Sam Galope
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Is China planning to use military force?
HONG KONG: CHINA IS IMPLEMENTING THE LARGEST MILITARY BUILD-UP THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. THE UPPERMOST QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED IS WHY. CHINA HAS BEEN INVESTING HEAVILY IN THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTRY IS NOT AT WAR AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT […]
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US Navy and British Commandos defy China, conduct joint exercises around the South China Sea
In direct defiance to China’s claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea, the U.S Navy (USN) and British Royal Marines Commandos conducted joint training close to the disputed island chain. A Royal Marine Boarding Team from 42 Commando’s Juliet Company boarded and searched the USNS Guadalupe, a replenishment ship assigned to the 7th Fleet. […]
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BEIJING: China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a U.S. think tank. The strategic waterway is claimed almost in its entirety by China, whose continued building of military […]
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The Second Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, conducted from June 27-30, 2018, found that four out of five adult Filipinos repudiate the government’s policy of doing nothing about China’s intrusion in the West Philippine Sea.
The Second Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, conducted from June 27-30, 2018, found that four out of five adult Filipinos repudiate the government’s policy of doing nothing about China’s intrusion in the West Philippine Sea.
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Australian warships to conduct exercises in West Philippine Sea
MANILA, Philippines — Two Australian warships docked yesterday at Subic Bay in Olongapo City for a four-day goodwill visit in the country and will conduct maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea. Dubbed Passing Exercises (PASSEX), the exercise will be held as the two visiting warships – the long–range guided missile frigate HMAS Anzac and […]
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False calm in the South China Sea should lull no one
Benoit Hardy-Chartrand says a year after the Hague ruling, the disputes between China and the other claimant states to territories in the South China Sea appear to have abated, but the underlying tensions remain unchanged Much has changed and much remains the same since the Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled on rivalling claims to […]