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CARPIO’S STATEMENT ON CHINESE DEPLOYMENT OF BOMBER PLANES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA PH urged to unite with rival claimants in opposing China’s militarization
The Philippines and other claimants should band together and oppose China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said on Monday. For the nth time, Carpio called on the Duterte administration to bring a formal diplomatic protest opposing China’s militarization of the disputed waterway, the latest of which was […]
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PH urged to condemn China’s deployment of bombers in disputed waters
MANILA- The Philippines should condemn China’s deployment of long range bombers on disputed islands in the South China Sea, an analyst said Sunday. Anders Corr, an analyst with The Journal of Political Risk, said Beijing’s move is part of a “continuing process of incremental takeover” and that a closer alliance with Washington would be beneficial […]
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Off the charts: why Chinese publishers don’t want maps in their books
Publishing sources say they are leaving maps out of books entirely to avoid going through the long and complicated review process New rules have made it so difficult for publishers to get maps of China past the censors that some are choosing to leave them out of books entirely to avoid the tortuous review process, […]
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China air force lands bombers on South China Sea islands
SHANGHAI – China’s air force has landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region, it said in a statement. “A division of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) recently organized multiple bombers such as the H-6K to conduct take-off and landing […]
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Beijing lands nuclear bombers in the South China Sea in clear sign that it has pushed out the US without firing a shot
Beijing upped the ante in the South China Sea on Friday by releasing footage of its H-6K nuclear-capable bombers landing on artificially made islands in disputed waters — and it sends a clear message of who dominates the region. China has taken an increasingly aggressive stance to back up its unilateral claims to the waters […]
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Duterte: Why question China’s WPS actions?
President Duterte on Thursday said there was no use questioning why he had allowed China to land planes and install missiles on artificial islands claimed by the Philippines in the South China Sea. Explaining his administration’s stand not to “go to war” with China, President Duterte told reporters he would discuss with them geopolitical realities […]
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Vietnam says conducts maritime oil operations under international law
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s maritime oil and gas operations are in accordance with international law and conducted in waters in which it has total sovereignty, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Rosneft Vietnam BV, a unit of Russian state oil firm Rosneft (ROSN.MM), is concerned that its recent drilling in an […]
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Vietnam unit of Russia’s Rosneft fears Beijing backlash over South China Sea drilling
HANOI (REUTERS) – Rosneft Vietnam BV, a unit of Russian state oil firm Rosneft, is concerned that its recent drilling in an area of the South China Sea that is claimed by China could upset Beijing, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Wednesday (May 16). Rosneft said on Tuesday its […]
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Beijing says no oil, gas activities in the South China Sea waters without its permission
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that no country, organization, company or individual can carry out oil and gas exploration or exploitation in Chinese waters without permission from Beijing. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the comment at a regular news briefing when asked about recent drilling by Rosneft Vietnam BV, a unit […]
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Rosneft says South China Sea drilling is within Vietnam waters
HANOI, May 17 (Reuters) – Drilling in the South China Sea by Rosneft is within Vietnamese territorial waters, the Russian state oil firm said in a statement on Thursday, two days after its Vietnamese subsidiary began drilling in Vietnamese waters claimed by China. Rosneft’s local unit, Rosneft Vietnam BV, is concerned that its recent drilling […]
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Analyst’s take on Duterte’s remarks about arms buildup in disputed sea
GMA News’ resident analyst Richard Heydarian on Thursday said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that there is no point in questioning China’s militarization of the South China Sea was “wrong.” In an interview on News To Go, Heydarian opposed Duterte’s view that engaging in war with China was the only way to assert the Philippines’ […]
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THE DANGERS OF ALLOWING U.S.-PHILIPPINE DEFENSE COOPERATION TO LANGUISH
On April 17, Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana and U.S. ambassador Sung Kim took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the first official construction project under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). The project to build a warehouse for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies at Cesar Basa Air Base in Pampanga Province comes more […]