James Manicom
James Manicom, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow in the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto and Visiting Scholar in the School of Political and International Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.
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Articles by James Manicom
The Energy Context behind China’s Drilling Rig in the South China Sea
On May 3 China placed the Haiyang Shiyou 981 deep water semi-submersible drilling rig 119nm off the coast of Vietnam and 180nm from Hainan Island. The rig lies 17nm from
China’s Energy Development in the East China Sea
China is doubling down on its hydrocarbon resource development in the East China Sea. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) wants to double overall oil and gas production to
Growing Nationalism and Maritime Jurisdiction in the East China Sea
In early September, a Chinese fishing boat that collided with a pair of Japan Coast Guard (JCG) vessels near the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands reignited a longstanding dispute between Beijing and Tokyo
China’s Claims to an Extended Continental Shelf in the East China Sea: Meaning and Implications
On May 11, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) submitted the preliminary survey findings on the outer limits of its continental shelf to the UN Commission on the Limits
Hu-Fukuda Summit: The East China Sea Dispute
The primary outcome of Hu Jintao’s recent visit to Japan was a joint statement between the Chinese president and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, issued on May 7. According to