I have posted several articles in the past about the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The situation between China and the Philippines has calmed down a bit, but the disputes between China and Vietnam have heated up. The most recent ASEAN meeting tried to address the issues, but apparently little was accomplished. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0713/South-China-Sea-meeting-ends-in-stalemate Nonetheless, it is a step forward that there is a forum for such discussions and that ASEAN has acknowledged a role as a mediator.
There has been another massacre in Syria and the world continues to wring its hands and do nothing else. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/13/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8610SH20120713?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 Russia and China still oppose anything that smacks of “regime change.” The opposition stems largely from the policy change in the Libyan intervention by NATO which went from simply protecting civilians to actually ousting Qaddaffi. It appears as if the Russians and the Chinese refuse to forget that shift.
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