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Challenging Beijing in the South China Sea

Posted July 31st, 2012 at 7:49 pm (UTC+0)
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Hanoi and Manila Take Different Approaches Vietnam and the Philippines are both angry at what they see as Chinese bullying in the South China Sea, but Hanoi and Manila are taking different approaches to the standoff over rival maritime claims. Vietnam is strengthening military ties with the United States, India, Singapore, Japan, Australia, and Russia, […]

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Is China Overplaying Its Hand in the South China Sea?

Posted July 27th, 2012 at 7:40 pm (UTC+0)
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China is setting up shop on a tiny island in the South China Sea, deploying troops and civilian administrators in a move that is raising tensions in the region and seriously annoying Vietnam and the Philippines. The move comes on the heels of a conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) earlier this […]

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China’s Big Win

Posted July 18th, 2012 at 7:49 pm (UTC+0)
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  Maneuverings at ASEAN over South China Sea Dispute Leaves Hard Feelings China scored a diplomatic win this past week when foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations failed to agree on a unified approach to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. But Beijing’s win wasn’t unqualified. The fervor of the […]

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Long-Suffering Cubs Fan, Clinton Sees Diplomatic Parallels

Posted July 10th, 2012 at 2:12 pm (UTC+0)
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  The Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball’s National League are one of the world’s oldest and most unfortunate sports teams. Born the Chicago White Stockings in 1870, they were back-to-back American baseball champions in 1907 and 1908. But they haven’t won the championship since. They haven’t even been to the World Series since 1945. […]

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Scott Stearns

Scott Stearns

Scott Stearns is VOA’s State Department correspondent. He has worked as VOA’s Dakar Bureau Chief, White House correspondent, and Nairobi Bureau Chief since beginning his career as a freelance reporter in the Liberian civil war. He has written for the BBC, UPI, the Associated Press, The Jerusalem Post, and The Economist. Scott has a Bachelors and Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University.

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