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Duterte’s visit to China: Same country, new agenda?
Before his 5th trip to China for bilateral talks, President Duterte said he will bring up the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute to Chinese President Xi Jinping, and he did just that. Duterte has been visiting the country annually but it seems that not much has changed as more issues continue […]
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Locsin: PH has protested Chinese incursions in West PH Sea 60 times under Duterte
MANILA — The Philippines has protested China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea about 60 times since President Duterte assumed office in 2016, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Wednesday. These instances include 39 notes verbale to Beijing, Locsin told the House appropriations committee during a hearing on the Department of Foreign Affairs’ […]
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This Is How a War With China Could Begin First, the lights in Taiwan go out.
ImagePresident Xi Jinping reviewed the Chinese military’s fleet in the South China Sea last year. TAIPEI, Taiwan — If the United States gets embroiled in a war with China, it may begin with the lights going out here in Taipei. Tensions are rising across the Taiwan Strait, and there’s a growing concern among some security […]
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Duterte cites Xi’s stress over HK for not pressing PH territorial rights
MANILA (UPDATE) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he was disappointed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping refused to heed Manila’s arbitral victory that invalidated Beijing’s sweeping claims over the West Philippine Sea. The Xi government does not recognize the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory, maintaining it would not “budge,” a response that displeased Duterte. “I […]
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‘Any suggestion?’ Philippine leader Duterte asks after China’s Xi reaffirms South China Sea claims
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Aug 30, 2019. MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine president has acknowledged he’s short of solutions for having China adhere to Manila’s arbitration victory in their South China Sea […]
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Trump must put Xi Jinping’s puppet, Rodrigo Duterte, on notice
President Trump must put Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on notice. Trump should make clear that while the U.S. greatly values its longstanding alliance with the Philippines, that alliance cannot continue at the expense of America’s interest in upholding its liberal international order against China. The warning is necessary in light of Duterte’s continued deference […]
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‘PH can’t have its Kalayaan Island Group’ – arbitral tribunal
IN the second case* where we shot ourselves in the foot in the arbitration case against China brought by President Benigno Aquino 3rd and his Foreign secretary Albert del Rosario, the tribunal in effect ruled that we can’t have our Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), since this would violate provisions of the United Nations Convention […]
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New Japanese police force will defend disputed islands in East China Sea
The Senkakus, a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea claimed by Japan and China, are seen from the air in 2010. CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan plans to bolster defenses around its disputed southern island chain by creating a specialized police force that will respond to any incursions in the East […]
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Xi-Duterte meeting on South China Sea – all for show?: Inquirer
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Talk about great expectations. Days before President Duterte’s fifth visit to China, his officials announced that the time has come for him to raise the country’s legal victory at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mr Duterte […]
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South China Sea: EU powers admit serious ‘concern’ over critical tensions in the region
THE UK, France and Germany expressed their collective concern over the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The European countries, known as the E3, released a joint statement on the “tensions” among coastal states along the South China Sea that could lead to “instability” in the region. All three are state parties of the […]