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Philippines must seize chance to speak up vs. China –former envoy
Manila should speak up and take action over its claims in the West Philippines Sea after some European states at the United Nations expressed their support for the 2016 arbitral victory against Beijing, a former envoy said. Interviewed on Dobol B sa News TV on Sunday, former Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Lauro Baja said the support from…
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Manila to negotiate P12-M claim vs China ship
THE PHILIPPINES will discuss with China the payment for 22 Filipino fishermen who were abandoned at sea after their ship collided with a Chinese trawler in June last year, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The agency said it had received the report from the Justice department proposing P12 million in damage claims, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Eduardo…
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PLA opens three fronts in South China Sea to distract the world from Ladakh
While both India and China have still to finalise the dates of military commanders’ meeting with each asking for postponement once, PLA is continuing to build-up along the 1,597-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector. Post the military flare-up at Galwan Valley, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has mobilised four out of five of its military theatre…
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China’s Rejection of Taiwan Buffer Zone Raises Risk of Clash
China is ratcheting up the risk of military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing seeks to deter Taipei from continuing to deepen ties with the U.S. and other like-minded democracies. People’s Liberation Army aircraft repeatedly breached the median line between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland last week, in the latest of a series of military exercises in the area.…
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Daniel Yergin’s ‘New Map’ Explains Why South China Sea Is A Flashpoint
Book reviews are the literary equivalent of visiting a buffet line that features 30 different dishes, but only being allowed to fill one small soup bowl, with no second helpings. There’s no good way to reduce a 200-, 300-, or 400-page book down to 800 or 1,000 words and do it justice. For that reason, rather than try to condense…
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China’s Rejection of Taiwan Buffer Zone Raises Risk of Clash
China is ratcheting up the risk of military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing seeks to deter Taipei from continuing to deepen ties with the U.S. and other like-minded democracies. People’s Liberation Army aircraft repeatedly breached the median line between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland last week, in the latest of a series of military exercises in the area.…
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Navy welcomes support for South China Sea ruling
The leadership of the Philippine Navy welcomed on Sunday the recognition by France, Germany and the United Kingdom of the 2016 tribunal ruling that validates the Philippines’ claim over South China (West Philippine) Sea. VAdm. Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, Navy chief, was referring to the joint note verbale by the European countries, making a stand as state parties to the 1982…
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US-China rivalry in the South China Sea has the Philippines at its core, observers say
The United States and China have stepped up their efforts to win the affections of thePhilippinesof late as the two powers remainlocked in a fight for supremacy on multiple fronts, not least theSouth China Sea. On Friday, the agriculture ministry in Manila announced that a US-funded animal disease laboratory had opened in the Central Luzon region, The Manila Bulletin reported.…
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France, Germany, UK reject China’s sweeping claims in South China Sea in joint note verbale
MANILA – France, Germany and the United Kingdom filed a joint note verbale with the United Nations in New York, rejecting China’s sweeping claims over the South China Sea. In a note verbale dated Sept. 16, the three nations said that “historic rights” over the South China Sea waters “do not comply” with international law and provisions of the 1982…
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Palace ‘unaware’ that banned China firm got Sangley airport project
MANILA, Philippines — Despite its P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds this year, Malacañang was “not aware” that a Chinese company that bagged the Sangley airport project had been blacklisted by the United States for its involvement in island building in the West Philippine Sea. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the admission on Monday during a House briefing on…
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CHILLING WARNINGChina says it’s ‘militarily and morally ready for war’ after 11,000 US troops hold massive drills in Guam
CHINA has warned it’s “ready for war” after 11,000 US troops were sent to Guam for massive military drills. The soldiers – along with America’s largest warships and 100 planes – are training to defend the crucial Pacific island. But the move has sparked warnings from China, which has declared that it’s “militarily and morally ready for war”. The operation…
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Locsin calls for resumption of South China Sea code of conduct talks
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has called for the resumption of negotiations between Southeast Asian nations and China for a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea which has been been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic. Despite travel restrictions that precluded face-to-face meetings, Locsin called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China to ensure that…