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Japan’s government is worried about China’s recent actions in the South China Sea and says that it intends to raise the issue with the incoming U.S. administration to ensure that Washington remains engaged on the issue, its foreign minister said yesterday Speaking during a visit to the Philippines, Iwaya Takeshi said that Japan was “gravely […]
Indonesia has been forced to clarify that it does not recognize China’s maximalist claims over the South China Sea, after signing a maritime development deal with Beijing that appears to acknowledge Beijing’s “nine-dash line” claim. A joint statement issued on Saturday during Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s visit to Beijing mentioned that the two countries had […]