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Vietnam envoy gives PH tips on dealing with China
In this March 16, 2014 file photo, then vice president Jejomar Binay meets with Vietnam’s Ambassador Truong Trieu Dong, who expressed his country’s support for the arbitration case file by the Philippines against China over the West Philippine Sea. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Vice President) In this March 16, 2014 file photo, then vice president Jejomar Binay…
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Myanmar wades in to South China Sea ruling with a balancing act
Breaking its traditional silence on the South China Sea dispute, Myanmar released its first public statement about the spat on July 13, following an international tribunal’s ruling in the Philippines’ favour. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in April. Photo: Aung Myin Ye Zaw / The Myanmar TimesState Counsellor Daw Aung San…
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People in China smash iPhones and mob KFC to protest South China Sea ruling
Several groups of people in China are so incensed with an international court ruling against the country, that they’re taking their anger out on what they view as symbols of America: Apple and KFC. Videos of people smashing iPhones have started to go viral in the country, and there are angry mobs protesting outside KFC outlets in at least 17…
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President reiterates ROC’s sovereignty over South China Sea
Taipei, July 19 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) reiterated Tuesday the Republic of China’s sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea and vowed to uphold the country’s rights in the region based on international law. Tsai made the statement in a national security meeting, the first she has convened since her inauguration on May 20. In the meeting, the…
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It is Beijing’s fault that China lost big in the South China Sea ruling
The award issued last week by an arbitral tribunal sitting in The Hague can only be described as a tremendous legal victory for the Philippines over China. The tribunal, which was formed pursuant to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ruled in favor of the Philippines on 14 of 15 claims. On every issues of substance,…
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South China Sea and world disorder
It is likely that China’s reaction to the Hague ruling will have a negative impact on other multilateral processes The ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague against China’s claim on the South China Sea in a case brought before the court by the Philippines should prima facie have remained a bilateral matter between the litigants.…
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In South China Sea Dispute, Filipinos Say U.S. Credibility Is On
In this file photo, Philippine navy personnel and congressmen land at a rock that is part of Scarborough Shoal bearing the Philippine flag that was earlier planted by Filipino fishermen. In this file photo, Philippine navy personnel and congressmen land at a rock that is part of Scarborough Shoal bearing the Philippine flag that was earlier planted by Filipino fishermen.…
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Vietnam activists thank Philippines
ACTIVISTS in Vietnam held a brief rally outside the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi Sunday, holding up a banner that said “Thank you Philippines. You have a brave government.” The group was part of demonstrations in the Vietnamese capital to protest against China, after it rejected a recent international ruling that dismissed Beijing’s claims to much of the South China Sea.…
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China admiral warns freedom of navigation patrols could end ‘in disaster’
BEIJING, July 18- Freedom of navigation patrols carried out by foreign navies in the South China Sea could end “in disaster”, a senior Chinese admiral has said, a warning to the United States after last week’s ruling against Beijing’s claims in the area. China has refused to recognise the ruling by an arbitration court in The Hague that invalidated its…
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Vietnam rejects Chinese passports with nine-dash line
Marcopolo Tam, a member of a pro-China business group in Hong Kong, points to what is now known as the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on a Japanese World War II era map purporting to support China’s claims to vast parts of the South China Sea, in Hong Kong Thursday, July 14, 2016. An international tribunal ruled in…