Fearing China, South Korea Targets Contractors on Taiwan Navy Submarines
to discuss ongoing legal matters, said that there was no pressure from Moon's liberal government, which left office in May 2022, to get tough on SI Innotec.Reuters could not determine whether Beijing pressured Seoul to clamp down on the companies. Asked by Reuters for comment, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party of "colluding with external forces". The spokesperson did not address a question on whether Beijing pressed Seoul about the subcontractors.Beijing told Reuters in 2021 that countries involved in Taiwan's
Chinese Seismic Vessel Seen Moving Near Malaysia Amid Rising South China Sea Tensions
as many as seven Chinese coastguard vessels that have since moved away, two sources familiar with the matter said. The Malaysian navy was monitoring the situation, one of the sources said.The foreign ministries of Malaysia, Brunei and China did not respond to requests for comment.On Wednesday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman had said the ship was conducting normal activities and accused U.S. officials of using the South China Sea issue to smear Beijing.The presence of the Haiyang Dizhi 8 in the South China Sea comes amid movement curbs imposed by Southeast Asian countries to slow the spread of the
Philippines Bans Foreign Research Ships
is unquestioned," Roque told a regular news briefing. "All licences are deemed cancelled. There are no foreign entities conducting scientific research," Roque said, adding that innocent passage would be allowed, in accordance with international law. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said a Chinese scientific ship, with four Philippine scientists on board, had recently completed a scientific mission to the east of the Philippines, though not around Benham Rise. "China respects the Philippines' sovereign and jurisdiction rights over
Chinese Sub near Disputed Islands Stokes Tension with Japan
; Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who last week protested against the presence of the submarine and other Chinese navy ships near the disputed islands, described the presence of three Chinese coastguard vessels in the waters on Monday as “regrettable”. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular news briefing that he was not aware of the details regarding the submarine, but that China would not accept Japan’s “representations” on the issue of the islands. “The Diaoyu islands and associated islets are China’s
February 2024
