-(ABS-CBN News 4/1) PNoy: JMSU with China, Vietnam 'shouldn't have happened' - President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday said the controversial Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) between the Philippines, China, and Vietnam "shouldn't have happened," saying it encroached into the country's territorial waters; (Reuters 4/1) Philippines pledges navy upgrade to guard resources - Philippine President Benigno Aquino promised new and faster boats for the under-equipped navy to guard the country's maritime resources, including oil exploration areas in disputed territories in the South China Sea.

-(SCMP/Vietstudies 4/1) Cracking the code - Anyone interested in the South China Sea and China's increasingly complex regional role should keep a close watch on Indonesia in the months ahead.

-(China CSR 3/1) Monitoring Shows No Pollution In South China Sea Area - Taiwan is indirectly laying claim to a disputed island area in the South China Sea by stating it conducted environmental tests of the nearby waters.

-(Foreign Policy 3/1) Obama's Asia policy: a time for reflection - Once we define and defend the principles we believe are necessary to govern our interaction with Asia, the institutional details will fall into place.

-(World Tribune 3/1) ‘Peaceful rise’ talk and China’s walk as summit with U.S. nears - The growing economic, military, and political power of the People’s Republic of China has encouraged Beijing’s geopolitical hubris on the global stage.

-(National Review Online 3/1) The New Isolationism  - The world is getting more dangerous by the day. So why has Ron Paul joined Barney Frank in an effort to slash defense spending?

-(The Mainichi Daily News 3/1) PM must invigorate Japanese diplomacy as global political landscape shifts in 2011 - Japan must devote itself to rebuilding its relationship with the U.S. -comprising the foundations of Japanese foreign diplomacy - and establish a stable relationship with China, which is now a world superpower.

-(The Washington Post 2/1) Why China's Missiles Should Be Our Focus - The Obama administration should begin pressing China to join the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty and stop its missile buildup; (Defense Update 2/1) Chinese carrier undergoing final completion at Dalian

-(The New York Times 2/1) How to Stay Friends With China - Zbigniew Brzezinski's opinion, a former national security adviser in the Carter administration

-(Statesman Journal 2/1) China's navy is growing, but reasons are varied - Conditions - and human intentions - can change quickly, but creating capabilities takes time.

-(Time 30/12) Fear of China's Missiles (and Money) Is Overblown - Bottom line -  the U.S. simply doesn't have as much to worry about from China's stance in the world as we might think. Forget about partially operational weapons and battleships. China's real power is still in currency - and that's increasingly flowing from East to West.