- (Daily Times 30/3) Philippines to upgrade airstrip on disputed island; (Inquirer 29/3) AFP starts Spratlys rehab with P31-M runway makeover - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Oban Jr. told reporters in Camp Aguinaldo Monday.

- (New York Times 30/3) China's Military to Work at Trust With Neighbors

- (World Affairs March/April 2011) Nervous Neighbors: China Finds a Sphere of Influence - Despite their growing economic cooperation with the PRC, ASEAN nations now acknowledge that improved security ties with the United States offer the safest and most effective way for them to hedge against China

- (Mindanao Examiner 29/3) And Now the Aftershocks  after  Arroyo had a “deal” with Beijing?

- (Pipelines International 3/2011) The pipelines feeding China’s burgeoning economy - An overview of some of the major pipeline projects proposed or currently underway.

- (The Diplomat 28/3) Vietnam Eyes China ‘Threat’

- (The Vancouver Sun 28/3) China's neighbours in dark about 'core national interests' - A curt statement from the Beijing government last week is again raising debate about whether China claims most of the South China Sea, carrying some of the world's busiest merchant shipping lanes, as territorial waters and "a core national interest."

- (The Diplomat 28/3) China Eyes Naval Track Record - As Chinese sea power matures, the Chinese leadership may assume a more forceful stance, just as the United States did by the 1890s.

- (Eurasia 28/3) Piracy In The South China Sea: Lessons From Gulf Of Aden – Analysis

- (PhilStar 26/3) Military leaves security issue in Spratlys to DFA - Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta, Armed Forces spokesman, said the matter is now within the domain of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).