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EP 006_US declares China committed genocide against Uyghurs and Vietnam's Communist Party Congress from 2021-01-25T14:26:39
The United States has declared that China committed genocide against minority Uyghurs. Radio Free Asia journalists discuss that historic decision and look ahead to a Communist Party Congress in Vie...
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Eyes On Asia EP 001 - Prospects For Peace In Myanmar’s Conflict - Hit Rakhine State from 2020-12-06T17:46:32
Guns have fallen silent after two years of bitter fighting in western Myanmar. Radio Free Asia’s Mat Pennington and RFA Burmese senior editor Kyaw Min Htun discuss the prospects for peace in confli...
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EP 25 Looking Back At A Turbulent Year In The South China Sea from 2020-11-22T22:03:01
As Drake Long rounds out nine months of reporting for Radio Free Asia and BenarNews on the South China Sea, RFA's Mat Pennington discusses with him trends that have emerged during that period. They...
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70 years of U.S. policy on the South China Sea from 2020-11-16T23:09:30
Radio Free Asia has delved into history to reconstruct how U.S. policy on the South China Sea has evolved over the past 70 years – from the surrender of imperial Japan at the end of World War II to...
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EP 24: 70 Years Of US Policy On The South China Sea from 2020-11-16T14:24:41
Radio Free Asia's Mat Pennington discusses with reporter Drake Long a new multimedia story that tracks the history of the evolving U.S. stance on the South China Sea since the aftermath of World Wa...
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EP 23 New Construction On Small, China - Held Islands In The South China Sea from 2020-11-09T14:39:06
Radio Free Asia's Mat Pennington and Drake Long discuss China's efforts to upgrade tiny islets it holds in the disputed Paracel island chain in the South China Sea, and its drafting of a law that w...
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EP 22 Pompeo Takes His Anti - China Message On The Road In Asia from 2020-11-02T13:59:19
Is all the tough U.S. talk on China turning off America’s diplomatic partners? Radio Free Asia’s Mat Pennington and South China Sea reporter Drake Long discuss U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s...
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EP 21 The Ups And Downs Of US - Philippine Relations from 2020-10-26T13:22:42
RFA’s Mat Pennington and Drake Long discuss the US-Philippine alliance and the latest developments in Manila’s agreement with China on oil exploration in the South China Sea. The podcast features a...
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EP 20 Japan’s Engagement In Southeast Asia, Philippines Opens Up South China Sea To Oil Exploration from 2020-10-19T14:20:18
It’s been a busy week. RFA’s Drake Long and Mat Pennington first discuss Japan’s recent drills in the South China Sea and the new Prime Minister’s decision to visit Vietnam and Indonesia. Then they...
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EP 19 Wave Power In The Paracels and How China Uses Renewable Energy In The South China Sea from 2020-10-10T23:34:12
Radio Free Asia's Drake Long spotted a wave power generator near China's main outpost in the South China Sea. He and RFA's Mat Pennington discuss China's effort to reduce its reliance on diesel pow...
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EP 18 The Ecology of the South China Sea - Interview with Professor John McManus from 2020-10-05T19:17:42
Weekly podcast by RFA's Mat Pennington and South China Sea reporter Drake Long. This week, Drake interviews John McManus, a professor of marine biology at the University of Miami, Florida, and one ...
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EP 17 Impact Of China Militarization On Shipping In The South China Sea from 2020-09-28T13:14
Radio Free Asia’s Mat Pennington and Drake Long examine how China’s militarization and assertive conduct in the South China Sea impacts commercial shipping in what is a key conduit for world trade.
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EP 16 European Nations Join The Diplomatic Fray On South China Sea from 2020-09-21T13:42:46
In this week’s podcast, Radio Free Asia’s Mat Pennington and Drake Long discuss the submission to the United Nations by Britain, France and Germany rejecting China’s claim to “historic rights” in t...
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EP 15 As ASEAN Meets, US Doubles Down On Call For Boycott Of China Firms from 2020-09-13T02:18:46
Radio Free Asia's Mat Pennington and South China Sea reporter Drake Long discuss whether Southeast Asian foreign ministers' will respond positively to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's call for a bo...
