Deal compromised Indonesia's maritime rights, most analysts say.
The combat readiness patrols took place days after Beijing delimited its territorial sea around the shoal.
Beijing draws baselines around Scarborough Shoal under Manila’s jurisdiction
New legislations enforce 2016 Hague arbitral ruling in favor of the Philippines, says a senator.
Minilateral agreements, rather than multilateral ones, may more likely be formed, they say.
The French navy plans to deploy a carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific, according to media reports.
Penny Wong and S Jaishankar held a joint press conference in Canberra hours before polls opened in America.
Kuala Lumpur sent a letter of complaint over Hanoi’s development of a disputed reef.
The Beijing-approved group said some Vietnamese fishermen have been detained in the Paracels for 'illegal fishing.'
Vietnam’s foreign ministry demands immediate release of fishermen detained near the Paracel archipelago.
