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rejecting Manila’s apology for the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman Wed, 15 May 2013 13:52:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e375442-bd1c-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7e375442-bd1c-11e2-890a-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/662f20d2-bb7d-11e2-b289-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct President Ma Ying-jeou issues a warning that Taiwan will stop processing worker visas for Filipinos unless Manila formally apologises for the shooting Mon, 13 May 2013 07:35:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/662f20d2-bb7d-11e2-b289-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 662f20d2-bb7d-11e2-b289-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12026e04-abe4-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Eight Chinese surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters around the disputed islands, prompting official complaints from Japan Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:56:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12026e04-abe4-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 12026e04-abe4-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9072ae2c-9f53-11e2-968b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Beijing will let tourists take cruises to disputed Paracels in the South China Sea, a move that risks antagonising nations with rival claims Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:09:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9072ae2c-9f53-11e2-968b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9072ae2c-9f53-11e2-968b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f439da4c-8947-11e2-ad3f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The restructuring is part of a broad government shake-up and could influence how Beijing handles multiple territorial disputes with its neighbours Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:26:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f439da4c-8947-11e2-ad3f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f439da4c-8947-11e2-ad3f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c2cb178-7d1f-11e2-8bd7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Declaration that ‘Japan is back’ could raise hackles in China, where a new leadership is keen to establish country as a more dominant political force Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:03:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c2cb178-7d1f-11e2-8bd7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4c2cb178-7d1f-11e2-8bd7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b00081b6-719e-11e2-9056-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Contradictory accounts from Japan and China prompt commander of US forces in the Pacific to warn that the developments are ‘escalatory in nature’ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:32:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b00081b6-719e-11e2-9056-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b00081b6-719e-11e2-9056-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee3a4df4-711c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Tokyo claims that two Russian jets briefly entered its airspace amid tensions between Japan and some of its neighbours over territorial disputes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:46:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee3a4df4-711c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ee3a4df4-711c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01db7ab2-711e-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As the country’s maritime crisis with Japan escalates, Beijing has ordered provocatively named explosives to be removed from shops Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:53:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01db7ab2-711e-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 01db7ab2-711e-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/322aa9be-704b-11e2-ab31-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The latest flare-up of tension between China and Japan over the Senkaku islands has brought the dispute to a point that could spark open hostilities Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:51:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/322aa9be-704b-11e2-ab31-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 322aa9be-704b-11e2-ab31-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ed11fb8-6f7f-11e2-956b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Tensions over Senkaku Islands intensify as Chinese navy frigate is accused of locking a fire-control radar on to a Japanese destroyer on January 30 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:18:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ed11fb8-6f7f-11e2-956b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7ed11fb8-6f7f-11e2-956b-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d01f2b0e-6a29-11e2-a7d2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Increase is symbolic of broader changes in Japan’s military policy, sought by Shinzo Abe, prime minster, since December Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:02:55 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2013 09:33:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8878f688-6469-11e2-9711-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8878f688-6469-11e2-9711-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c71936f6-6490-11e2-9711-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct UN tribunal asked to order a halt to Beijing’s activities in the South China Sea, which the Philippines says violates its sovereignty Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:39:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c71936f6-6490-11e2-9711-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c71936f6-6490-11e2-9711-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1c45b64-6306-11e2-a832-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct New leaders in both countries will fear showing weakness in the dispute over a group of East China Sea islands could damage them domestically 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between the two countries Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:23:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b062065e-564e-11e2-aaaa-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b062065e-564e-11e2-aaaa-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a762c91c-5298-11e2-8e1b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan’s coastguard detains Chinese fishing boat that strayed into Japanese waters, accusing the captain of illegal coral fishing Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:08:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a762c91c-5298-11e2-8e1b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a762c91c-5298-11e2-8e1b-00144feab49a http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2012/12/the-japanese-election-and-the-islands-dispute/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The ramifications of Abe’s election will be watched nervously in Washington as tensions rise between Japan and China over a series of disputed islands Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:58:01 GMT http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2012/12/the-japanese-election-and-the-islands-dispute/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 196c6f84-4788-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20989c44-44f7-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Tokyo scrambled fighter jets and made a formal protest over the Chinese flight – an escalation of Beijing’s efforts to challenge Japanese control Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:06:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20989c44-44f7-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 20989c44-44f7-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36745ce4-3d43-11e2-9e13-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct State energy company says Chinese vessel cut exploration cable of a Vietnamese ship, as the dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea intensifies Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:26:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36745ce4-3d43-11e2-9e13-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 36745ce4-3d43-11e2-9e13-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c025d896-386b-11e2-981c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Diplomat warns the South China Sea disputes risk becoming ‘Asia’s Palestine’ with the region experiencing its ‘most contentious’ period in recent years Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:58:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c025d896-386b-11e2-981c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c025d896-386b-11e2-981c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e87b2b74-3240-11e2-916a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Philippines dismisses Cambodia’s pro-Beijing statement that the bloc had agreed not to raise the South China Sea disputes in international forums Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:06:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e87b2b74-3240-11e2-916a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_asia-maritime-tensions%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e87b2b74-3240-11e2-916a-00144feabdc0