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Filipinos exploring Benham Rise region for years
This government’s claim that the Philippines cannot explore Benham Rise without China is a total sham meant to disempower and demean Filipinos and their capacity and capability as a people I am outraged by the huge hollow block thrown against the entire Filipino nation by Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque when he claimed that Filipinos cannot afford to explore Benham Rise…
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CHINA WARNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL ‘SUFFER COMPLETE HUMILIATION’ IF WASHINGTON CONTINUES TO PROVOKE BEIJING
Beijing has hit back at the U.S. after Washington sailed a guided-missile destroyer near the disputed Huangyan Island—otherwise known as Scarborough Shoal—last Wednesday without permission from the Chinese government. The USS Hooper warship was spotted within 12 nautical miles of the island and described as part of “routine” operations in international waters by the Pentagon. However, on Monday, Global Times,…
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China will again triple dredging and will have over 50 fortified islands by 2030 in South China Sea
China has purchased 200 dredging ships over the last 11 years. Most of the technology was from Germany, Japan and other countries. China tripled its dredging capacity over the last 15 years. China can now build its own large and modern dredging ships. China has stated that a US ship passing within a dozen miles of one of its islands…
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China vows “necessary measures” after U.S. warship nears Huangyan Island
BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) — A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saturday vowed “necessary measures” will be undertaken to safeguard the country’s sovereignty after a U.S. warship entered waters surrounding Huangyan Island in the South China Sea. When responding to a relevant question from the press, spokesperson Lu Kang confirmed that the USS Hopper, a guided missile destroyer, sailed within 12…
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China accuses US warship of violating its sovereignty in South China Sea
China’s foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering its territorial waters without permission and said it would take “necessary measures” to ensure its sovereignty is protected. On the evening of Jan. 17, the missile destroyer USS Hopper came within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, the ministry said on its website…
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Carpio’s terms for PH Rise research
THE latest issue on Philippine Rise, formerly known as Benham Rise, focused on Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s statement that China should not be allowed to conduct marine scientific research in Philippine Rise which the United Nations Commission on the Law of the Sea has recognized as part of the Philippine extended continental shelf (350 nautical miles from…
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China is a disruptive force, U.S. Pacific military chief says Sanjeev Miglani
The three countries – the United States, Japan and India – have grown increasingly concerned about China’s assertive military posture in the region and sought to draw closer, with Australia, in a “quad” of liberal democracies. “I believe the reality is that China is a disruptive transitional force in the Indo-Pacific, they are owner of the ‘trust deficit’ that…
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Carpio: PH should refuse China’s request for marine research in Philippine Rise
Carpio: PH should refuse China’s request for marine research in Philippine Rise Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, Januaray 15) — “If a bully has squatted on your front yard, and requests to look at your backyard, would you grant the request of the bully?” Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio posed this question in the wake of reports the government granted China’s…
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Philippine brass up in arms on the South China Sea
Filipino military chief Delfin Lorenzana is again at odds with his government’s softly-softly approach to China’s maritime ambitions Under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s chairmanship of Asean in 2017, the regional bloc maintained that the situation in the South China Sea was generally stable, meaning there was no need for confrontation or criticism of China’s activities, though Vietnam lobbied for a…
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The ‘Indo-Pacific’: Redrawing the Map to Counter China
McMaster and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have begun using the term “Indo-Pacific” in recent months to refer to the region that extends from the west coast of the U.S. to the west coast of India. For decades previously, American leaders had called this swath of the globe the “Asia-Pacific,” or more recently as the “Indo-Asia-Pacific.” The new turn of…