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Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Philippines as relations between two sides warm
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit to the Philippines by the end of this year in the latest sign of improved relations between the two sides, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said. Cayetano also said President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a proposal to form a group to study plans for the Philippines and China to conduct a…
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US reaffirms position in South China Sea code negotiations
The United States made clear its position that the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea should also include the concerns and rights of third parties during its meetings with Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Singapore. In a teleconference on Tuesday with reporters, US Mission to ASEAN Charges d’Affaires Piper Campbell said US Secretary Michael R. Pompeo raised the…
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PH against unilateral exploitation of South China Sea: Cayetano
MANILA — The Philippines will not allow oil and gas deposits in the South China Sea to be harvested “unilaterally,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday. Former President Benigno Aquino had said that Manila had “no obligation” to share resources with Beijing, as incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte worked on possible joint exploration with China. Aquino initiated an arbitration…
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Palace open to China, Asean war games
Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military exercises with Asean countries but these exercises should not include the United States. Speaking to reporters in Malita, Davao Occidental on Monday, Palace spokesman Harry…
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Palace open to China, Asean war games
Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military exercises with Asean countries but these exercises should not include the United States. Speaking to reporters in Malita, Davao Occidental on Monday, Palace spokesman Harry…
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PH against unilateral exploitation of South China Sea: Cayetano
The Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre on the disputed Second Thomas Shoalin the South China Sea on March 29, 2014. Erik De Castro, Reuters MANILA — The Philippines will not allow oil and gas deposits in the South China Sea to be harvested “unilaterally,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday. Former President Benigno Aquino had said…
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China ‘moves to limit US influence’ in South China Sea code negotiations
The US has suggested China is using the South China Sea code of conduct to pressure ASEAN states to accept their South China Sea claims. Experts have told The Australian Beijing is attempting to use the negotiations to minimise the presence of the US Navy and the Australian Navy in the sea. Last week ASEAN and China agreed on single…
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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It’s Time for the United States to Counter It.
The rule of international law will stand or fall on the confidence of civilian mariners to operate where and how they please within the boundaries of their international legal rights. The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it long-term political objectives of using…
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South China Sea progress between China and Asean will run into choppy waters with the US
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations now have a single text to negotiate a code of conduct in the South China Sea, where four Asean member countries – Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam – are locked in territorial disputes with Beijing. The announcement, which came on Thursday during the Asean-China ministerial meeting, was hailed as a milestone…
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Beijing busy in 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: ___ CHINA, SE ASIAN NAVIES STAGE COMPUTER-SIMULATED DRILLS The navies of China and Southeast Asian nations…
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A Closer Look at the ASEAN-China Single Draft South China Sea Code of Conduct
On August 3, the foreign ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their Chinese counterpart announced agreement on a Single Draft South China Sea Code of Conduct Negotiating Text (SDNT) that will serve as the basis for the adoption of a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea. The SDNT is…
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The Next Big Energy Standoff Will Happen Here
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China have agreed on a so-called single working text to continue negotiations for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed South China Sea. “I am pleased to announce yet another milestone in the COC process,” said Vivian Balakrishnan on Thursday, Singapore’s foreign minister, who is hosting the meeting of regional leaders.…