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Can’t afford war with China
Yuemaobinyu 42212 is the fieriest issue in the disputed waters since the 2012 deadlock between Philippine and Chinese vessels in Scarborough Shoal, which provoked Manila to file a case against Beijing. Aggression has been China’s mark in the past years, and it has become increasingly annoying. It doesn’t want to respect any law and continues […]
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Filipinos urged to ‘keep talking’ about legal victory vs China
THE HAGUE — Filipinos should continue talking about Manila’s victory against China in an international arbitration court, a book author said, as the world marked 3 years since the landmark ruling. China ignored the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which invalidated its vast claims to the South China Sea. The Philippines, under a […]
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Australia must do more than flag-wave in the South China Sea
There’s a credibility problem in the South China Sea. When ASEAN states consider China’s commitment to dominating maritime Southeast Asia, its capability and the risks it’s willing to take, they undoubtedly come up with a pretty clear-eyed assessment. It’s knowledge won through painful experience. ASEAN states also know that opposing Beijing too strongly will bring […]
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South China Sea: Embattled Duterte defends decision to yield to China
PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte was scrambling to defend his decision to yield to China over the South China Sea after opponents accused his actions of being unconstitutional. The maverick leader came under fire last week after giving Beijing a free pass to fish in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone. Calls for impeachment came thick and […]
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South China Sea tensions: ‘Step up patrols – or face dictatorship’, Australia warned
AUSTRALIA has been urged to up its game in the South China Sea by stepping up patrols and adopting a more proactive approach as opposed to “the same old flag-waving”, a Canberra-based foreign policy think tank has said. And failure to act ran the risk of Australian itself eventually finding itself “strategically reliant on the […]
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Manila kowtows to Beijing, cedes Exclusive Economic Zone in South China Sea
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Duterte administration of the Philippines is continuing to cede ground in the South China Sea through an “informal” and “undocumented” agreement between President Duterte and Chairman Xi Jinping. With many citizens of the Philippines already concerned over the government’s unwillingness to safeguard the territory of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone […]
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[OPINION | Newspoint] A nation held to ransom
Duterte’s betrayals actually go further and deeper. Lest anyone forget, the Philippines’ troubles with China began when President Duterte surrendered to it control over the West Philippine Sea. That it happened just after an international arbitral court had affirmed Philippine sovereignty over those waters and rejected China’s counter claim made it all the more ridiculous […]
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‘Lutong makaw’
The Philippine government has precooked the ingredients of investigation, and the resulting dish is a “lutong makaw.” I’m referring to the supposed investigation of the incident involving 22 Filipino fishermen who were abandoned drifting in open sea after their boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel. Our own government has made it utterly useless […]
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Zarate: Will Duterte statement allowing Chinese in EEZ translate to impeach votes?
Amid criticisms that President Rodrigo Duterte could be impeached for a statement allowing Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate pondered if such a statement could really translate into impeachment charges being leveled against the chief executive. “It is easy to file an [impeachment], […]
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Duterte’s deal with China an ‘informal agreement’: Panelo
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has an informal agreement with China that allows Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, the President’s spokesman revealed Monday. Duterte earlier said he could not bar Chinese fishermen in the Philippines’ EEZ due to a “mutual agreement” he made with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Duterte’s […]