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[OPINION] DFA foils oil exploration with China – for now
Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr emaciates Beijing’s MOU to start joint development by making it an ‘agreement to negotiate’ It’s back to step one for China and its much-awaited joint development of oil and gas with the Philippines. In October, after Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Manila, the Global Times, a subsidiary of People’s Daily, […]
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Chinese-Australian relations have had a rollercoaster year in 2018
As Beijing looked to expand its global position, particularly with an increased presence in the Pacific, Australia sat up and took notice. Here we take a look back at 10 key policy moves, diplomatic clashes and deals that have shaped an interesting year in the complex Australia-China relationship. 1. Canberra passes the anti-foreign intervention laws […]
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China ‘highly appreciated’ outgoing US Defense Secretary James Mattis, official says
Beijing (CNN)China’s Defense Ministry has praised outgoing US Defense Secretary James Mattis, saying Beijing “highly appreciated” his attitude during his time in the post. In the Chinese government’s first response to the former general’s impending departure, Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said: “(Mattis) made positive efforts in making military-to-military relations a stabilizer in the overall […]
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With China in vicinity, Philippine turns to US, seeks review of defense treaty
With China’s new structural presence in the South China Sea, the Philippine government through Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin is turning to US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to discuss issues in the South China Sea. The arranged meeting of Locsin and Pompeo took place amidst the reported presence of newly-constructed Chinese structure […]
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2018: Year of China military deployments in South China Sea – U.S. think tank
In 2018, China entered a new ‘phase’ in its militarization of the South China Sea, including the Spratlys in the West Philippine Sea, says AMTI director Gregory Poling MANILA, Philippines – The year 2018 saw China enter into a new phase in its militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea – the increased […]
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How the world resistance caught China off guard
Faced with a weakening economy, a trade war with US and a united West, Xi’s task cut out Xi Jinping, heralded in the West as the most powerful Chinese leader since Chairman Mao Zedong, is heading towards failure. That’s the conclusion one could draw from Xi’s December 18 speech, commemorating the 40th anniversary of China’s […]
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Commentary: From co-evolution to decoupling, a new US-China relationship
NEW HAVEN: Henry Kissinger, US secretary of state from 1973 to 1977, remains a rock star in China. So when US-Chinese relations go awry, Chinese leaders turn to Kissinger. In his 2011 book On China, Kissinger proposed that the United States and China should “pursue their domestic imperatives, cooperating where possible, and adjust their relations […]
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Xi and Trump are remaking the world, and we should all be afraid
On January 20, Donald Trump will have been the president of the United States for two years. His rule has been so erratic that not only the US but the world is no longer recognisable to his country’s allies and enemies alike. In the six years Xi Jinping has been China’s leader, he, too, has […]
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U.S. Military Pushes Back Against China’s Regional Bullying
The Pentagon is now taking a much more assertive response to China’s military muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific region than it did just a few months back. Early in September, a Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance flight over the South China Sea was harshly warned off by Chinese radio operators stationed on a fortified islet of Mischief […]
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Yearender: China, ASEAN usher in new era for deeper strategic partnership, wider pragmatic cooperation
HONG KONG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — The year 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of strategic partnership between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) featured with political trust, mutual respect and win-win cooperation. The two sides have pledged to further develop their relations to a new high by adopting the […]
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Business booming in South China Sea
Marine economy sees 7.2% annual growth since 2012: report China’s southern marine economic zone including the South China Sea has outgrown the north and east marine economic zones in gross ocean product, reaching 3 trillion yuan ($440 billion ) in 2017, an increase of more than 80 percent since 2012, a report said. Analysts praised […]
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Duterte Opens Up The Philippines To Chinese Workers, As Filipinos Seek Jobs Overseas
Chinese workers are “flooding” the Philippines. That’s according to a story published recently in South China Morning Post. Worse, Duterte’s administration is losing count of how many Chinese workers are in the country legally or illegally, according to the same source. The flood of Chinese workers follows Duterte’s abandoning the Philippines close ties with the […]