The People's Daily runs a commentary in its domestic edition, which appeals for something "concrete" to be done in resolving China's maritime dispute with some ASEAN member states.
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China and Japan-the United States' closest ally in Asia and a defense treaty partner-are locked in a heated maritime dispute over the Senkakus, which China claims as its territory.
In other regional news, retired diplomat Wu Zhenglong says the Philippines has failed to win international support for its appeal for United Nations mediation in its maritime territorial dispute with China last month.
He defies Peruvian nationalism by saying that the government should not have filed a claim against neighbouring Chile over their maritime-border dispute, because it will not win.
Chile and Peru have had a long-standing dispute over maritime borders, and Ollanta Humala, the Peruvian populist who almost won his country's most recent presidential election, found it convenient to stir up sentiment against Chile.
Correspondents say that Phan Thanh Hai's blog covered various sensitive issues in Vietnam, including a dispute with China over maritime boundaries, controversial bauxite projects, a scandal around a debt-laden state-owned shipbuilder and case studies of famous dissidents.
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The dispute with Peru is over a maritime border in the Pacific, which the Peruvians took to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
This week, they were at it again, offering to mediate a dispute between Lebanon and Israel concerning maritime borders and claims to the gas reserves.
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Further, we are troubled thatcompulsory dispute resolution could pertain to public and private activities including law enforcement, maritime security, business operations, and nonmilitary activities performed aboard military vessels.
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