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South China Sea: a visual guide to the key shoals, reefs and islands

Territorial confrontations are rising between China and a host of other nations in waters that are key to global trade. Here is a map and guide to the region, showing why its fate matters

The Guardian - AU

As ocean surfaces acidify, a deep-sea acidic zone is expanding: marine habitats are being squeezed

In the deepest parts of the ocean, below 4,000 metres, the combination of high pressure and low temperature creates conditions that dissolve calcium carbonate, the material marine animals use to make their shells.

The Conversation

China's 'Monster' Coast Guard Ship Intimidates Philippines In Dispute

China's deployment of 'The Monster' coast guard ship near the Philippines' EEZ raises tensions in the South China Sea dispute.

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Chinese ships leave Vietnam waters after US-China talks

A Chinese research ship and its escort, which operated for nearly a month in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, left those waters on Monday night, vessel-tracking experts said, just after high-level U.S.-China talks.

Reuters

Chinese ships ignore Vietnam demand to leave area close to Russian-run gas fields

A Chinese research ship and five escort vessels were in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Friday close to gas blocks operated by Russian firms in the South China Sea, one day after Hanoi urged the ships to leave.

Reuters

Philippines places buoys in parts of S. China Sea to assert sovereignty

MANILA: The Philippines has placed navigational buoys within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, a coast guard spokesperson said on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Philippines places buoys in parts of S.China Sea to assert sovereignty

The Philippines has placed navigational buoys within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, a coast guard spokesperson said on Sunday.

Reuters

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North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles / Land outside of Japan's EEZ

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles northeastward from its west coast early Monday morning, the Defense Ministry said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Vietnam sends ship to track Chinese vessel patrolling Russian gas field in EEZ

HANOI: A Vietnamese ship monitored a Chinese Coast Guard vessel on Saturday in a Russian-operated gas field in Vietnam's South China Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ), data show - the latest Chinese patrol in a pattern stretching more than a year.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam sends ship to track Chinese vessel patrolling Russian gas field in EEZ -data

A Vietnamese ship monitored a Chinese Coast Guard vessel on Saturday in a Russian-operated gas field in Vietnam's South China Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ), data show - the latest Chinese patrol in a pattern stretching more than a year.

Reuters

North Korea fires ANOTHER missile over Japan in seventh projectile test in just two weeks

One of the missiles landed outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) days after residents were told to take shelter in the country in the first "J-alert" since 2017

Daily Mirror

Deterring China requires boost in defence capacity

Following US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China fired missiles into six areas surrounding Taiwan and sent fighter jets across the midline of the Taiwan Strait. Some of those missiles landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), threatening fishing boats from the island of Yonaguni, just…

Bangkok Post

Xi ‘let missiles fall in Japanese waters’

TOKYO: Chinese President Xi Jinping personally decided to let ballistic missiles launched by the military during recent drills near Taiwan fall in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to deter Tokyo’s interference in any cross-strait contingency, according to sources close to the matter.

Bangkok Post

Japan protests after Chinese missiles land in its exclusive economic zone

Five ballistic missiles fired by China appear to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Japanese defence minister Nobuo Kishi said on Thursday, part of military exercises launched by China earlier in the day.

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What neither the media nor the government is telling us about Australian activities inside China’s exclusive economic zone

When Australia sends vessels into the South China Sea, is it a brave assertion of freedom of navigation or about gathering intelligence?

The Conversation

Managing fish stocks shared by nations must focus on the impacts of climate change

Shared fish stocks of hundreds of marine species have been historically exploited by many countries across the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tokyo Protests to Beijing over East China Sea Construction

Japan has lodged an official protest with China after discovering what it claimed were efforts by Beijing to develop gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea. Tokyo's foreign ministry said Friday it had confirmed that Beijing was building in the area -- where the two countries' exclusive…

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‘Aggressive act’: Australia says it tracked Chinese spy ship

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says ship hugged western coastline travelling in Australia’s EEZ.

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For Japanese fishing town of Nemuro, Moscow holds key to survival

Japanese fisherman Tsuruyuki Hansaku was barely out of high school when he served 10 months in a Soviet prison, arrested at sea on his father's boat for catching cod in what the Russians considered their territory.

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