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Duterte on West Philippine Sea: I’m the owner, I’m just giving China fishing rights
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte insisted Wednesday Manila’s sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea despite his decision to allow China to fish in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). “As far as I’m concerned, I’m the owner, and I’m just giving the fishing rights,” Duterte told Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in his show […]
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Destined for war
China and the United States are currently on a collision course for war – unless both parties take difficult and painful actions to avert it. This is the basic theme of the book Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? written by Graham Allison in 2017. This is not a book about […]
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Editorial: Hope it does not turn into war
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly said that he does not want to go to war against China on the West Philippine Sea or the South China Sea. He made it clear that we do not stand a chance against a superpower nation with military resources that outnumber us and much more advanced than what we […]
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China can’t ignore multilateral resistance — US
MANILA, Philippines — “Multilateral resistance” from the United States and its allies against China’s militarization in the South China Sea is something Beijing cannot ignore, said a State Department official. “We’re strongest when we coordinate with like-minded allies and others,” said US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell in […]
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Duterte Keeps Majority Approval After South China Sea Issue
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte kept his majority approval rating halfway through his term, according to a survey done after a South China Sea incident that highlighted his stance on Beijing. Duterte’s approval rating declined to 85% from 87% last quarter, pollster Pulse Asia said Wednesday in e-mailed results of an end-June nationwide survey, adding that […]
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Vietnam, China embroiled in South China Sea standoff
HANOI – Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been embroiled in a weeks-long standoff near an offshore oil block in disputed waters of the South China Sea, which fall within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, 2 Washington-based think-tanks said on Wednesday. China’s U-shaped “nine-dash line” marks a vast expanse of the South China Sea that it claims, […]
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China and Vietnam tread softly in South China Sea over latest dispute
China and Vietnam have been handling their recent South China Sea stand-off in an unusually restrained manner, leading observers to conclude both nations have learned from their deadly crisis of five years ago. The latest confrontation began two weeks ago when a Chinese geological survey ship began conducting a seismic survey near the Vietnamese-controlled – […]
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Carpio: Duterte’s Mutual Defense Treaty remark maybe another joke
MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks that he would invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with America may just be another of the Philippine leader’s jokes. In an interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s “Give Us This Day,” Duterte said Wednesday: “I’m calling now America. I’m invoking the […]
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‘I’m calling now America’: Duterte invokes defense pact with US
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he is now invoking the Philippines’ Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States amid the country’s maritime dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. “I’m calling now America. I’m invoking the RP-US pact. I would like America to gather all their Seventh Fleet in […]
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Duterte invokes military pact with US amid South China Sea dispute
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 17) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the United States should enforce the mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the Philippines in the wake of maritime tension in the South China Sea. “I’m calling now America. I am invoking the RP-US pact, and I would like America to gather their […]
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SolGen says lawyers of fishermen in writ of kalikasan case may face disbarment
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 15) — Solicitor General Jose Calida warned that lawyers of fishermen who asked the Supreme Court (SC) to order the government to protect the West Philippine Sea may face disbarment raps for supposedly keeping their clients in the dark about the real nature of the writ of kalikasan petition they […]
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Chinese Admiral: Solve South China Sea Dispute By Sinking Navy Aircraft Carriers
Rear Admiral Lou Yuan, deputy head of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, has told an audience in Shenzhen that the ongoing disputes over the ownership of the East and South China Seas could be resolved by sinking two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. Admiral Lou gave a wide-ranging speech on the state of Sino-U.S. relations. […]