How America Should Respond to China's Moves in the South China Sea

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-america-should-respond-chinas-moves-the-south-china-sea-12969?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b68274225a-Sinocism05_26_155_26_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-b68274225a-29615013&mc_cid=b68274225a&mc_eid=5935182a65

Southeast Asia maritime build-up accelerates, raising risks in disputed seas

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/25/us-southchinasea-maritime-buildup-idUSKBN0OA1JD20150525?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b68274225a-Sinocism05_26_155_26_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-b68274225a-29615013&mc_cid=b68274225a&mc_eid=5935182a65

China's Master Plan in the South China Sea

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-master-plan-the-south-china-sea-12962?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b68274225a-Sinocism05_26_155_26_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-b68274225a-29615013&mc_cid=b68274225a&mc_eid=5935182a65

Fact, Fiction and the South China Sea

http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/fact-fiction-south-china-sea/?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b68274225a-Sinocism05_26_155_26_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-b68274225a-29615013&mc_cid=b68274225a&mc_eid=5935182a65

Related: China to construct two large lighthouses in the South China Sea - Xinhua China's Ministry of Transport hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for the construction of two multi-functional lighthouses on Huayang Reef and Chigua Reef of China's Nansha Islands, so as to improve the navigation safety in the South China Sea.

Related: China and the Reefs: A Weakness in the U.S. Position - NYTimes the United States cannot avail itself of Unclos arbitration because it has failed to ratify Unclos! We have thus denied ourselves an important instrument for peacefully resolving disputes and putting international pressure on China to alter its dangerous course. I suggest that our political, diplomatic and military leaders denounce those in the Senate who have long blocked Unclos ratification. The United States should also be urging Japan, which does belong to Unclos, to begin an arbitration now against China to peacefully assure continuing freedom of navigation over waters essential to the security of both Japan and the United States--Jerome A. Cohen