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EP 14: Southeast Asia Under Beijing’s Shadow: Interview with Author Murray Hiebert from 2020-09-08T13:08:42
Weekly podcast by RFA’s Mat Pennington and South China Sea reporter Drake Long. This week, Drake interviews Murray Hiebert, a senior associate at the Washington, D.C-based Center for Strategic&Inte...
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EP 13: China Tests ‘carrier Killer’ Missile; US Levies Sanctions from 2020-08-31T12:55:18
China tests ‘carrier killer’ missile; US levies sanctions Weekly podcast by RFA’s Mat Pennington and South China Sea reporter Drake Long. They discuss China’s latest military exercises and the US l...
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EP 12: Rare Sighting Of Chinese Submarine At Entrance To Underground Bunker from 2020-08-22T23:32:47
RFA's Mat Pennington and South China Sea reporter Drake Long discuss RFA's sighting by satellite imagery of a Chinese attack submarine at Yulin Naval Base, and the end of China's annual fishing ban...
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EP 11: Pompeo makes flurry of calls to SE Asia in diplomatic push on South China Sea from 2020-08-10T15:20:21
Radio Free Asia's Mat Pennington and Drake Long discuss US diplomatic strategy in the South China Sea as top diplomat Mike Pompeo calls five foreign ministers of Southeast Asian coastal states with...
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EP 011: Pompeo makes flurry of calls to SE Asia in diplomatic push on South China Sea from 2020-08-09T12:00:11
Radio Free Asia's Mat Pennington and Drake Long discuss US diplomatic strategy in the South China Sea as top diplomat Mike Pompeo calls five foreign ministers of Southeast Asian coastal states with...
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EP 10: As US-China tensions rise, SE Asia seeks stability from 2020-08-03T14:22:30
RFA journalists Mat Pennington and Drake Long discuss US-Australia high-level talks in Washington, and an appeal from the Singaporean prime minister for stability amid fears that the US and China c...
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EP 009: Indonesian Exercise in South China Sea, Australia's Diplomatic Note Rebukes China's Claims from 2020-07-27T15:31:18
Indonesian Exercise in South China Sea, Australia's Diplomatic Note Rebukes China's Claims
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EP 008: US Declares China Maritime Claims Illegal; China Deploys Fighter Jets from 2020-07-20T13:57:21
US Declares China Maritime Claims Illegal; China Deploys Fighter Jets
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EP 007: The Rising Risk of Conflict in the South China Sea as U.S. and China Flex Military Muscle from 2020-07-13T15:15:25
The Rising Risk of Conflict in the South China Sea as U.S. and China Flex Military Muscle
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EP 006: ASEAN leaders speak out for free skies over South China Sea from 2020-06-29T14:55:58
ASEAN leaders speak out for free skies over South China Sea
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EP 005: Deep sea missions: China sends survey ships near Vietnam, Taiwan from 2020-06-22T14:32:19
Deep sea missions: China sends survey ships near Vietnam, Taiwan
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EP 004: China lays cables under the South China Sea; Vietnam objects from 2020-06-15T21:11:26
RFA reveals that China is laying undersea cables in the Paracel Islands, drawing criticism from Vietnam. Reporter Drake Long explains how he got the story.
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EP 003: Will China Declare an ADIZ Over the South China Sea? US Rebukes China at the UN from 2020-06-08T14:21:17
“Will China Declare an ADIZ Over the South China Sea? US Rebukes China at the UN”
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EP 002: Lessons from a Survey Ships Standoff for Malaysia; India Speaks Out on South China Sea from 2020-06-05T19:33:03
Lessons from a Survey Ships Standoff for Malaysia; India Speaks Out on South China Sea
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EP 001: China’s New Claims in the South China Sea from 2020-05-26T20:14:01
With tensions mounting in the South China Sea, China has named and claimed 80 obscure geographical features in those contested waters as it steps up its aggressive campaign to mark out territory an...
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