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Peaceful negotiations for East Sea disputes
VietNamNet Bridge – Scholars and experts at a recent workshop in New York stressed the need to settle territorial disputes in the East Sea via peaceful means and in line with international law. Participants from the US, Vietnam, China, Australia, Britain, the Philippines and Singapore made an in-depth analysis of the causes of recent tensions […]
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Chinese fishermen on front line of marine dispute
By Agence France-Presse @ http://globalnation.inquirer.net/67147/chinese-fishermen-on-front-line-of-marine-dispute TANMEN, China—The tropical waters of the West Philippine Sea are among the most contested on Earth, but Chinese fishermen who sail in them shrug off the dangers of navigating between multiple competing claimants. “It’s a little risky… but in Chinese regions we’re not afraid, we’re in sea which belongs to […]
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China navy seeks to “wear out” Japanese ships in disputed waters
By David Lague HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s naval and paramilitary ships are churning up the ocean around islands it disputes with Tokyo in what experts say is a strategy to overwhelm the numerically inferior Japanese forces that must sail out to detect and track the flotillas. A daily stream of bulletins announce ship deployments […]
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China sends more ships to West Philippine Sea
By Tarra Quismundo Philippine Daily Inquirer @ http://globalnation.inquirer.net/66337/china-sends-more-ships-to-west-philippine-sea MANILA, Philippines—Despite the Philippines’ repeated protests and condemnation of China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a fleet of Chinese surveillance ships has again sailed into the contested waters on “regular patrol missions,” Chinese state media reported Friday. The Maritime Safety Administration of Hainan […]
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Chinese cyber military unit targeting the Philippines
FILIPINO WORLDVIEW By Roberto R. Romulo (The Philippine Star) @ http://www.philstar.com/business/2013/03/01/914349/cyber-security-threat-p.l..-unit-61398 “Global dependence on the Internet expands by leaps and bandwidth every day. Nations depend on a cyber infrastructure that enables the operation of financial markets, transportation networks, taxation and energy grids, as well as the public agencies protecting the health and security of their […]
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China’s Strategy For The Philippines – Analysis
The standoff in the Scarborough Shoal between China and the Philippines not only demonstrated Manila’s commitment to defend its maritime territory, but also Beijing’s determination to maintain its territorial aspirations at all costs. Knowing what strings to pull to pressure the Philippines, Beijing engaged in a series of de facto economic reprisals. For its part, […]
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China: Restaurant bans Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese and dogs
China acting not only as a dirty dog, but as a lousy bully and a racist freak. Today, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that a restaurant in the historic tourist city of Houhai in Beijing put up a sign which says: “This shop does not receive The Japanese, The Philippines, The Vietnamese and dog.” This […]
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DFA: UN keeping close watch over PHL-China territory row
The United Nations this week said it will keep tabs on developments on the maritime row between the Philippines and China at the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon relayed this position to Philippine permanent representative to the UN Libran Cabactulan last Tuesday, […]
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China insists again on bilateral talks on South China Sea dispute with PHL
China asserted anew its stance on addressing its long-running maritime territorial dispute with the Philippines through bilateral talks, its foreign ministry said this week. Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei also maintained China has historical, jurisprudential evidence to support its claim to the Nansha (Spratly) islands, China’s Xinhua reported. “China hopes the Philippines will honor its […]
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China rejects UN arbitration on West Phl Sea
By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines – China has rejected and returned yesterday the Notification and Statement of Claim of the Philippine government to initiate arbitral proceedings against its nine-dash-line claim in the West Philippine Sea, but the process will proceed despite Beijing’s latest action. Sources said Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing was at the […]
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China formally rejects UN arbitration on West PHL Sea issue
(Updated 8:11 p.m.) China has officially rejected a Philippine move to bring the long-running territorial issues over the South China Sea before a U.N. arbitration tribunal, saying Manila’s claim was legally infirm and carried unacceptable allegations against Beijing. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it received Tuesday afternoon from Chinese Ambassador […]
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Phl to assert claims over disputed sea
By Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star) @ http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/02/19/910527/phl-assert-claims-over-disputed-sea MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will assert its extended western continental shelf as part of efforts to bolster the country’s claim over territories in the disputed West Philippine Sea, a ranking official of the Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday. Energy Undersecretary Ramon Oca said the Department of […]