- (PhilStar 5/10) Cambodia, Singapore urge peaceful solution to South China Sea dispute: "We agreed to urge all relevant sides to negotiate and solve the issue peacefully in accordance with the (2002) Declaration of Conduct in the South China Sea (DOC) and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," Cambodian Foreign Minister said.

- (Diplomat 5/10) South China Sea Is No Black Sea: The idea that the United States should abandon Southeast Asia to China is misplaced. Asia isn’t another Georgia, says James Holmes.

- (Oilprice 5/10) China Believes it has Indisputable Sovereignty Over the South China Seas: by John Daly.  

- (Mainichi 5/10) Japan to call for new maritime security framework at East Asia Summit: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is planning to propose launching working-level meetings on maritime security when he attends the East Asia Summit next month in Indonesia.

- (Guardian 5/10) Australia: a friend to two giants: Australia must adopt a clear-eyed view of the shifting strategic balance between China and the US.

- (Asia Times 5/10) The South China Sea is not China's Sea: For their own sake, the major powers must not abandon the South China Sea to be turned into a Chinese lake and Southeast Asian nations to fall into China's orbit; Chinese suspicion over US intentions: Chinese analysts have argued United States diplomatic and military actions in the region - especially in the South China Sea - reflect what they see as a desire to ensure that China's emergence will not challenge US interests.

- (Guampdn 4/10) China ignores UN law of sea: While Southeast Asian costal states embrace a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea and a 200-mile-EEZ in line with UNCLOS, China claims almost the entire South China Sea and what lies beneath it, raising great concerns over free passage through the Malacca Strait to China, Japan and elsewhere. Some 60,000 ships go through yearly.

- (Epoch Times 3/10) South China Sea: The New Battleground: the South China Sea is shaping up to be the forum for a new era of conflict for the 21st century.

- (CFR) A Conversation with Pham Binh Minh 

+ The cow tongue is legally groundless. ..Vietnam has the exclusive economic zone of the sea in 200 miles. ..The cow tongue reached to the continental shelf not only of Vietnam, but also of the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia.  That is why it's not in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea -- which China and Vietnam are both members of the convention.

+ You know that in South China Sea, what we call Eastern Sea, there are three dimensions of the issue.  The territorial dispute must be solved through peaceful solution by the country concerned.  The second dimensions of the South China Sea is the stability, security, stability in the region.  Anything happens in South China Sea will affect peace and stability of the countries in the region -- of the region, of course indirectly but to other countries. And the third dimension is the navigation, freedom of navigation.  So, anything happens in South China Sea will affect the freedom of navigation, so, of course, affect other countries, not only United States -- Japan, other -- India, as well.  So we see that -- the efforts by countries inside and outside to make that stable.  We appreciate that effort.

+The budget of Vietnam is very small. We need only enough weapons to defend our country. This is our target. 

- (Financial Times 3/10) China or the US? Make your choice: The defining geopolitical drama of the next century will be the battle for power and influence between China and America.

- (Eurasia 3/10) The South China Sea Dilemma: Options For The Main Actors – Analysis: What are the challenges and implications for the key actors in the region?

- (Deccancronicle 4/10) Drawing a line in the water: 

- (UPI 3/10) War in South China Sea?: An ugly momentum is building in the South China Sea, where an official Chinese newspaper called last week for war against Vietnam and the Philippines.

- (Manila Standard Today 3/10) Manila, Beijing to avoid conflict: President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines and China see “eye to eye” on the issue of territorial dispute in the South China Sea, which Manila now calls the West Philippine Sea.

- (Bangkok Post 3/10) China: Good friends, partners, neighbours? Good luck!

- (Inquirer 3/10) Aquino’s balance of power diplomacy over Spratlys: President Aquino is trying his hands in balance of power diplomacy over the Spratlys. Does he have the mind and the world view to handle the challenge? 

- (Diplomat 30/9) ‘Time for China to Strike Back’: Southeast Asian nations are like ‘mosquitoes’ that need to be taught a lesson, according to the Global Times, which is published by the official Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily.

- (Financial Times 1/10) Singapore’s changing attitude to China: it now seems more fashionable to emphasise the importance of these American ties.

- (WSJ 30/9) Asian Bloc Agrees to Counter China Heft: Japanese defense officials and their Southeast Asian counterparts agreed this week on the need to deepen regional cooperation amid concerns about China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, as Tokyo again signaled its willingness to play a bigger role with its neighbors.