-(Reuters 21/9) China's Xi seeks to reassure Southeast Asia on sea dispute: Speaking at the opening of a trade fair in southern China for Association of Southeast Asian Nations members, Vice President Xi said China's own prosperity could only be guaranteed by having good relations with its neighbours.

-(The diplomat 21/9) The Interview: Robert Kaplan: In new book, Robert Kaplan contends that current global conflicts, including wars, political instability, and clashes over religion, can be better understood and even forecasted through close examination of the maps that chart our world

-(State 20/9) Maritime Territorial Disputes and Sovereignty Issues in Asia: Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

-(Gmanetwork 20/9) In wake of Senate blow-up, PNoy to name Roxas as presidential envoy to China: Aside from being the newly-confirmed Interior and Local Government Secretary, Manuel Roxas II has another assignment from the President—to deliver a message to China

-(Japan times 20/9) Territorial row is a ticking time bomb for Asia: The uninhabited islands remain a time bomb that could explode with devastating consequences for Asia if China, Japan or the U.S. miscalculate.

-(Abs-cbnnews 20/9) Philippines says coup plotter in secret China talks: The Philippines said Wednesday a politician who was once jailed for coup plotting had been in secret talks with China over a territorial row, as the tactic appeared to backfire amid bitter infighting.

-(Asia sentinel 19/9) China's "U-shaped Line" in the South China Sea: The basis and extent of any subsequent claim to rights over maritime space should then be derived from the islands using UNCLOS and the international courts’ past rulings on maritime delimitation, and not from the U-shaped line.

-(The diplomat 19/9) Mounting Tensions in the East China Sea: Tensions in the East China Sea are worsening by the day, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to discern a path towards renewed calm.

-(Bangkok post 19/9) Troubled waters in need of diplomacy: Diplomacy is the art of the possible, and in this regard, dealing with China on sensitive issues of sovereignty demands pragmatic, often discreet and low-level but constant engagement.

-(Atimes 19/9) US 'pivot' as bankrupt diplomacy: Although US officials like Clinton have spoken to the need to put more economic largesse behind its "pivot" policy, fiscal belt-tightening will likely constrain Washington's ability to offer any time soon richer economic aid packages to its regional partners and allies.

-(Gmanetwork 18/9) ASEAN maritime summit in Manila to include China, Japan: The third ASEAN Maritime Forum and the first Expanded Maritime Forum will be held in Manila from October 3 to 5.

-(The jakarta globe 18/9) Marty Keeps Pushing for South China Sea Accord: Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa called on fellow Asean members to work harder and to leave “negative assumptions” behind in order to come up with a common position regarding the South China Sea dispute.

-(Asahi 18/9) China's activity in South China Sea angers Philippines, others: According to Manila, Beijing is aiming to demonstrate its effective control of the area.

-(Foreign policy 17/9) Trouble in the South China Sea: With China and Japan at odds over disputed islands to the east, the potential for conflict in the south may seem muted for now. But not for long.

-(The diplomat 17/9) Small-Stick Diplomacy in the East China Sea: As in the South China Sea, unarmed or lightly armed law-enforcement vessels constitute the chief bearers of Beijing’s maritime territorial claims.

-(Ibtimes 17/9) Tensions in South China Sea: Philippines Renames Disputed Area as 'West Philippine Sea': On Thursday, the Philippines' president Benigno Aquino announced that he had approved the name change so as "to clarify which of the areas we are claiming."

-(The australian 17/9) China, Japan heading towards war, says US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta: CHINA and other Asian countries could end up at war over territorial disputes if governments keep up their "provocative behaviour", US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said.  

-(Washington post 16/9) Panetta to urge China and Japan to tone down dispute over islands: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for a week-long visit to the region and said he would urge Chinese and Japanese leaders to tone down a brewing political crisis over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.

-(Channel news asia 16/9) Anti-Japan protests erupt again across China: Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea, a day after an attempt to storm Tokyo's embassy in the capital.