Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Archives

January 16, 2023

OPINION | How China’s maritime militia takes advantage of the grey zone

Written by Masaaki Yatsuzuka on January 16, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Catching, Fishing Boat World Features, Marine Research and Training, Naval, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement, Work Boat World Features.

At the end of last year, Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies released the 2023 edition of its annual China security report, which focuses on China’s quest ..

February 18, 2021

OPINION | New law expands Chinese coastguard’s jurisdiction to at least the first island chain

Written by Eli Huang on February 18, 2021. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.

China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concerns of China’s neighbours. The Philippines filed a formal rejection of i ..

May 29, 2020

COLUMN | PLA Navy in the vanguard of China’s advance [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on May 29, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.

In his determination to boost the PRC‘s status as world power, Chinese President Xi Jinping is proving to be an adept player of his maritime cards. Little is seen of th ..

February 24, 2022

COLUMN | Standing up to China: tensions mount in Asian waters [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on February 24, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.

For many years, paramilitary patrol ships of the China Coast Guard (CCG) and its predecessor, China Maritime Surveillance, usually lightly-armed, but often with the reinf ..

November 24, 2020

COLUMN | Japan boosts Asia’s maritime forces in pursuit of regional security balance [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on November 24, 2020. Posted in Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Tokyo is taking an increasingly determined stance in relation to Beijing’s proactive strategy in Asia’s seaways. Japan’s prime focus is upon the Senkaku (Diaoyu) is ..

April 29, 2020

FEATURE | Islands of ire: The South Korea–Japan dispute

Written by Olivia Tasevski on April 29, 2020. Posted in Maritime Security World, Work Boat World Features.

In early 2020, Japan reopened its National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty. Displays at the museum in Tokyo assert that islands disputed by Japan, South Korea and Nor ..

August 31, 2021

OPINION | Deliberate ambiguity of China’s new “territorial waters” declaration

Written by Aristyo Rizka Darmawan on August 31, 2021. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Gas Tanker World, Naval, Ship World Features, Ships (Naval), Submersibles (Naval), Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Increasing military exercises in the South China Sea by the US Navy and partners from other nations aim to send a message to Beijing that its assertive territorial claims ..

FISHING/AQUACULTURE WEEK

September 28, 2020

Taiwanese fishing boat, Japan Coast Guard vessel collide in East China Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on September 28, 2020. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Other Fishing Methods, Regulation & Enforcement.

A Taiwanese fishing boat and a patrol vessel of the Japan Coast Guard collided in waters off the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, Septembe ..

May 14, 2019

Former JMSDF commander warns of Chinese sub plan for Senkaku Islands

Written by The Australian Strategic Policy Institute on May 14, 2019. Posted in Submersibles (Naval).

A former commander of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force’s antisubmarine air wing has argued that Beijing wants to turn the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands into a ..