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2025-10-09 | BY Dong Shijie
If the Philippines implements the partial provisions of the Act that violate UNCLOS, it would have the following negative impacts on the passage of all other countries’ ships and aircraft: Firstly, it would reduce the number of archipelagic sea lanes. By only designating 3 sea lanes and refusing to designate the remaining sea lanes, as well as denying foreign ships and aircraft the exercise of the right of arhipelagic sea lanes passage through all other routes normally used for international navigation, the implementation of the Act would significantly reduce the number of archipelagic sea lanes available for foreign ships and aircraft, especially the absence of the east-west sea lanes crossing the middle of the Philippines. Secondly, it would restrict or even deny the right of archipelagic sea lanes passage. As for the designated limited archipelagic sea lanes, the Act seeks to expand Philippine control over foreign ships and aircraft, and even to completely deny the passage right of foreign ships and aircraft in the name of violating the principle of reciprocity and mutual respect. Therefore, once the Philippines starts to enforce the Act, it would inevitably impair the passage rights of all other countries’ ships and aircraft.
2025-09-16 | BY SCSPI
Through the RQ-4’s high-altitude strategic early warning, the MQ-4C’s wide-area maritime surveillance, and the MQ-9’s tactical support and strike capabilities, the U.S. has established a layered and collaborative large-scale UAV ISR network in the South China Sea and its surrounding areas.
2025-08-25 | BY Lei Xiaolu
On July 12, 2025, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, proposed during the ASEAN-plus foreign ministers’ meetings in Kuala Lumpur that “a new narrative should be built for the South China Sea. We should not always associate the South China Sea with friction, conflict, or confrontation, but with peace, stability, and cooperation. This should become the mainstream narrative in the future.” The narrative of the South China Sea should mirror the situation in the region, yet for a long time, it has not objectively portrayed the reality. Instead, it has served as a tool for geopolitical maneuvering by external powers. Minister Wang’s proposal seeks to rectify the narrative of the South China Sea, transforming it from a distorted “funhouse mirror” into a clear mirror that guides the region towards peace, stability and cooperation.
2025-08-20 | BY Wang Tengfei
China has actively explored pathways for marine environmental protection and sustainable development. Since 1995, it has been the first to implement a summer fishing moratorium policy, concurrently conducting specialized enforcement actions to strictly maintain fishing order during the moratorium period. At 12:00 noon on May 1, 2025, the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea regions of China officially entered the summer fishing moratorium period; By 12:00 PM on August 16, the three-and-a-half-month summer fishing moratorium in the South China Sea and parts of the East China Sea officially ended, with fishing vessels from provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi gradually returning to port and resuming fishing operations. Over the past three decades, despite frequent external controversies and doubts, China has remained steadfast and unwavering, making significant contributions to the conservation of marine resources, ecological restoration, and the sustainable development of fisheries in the region.
2025-08-11 | BY Bao Yinan , Zheng Zhihua
This article will analyze the legal nature of the actions of the Xue Long 2 and the USCG aircraft involved in this incident. It will then examine the legal uncertainties surrounding the U.S. claim to an “extended continental shelf”, thereby revealing the “double standard” inherent in the U.S. authorities’ version of “freedom of the seas” and its nature of running counter to the international rule of law.