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British navy vessel passes through Taiwan Strait
A British navy survey vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait, it was announced on Saturday, as the United Kingdom steps up its presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a brief statement that HMS Enterprise had travelled northwards through the Taiwan Strait and the military had kept a close watch on […]
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DND chief: Bad weather delays Pag-asa buildup
MANILA, Philippines — Delays have yet again hampered the construction of the beaching ramp on the Philippines’ biggest island outpost in the West Philippine Sea, which Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said will not be completed before year-end. In a Viber message to reporters on Friday, Lorenzana said bad weather on Pag-asa Island caused the breakdown […]
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Carpio-Morales on ICC case vs Xi: ‘This is just the beginning’
FORMER OMBUDSMAN CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES SAYS THERE’S MORE TO THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING EVEN AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) RULED THAT IT HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER THE CASE. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 6) — Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said there’s more to the complaint she filed against […]
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Latest B-52 flyby sign of US bomber presence
Taiwanese newspapers reported on Friday that at least two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers believed to be from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam had overflown parts of the East China Sea a day before, close to Taiwan’s littoral waters and those claimed by China, after they hurtled past the Miyako Strait between Taiwan and […]
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ICC drops case against Xi over WPS ‘crimes’
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed the complaint filed by former Philippine officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials over the alleged crimes against humanity they committed in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS or South China Sea). In the report on its preliminary activities for 2019 released on Thursday, […]
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Philippine officials’ ‘crimes against humanity’ case against China rejected by international court
In its “Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2019”, the court based in The Hague said it lacks “territorial and personal jurisdiction” to tackle the case, reasoning that the purported crimes happened outside Philippine territory. FORMER PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS ACCUSE XI JINPING OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AT ICC “The information available confirms that the alleged conduct […]
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South China Sea: Beijing’s ‘atrocious actions’ ignored by international court
PROSECUTORS at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have thrown out a case against China brought by the Philippines which accused its superpower neighbour of crimes against humanity for its “atrocious actions” in the South China Sea. The court said it has no jurisdiction over the complaint filed against President Xi Jinping and other Chinese […]
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Vietnam Draws Lines in the Sea
HANOI’S NEW DEFENSE WHITE PAPER REFLECTS FEARS OF CHINESE ENCROACHMENT. Defense is serious business in Vietnam, a country that has a history of fighting off foreign aggressors. Today, in the context of more contested strategic environment and increasing pressure from a more aggressive China, Vietnam needs an update to its defense policy. The 2019 defense […]
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South China Sea crisis: How France exposed US weaknesses to China in huge blunder
SOUTH CHINA SEA tensions have resulted in territorial tussling between the US and China as both superpowers try to assert their dominance over the region, but Washington was not helped by a huge French blunder which exposed their weaknesses to Beijing. In 2015, the French Ministry of Defence published a report had and then quickly […]
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Del Rosario, Morales still pursuing ICC complaint vs China
MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine foreign secretary Albert del Rosario and former ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales were undeterred following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to junk their case against China, vowing to continue pursuing their complaint against Chinese President Xi Jinping for violations in the West Philippine Sea. The two former Philippine officials […]