines.

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05 August

AUSTRALIA
Frigate BALLARAT sails from Sydney on a three-month deployment to South East Asia … port visits to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Singapore and Langkawi (Malaysia) where she will participate in bilateral training exercise “MASTEX” … prior to returning to Sydney (in Oct) temporarily join border protection forces (illegal immigration).

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22 August

CHINA
Training vessel ZHENG HE has completed her visit to Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) … now heading for the South China Sea to “patrol China’s Nansha Islands” (disputed Spratly Archipelago).
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29 August
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CHINA (Territorial Disputes)
Chinese MoD: Freedom of navigation in the South China Sea “remains unaffected”, but “relevant countries” should refrain from “seeking private interests under its guise”.
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TAIWAN
The Taiwanese coast guard plans to have berthing facilities at Taiping Island in disputed Spratly Archipelago expanded to accommodate major patrol vessels (or even naval frigates) … current pier caters only to small patrol boats.
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06 September

CHINA (Territorial Disputes)
With Philippines: China has placed 75 large concrete blocks near the entrance of the Scarborough Shoal (South China Sea), which is within the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but claimed by China as “sovereign territory” … concerns that China may be laying the foundation for a permanent facility.
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16 September
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VIETNAM – JAPAN
During a meeting in Hanoi (Vietnam) the defense ministers of Japan and Vietnam have agreed to boost maritime security cooperation amid concern over China's growing maritime activity.

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New nadir for China-Philippine ties
By Richard Javad Heydarian

MANILA - As the Philippines prepares for a new defense agreement to enable an expanded US "rotational" military presence on its soil, bilateral relations with China have taken a turn for the worse. Amid uncertainties over a diplomatic resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, there is growing worry over how deteriorating Philippine-China relations could escalate.
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09 October
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CHINA (Territorial Disputes)
•General: During the 16th ASEAN – JAPAN summit, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations vowed to advance negotiations with China on a „legally binding code of conduct” aimed at reducing territorial and maritime conflicts in the South China Sea.
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22 Ocotber

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TAIWAN – PHILIPPINES
Taiwan and the Philippines have agreed to “immediately” set up a hotline and establish a mechanism to inform each other of incidents in their overlapping economic zones, such as maritime chases, boarding and inspection of fishing boats, or the arrest and detention of fishermen.
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