July 2018
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China fires back at NZ, calls remarks on South China Sea and Pacific politics wrong
China has hit back at New Zealand over an official defence strategy paper, which named it as a threat. Defence Minister Ron Mark’s rebooted Strategic Defence Policy Statement, released on Friday, explicitly states the threat it believes China poses to the international community. Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have often been […]
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‘A bleak future’: Advocates ponder ways to preserve 2016 S. China Sea ruling
MANILA – If care is taken to preserve it, there is still hope that an international court’s 2016 ruling in a case filed by the Philippines against China over their maritime disputes in the South China Sea can yield fruit, advocates of Manila’s sovereign rights in sea said Thursday. READ: Arbitral court’s ruling on Philippines […]
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Clearing up the smoke on the South China Sea dispute
Let’s attempt to clear up the smoke on the China-Philippine conflict over territorial waters and atolls in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) by adding more conflicting arguments because it is, ironically, only when we juxtapose opposing sides of an issue that we see the truth. No other side but our side. The conflict […]
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Duterte under pressure to press South China Sea claims
Two years after arbitration win, Philippine policy slammed as soft on Beijing MANILA — Two years after the Philippines won a major legal victory against China at The Hague, President Rodrigo Duterte is coming under pressure to wield the ruling in its South China Sea disputes and to discard what many see as a weak-kneed […]
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‘They have aircraft carriers, what do we have?’ Enrile backs Duterte on China policy
MANILA – Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile on Friday refused to grade the performance of President Rodrigo Duterte but agreed with most of his policies, specifically on crime, on China, and the economy. Speaking to reporters after his pre-trial at the Sandiganbayan, Enrile said he agrees with the policy of President Duterte on being friendly […]
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Uncertainty, tension in world affairs push Moscow & Beijing together – Russian defense minister
Russia and China are rigorously improving strategic ties to be better prepared for the challenges of today’s world, as the US resorts to deception, hybrid wars, and controlled chaos, the Russian defense minister said. In a frank interview with Italian magazine Il Giornale, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu explained Russia’s strategy of keeping friends and deterring […]
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South Korea says U.S.-China trade war may hit exports of intermediary goods
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Thursday warned that an escalating trade dispute between the United States and China could hit its exports of “intermediary goods” used in home appliances, computers and communications devices. South Korea’s trade ministry said in a statement that the trade war could be “prolonged and spread,” adding that it would […]
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U.S. says the ‘reckoning’ over China trade is too big for WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) – A “reckoning” over China’s unfair trade policies is urgent and is too big for the World Trade Organization to handle, U.S. ambassador Dennis Shea told a WTO meeting on Wednesday. Washington has raised the stakes in its trade dispute with Beijing, threatening 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. In […]
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Remarks on the 2nd Anniversary of the Arbitral Award On the South China Sea Dispute
ADR Forum, Arbitral Award, arbitration anniversary, International Law, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maritime Law, Philippines-China relations, South China Sea, Sovereignty, West Philippine SeaAt the ADR Forum held on July 12, 2018, Justice Antonio T. Carpio commemorates the 2nd anniversary of the South China Sea arbitral award, emphasizing its significance for international law and Philippine sovereignty.
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Carpio: World naval powers enforcing 2016 Hague ruling
Sailors prepare FA-18 Hornet fighter jets for take off during a routine training aboard the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea on April 10, 2018. (File photo from AFP) President Rodrigo Duterte may have chosen to set aside an international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s claim to nearly all of the […]