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China Will Treat US Drones as Move to Dent its Contested Maritime Claims
TAIPEI — Officials in Beijing will treat $47.9 billion in U.S. drone sales approved for Southeast Asia as another effort to dent their claims to the disputed South China Sea, experts believe, and lash back verbally as well as economically. The U.S. Department of Defense said May 31 American contractor Insitu would sell 34 […]
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South China Sea tensions SOAR as Philippines begs surrounding nations to ‘come together’
THE Philippines has issued a warning to China over its claims in the South China Sea as tensions in the region remain high. China has continued to increase its gains in the region and has come into minor conflicts with several states including the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. Speaking recently, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice […]
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[OPINION] A call for a South China Sea truth movement
SUMMARY Editor’s Note: Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio delivered the commencement speech at the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) graduation rites on Friday, June 7. Here is the full text of Carpio’s speech, which Rappler is publishing with his permission. AIJC Chairman Mel V. Velarde, President Ramon R. Tuazon, members of […]
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[OPINION] A call for a South China Sea truth movement
Source: https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/232604-south-china-sea-truth-movement-carpio/
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[OPINION] A call for a South China Sea truth movement
Source:https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/232604-south-china-sea-truth-movement-carpio/
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[OPINION] A call for a South China Sea truth movement
SUMMARY Editor’s Note: Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio delivered the commencement speech at the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) graduation rites on Friday, June 7. Here is the full text of Carpio’s speech, which Rappler is publishing with his permission. AIJC Chairman Mel V. Velarde, President Ramon R. Tuazon, members of […]
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China continues build up on Gaven Reef, just 30 km from Taiwan’s Taiping Island
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China continues to expand and militarize across the South China Sea, contradicting numerous guarantees made to numerous countries, and also endangering the region’s natural habitat with excessive island-building. Taiwan’s Military News Agency (MNA) released a photo on Saturday (June 8) of the Gaven Reef (南薰礁) located in the Spratly Island […]
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China is letting value of yuan slide to offset trade war tariffs, US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday accused China of allowing the value of its currency to slide in a bid to offset the impact of Washington’s trade tariffs on the cost of its goods to American consumers. “It’s not coincidental in my mind that the currency has moved from approximately 6.30 [yuan to […]
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China, US too intertwined to ‘break up’ despite trade war, Xi Jinping says in Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against a decoupling of the US and China as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies continue. Speaking to businessmen and officials at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Xi, sitting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, said he believed disengagement would be dangerous and […]
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Watch dramatic video of near collision between US and Russian warships in South China Sea
Both the Russian warship and US Carrier Strike Group 5 were reportedly heading in parallel directions when the incident took place. The United States Navy has released video footages of what it claims is “an unsafe manoeuvre” by a Russian anti-submarine destroyer, which came within 50 metres of its guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville near […]