June 2015
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U.S. Calls China’s South China Sea Building Efforts ‘Troubling’
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe U.S. finds China’s efforts to build military facilities on reclaimed South China Sea islands “troubling” and plans to raise the issue during annual talks in Washington this month, a top State Department official said. Daniel Russel, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, was responding to a Chinese statement Tuesday, […]
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Fewer Filipinos back gov’t moves in South China Sea
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Unlike in the past two years, fewer Filipinos support the Philippines’ moves in its dispute with China over Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a recent survey showed. In a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey published Thursday, June 18, around 49% of respondents said they […]
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Fewer Filipinos back gov’t moves in South China Sea
Source:https://www.rappler.com/philippines/96873-filipinos-government-south-china-sea-sws/
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Fewer Filipinos back gov’t moves in South China Sea
Source: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/96873-filipinos-government-south-china-sea-sws/
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Fewer Filipinos back gov’t moves in South China Sea
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Unlike in the past two years, fewer Filipinos support the Philippines’ moves in its dispute with China over Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a recent survey showed. In a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey published Thursday, June 18, around 49% of respondents said they […]
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Statement of IMOA on the Conferment of the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award for Nationalism and International Law on Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio
IMOA statement, International Law, Justice Antonio Carpio, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, legal advocacy, Maritime Rights, Nationalism, Philippine Sovereignty, South China Sea, South China Sea Dispute, UPAA, UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award, West Philippine SeaIMOA celebrates Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award for Nationalism and International Law, honoring his defense of Philippine maritime rights and sovereignty.
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South China Sea: Satellite Images Show Pace of China’s Subi Reef Reclamation
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Luconia, Malaysia, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASatellite imagery from June 5, 2015 shows China has expanded its land fill of Subi Reef by 74 percent in less than two months, adding an average of eight acres of surface per day on that reef alone. Mischief Reef, larger than Subi, is now more than half filled in, according to a June 9, […]
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Robert D. Kaplan: ‘The South China Sea is to China what the Greater Caribbean was to the United States’
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/210844936″ params=”color=da161f” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Why do you consider the South China Sea one of the world’s more important pieces of geo-political real estate? The South China Sea is to China what the Greater Caribbean was to the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The United States became a great […]
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Freedom of navigation in East, South China seas stressed
Artificial Islands, China, Code of Conduct, Ecology, Environmental Impact, Fishing Rights, Food Security, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Reclamation, South China Sea DisputeMANILA — Maritime security experts attending a symposium hosted by the Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) agreed Monday that freedom of navigation and overflight in the East and South China seas should be assured. The symposium, titled “Towards Common Actions on Maritime Commons — Safeguarding Maritime Security in Asia through Regional Cooperation,” was cohosted […]