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Palace hit for ‘mendicancy,’ Beijing for ‘bullying’
After Panelo bared China’s tit-for-tat deportation plan if undocumented Chinese workers are kicked out of PH Labor groups and a lawmaker on Wednesday lambasted the Duterte administration for “kowtowing” to China after its ambassador “bullied” the government into not taking action against Chinese illegally working in the Philippines. The Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong […]
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Why a U.S.-China trade deal is not enough
WASHINGTON – As Chinese and American trade negotiators met in Washington through the weekend, observers were largely focused on the countries’ economic disagreements, such as over China’s subsidies to its state-owned enterprises. But to think that an agreement on trade would protect the world from a Sino-American cold war would be as premature as it […]
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China, The US, And Realistic Expectations
Deng Xiaoping once said that “the China-U.S. relationship can never be too good or too bad” because it is too important. In other words, meaning the leaders and people of both countries should be realistic about how close their bilateral relationship can be at any given point in time, and they should never let their […]
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US Navy dispatches destroyer, cargo ship through Taiwan Strait in message to China
The U.S. Navy dispatched a guided-missile destroyer and a cargo ship through the Taiwan Strait Monday, the latest in a series of American military maneuvers intended to send a message to Beijing that the United States will continue its support of Taiwan in the face of recent threats by the Chinese government. The passage through […]
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China’s military seeks new islands to conquer
A DEFENCE Department report warns that China’s military build-up is reaching the point where it can attempt to “impose its will on the region and beyond”. Visiting recently with senior officials from two US allies in the region, Japan and Singapore, gave me a visceral feeling of how things look on the ground (and at […]
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Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea
BEIJING — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: Indonesian reports say the country plans to develop fisheries surround the […]
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US Lawmakers Urge Trump to Push Vietnam on Rights Record During North Korea Summit
Three U.S. lawmakers have called on U.S. President Donald Trump to raise human rights issues with officials in Vietnam when he travels to the one-party Communist Southeast Asian nation next week for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. In a letter dated Feb. 19, U.S. House of Representatives members Zoe Lofgren, Chris […]
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U.S. Secretary of State to visit PH next week
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 23) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the Philippines next week to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. Pompeo will be in Manila for a two-day trip from February 28 to March 1, the U.S. Department of State said […]
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China says it would welcome visit by Hammond
BEIJING (Reuters) – China would welcome a visit by Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday, a day after Hammond said talk of deploying a British warship in the Pacific had complicated bilateral relations. As Britain prepares to exit the European Union at the end of next month, its biggest […]
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China seeks new islands to conquer
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Defense Department report warns that China’s military buildup is reaching the point where it can attempt to “impose its will on the region and beyond.” Visiting recently with senior officials from two U.S. allies in the region, Japan and Singapore, gave me a visceral feeling of how things look on the […]
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Law expert warns facilities would allow China to surveil PHL airspace
China’s structure-building effort in the disputed South China Sea had so expanded that facilities had been built beyond the Asian power’s original Nine-Dash Line territorial claim, GMA News TV program State of the Nation with Jessica Soho reported on Friday. According to think-tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, China had been accelerating its South China Sea […]
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US-China Incidents In The South China Sea Likely To Continue – Analysis
This latest FONOP stood out in that it showed an increased pace of such challenges coming only a little over a month since the last one in; it involved two US warships instead of the usual single one; and it targeted a Philippines-occupied feature as well as one occupied by China–perhaps because it was trying […]