West Philippine Sea
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Vietnam Shows Malaysia And The Philippines How To Fight The South China Sea Wars
Beijing should either get the South China Sea map right or forget the Vietnamese market — for every Chinese product, from smartphones to automobiles. That’s the message Hanoi sent recently to Beijing, taking the lead once again, among its neighbors, in the fight to contain China’s South China Sea ambitions. The South China Sea […]
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Balangay boat as symbol of ancient Filipino ingenuity
I was thrilled to know that the ancient Balangay boat replica will sail again the Philippine seas in December. Called The Balangay Voyage the group continues to work on replicas of the ancient boats of Butuan City. It was deemed they deserve to be included in the official program of the Philippines’ National Quincentennial […]
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PH Coast Guard looking for 4,000 new recruits
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) wants to recruit 4,000 new personnel to address growing maritime challenges and in anticipation of upcoming assets. “There is an increase of maritime challenges and our coast guard is evolving. We have new ships coming, we will construct new radar stations, and there is a surge in […]
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South China Sea crisis: How US military overpowers China in the region
SOUTH CHINA SEA competition between the US and China has thrown up vicious verbal wars between the two superpowers – but according to one expert – President Xi Jinping is reluctant to allow for military escalation due to the superiority of President Donald Trump’s forces. While the Chinese Navy continues to aggressively assert its […]
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South China Sea: Washington to confront Beijing on tensions at Asian defence talks
FEARS over China’s increasingly aggressive military movements in the South China Sea are expected to dominate the agenda when southeast Asian defence chiefs meet for talks over the weekend. The Asean Defence Ministers Meeting Plus in Bangkok will feature the defence chiefs from the 10-nation bloc and eight global partners, including US Secretary of […]
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U.S. defense chief to visit Philippines, meet Lorenzana
MANILA, Philippines – United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper will visit the Philippines early next week to meet with Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, as part of Esper’s Indo-Pacific tour that includes a meeting of Southeast Asian defense ministers in Thailand over the weekend. “In the Philippines, Secretary Esper will meet with his Philippine […]
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BAWAL ANG PASAWAY Someone in Aquino admin tried to remove him from The Hague delegation, Carpio says
Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday revealed that someone from the Aquino administration attempted to have him removed from the Philippine delegation to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague in 2016. Interviewed on “Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie,” Carpio said someone from Malacañang blacked out his name from the list […]
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America’s feeble Indo-Pacific strategy
HANOI – With the global geopolitical center of gravity shifting toward Asia, a pluralistic, rules-based Indo-Pacific order is more important than ever, including for America’s own global standing. So it was good news when, two years ago, U.S. President Donald Trump began touting a vision of a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, characterized by unimpeded […]
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Vietnam Needs to ‘Struggle’ More in the South China Sea
Assessing Hanoi’s strategy after the Vanguard Bank standoff with China. Now that the months-long standoff between China and Vietnam has finally ended at the disputed Vanguard Bank, it makes sense to take stock of how Hanoi’s security strategy fared in countering Chinese coercion in the South China Sea. Vietnam seeks simultaneous “cooperation and struggle” […]
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Is China an Imperial Power in the Image of the West?
Unlike the West, modern China has seldom used brute force to access resources or expand markets — except, notably, in the South China Sea. This article is the first part in a series on China as a global power. Owing to geography and geopolitics, my country the Philippines finds itself in the middle of […]