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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
2012-07-20 13:10
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, or JMSDF, is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan.
ROK Navy
2012-07-20 10:24
There are about 170 commissioned ships (with a total displacement of about 181,000 tons) in the ROK Navy, including some 20 destroyers and frigates.
Russian Navy Pacific Fleet
2012-07-19 14:19
The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
United States Seventh Fleet
2012-07-19 13:35
The Seventh Fleet is the United States Navy's permanent forward projection force operating forward deployed in Yokosuka, Japan.
Vietnam's Navy
2012-07-19 11:28
Laid down two Gepard class frigate in 2011 by Zelenodolsk shipyard-Russia, named HQ-011 Dinh Tien Hoang and HQ-012 Ly Thai To; and two more order.
Philippine Navy
2012-07-19 11:25
The Philippine Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and one of the three uniformed services of the Republic of the Philippines.
History of Diaoyu Islands
2012-07-10 11:24
The Diaoyu Islands, which lie in the East China Sea between China and Japan have belonged to China since ancient times.

The islands have appeared on maps of China since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Fishermen from Taiwan and Fujian and other provinces have fished and collected herbs in this area for many generations. Records about the islands were published in a book during the rule of Ming emperor Yong Le (1403-1424), more than 400 years before Japan says it discovered the Diaoyu islands in 1884.

Geologically, the islands are attached to Taiwan. The waters around the islands are 100 to 150 meters deep and there is a 2,000-meter-deep oceanic trench between the islets and Okinawa islands.

The islands have appeared on maps of China since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Fishermen from Taiwan and Fujian and other provinces have fished and collected herbs in this area for many generations.
No legal basis for Philippines' demand
2012-05-11 10:56
The Philippines argued that Huangyan Island was its "inherent territory" because the island was in its 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
Solid evidence supports China's sovereignty claim
2012-05-10 22:01
Historical evidence and international laws strongly support China's sovereignty claim over Huangyan Island.
True story behind Huangyan Island dispute
2012-05-10 07:41
The controversy over a tiny island in the South China Sea has intensified, making it the most serious standoff between China and the Philippines in the sea in recent years.
It belongs to China: Philippine media
2012-05-09 10:52
The Scarborough Shoal does belong to China which discovered it and drew it in a map as early as 1279 during the Yuan Dynasty.

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