West Philippine Sea
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Philippines official wants animated film Abominable’s South China Sea scene cut
The Dreamworks’ movie Abominable features China’s controversial “nine-dash line” map, which shows Beijing’s territorial claims in the contested waters. Vietnam has already ordered the movie pulled from cinemas because of the scene. MANILA (DPA) – The Philippines’ foreign affairs chief on Wednesday (Oct 16) said he wants a scene in the animated film Abominable […]
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South China Sea: Vietnam vows to ‘fight’ for its territory in severe blow to Xi Jinping
VIETNAM has warned that it will defend its sovereignty in the face of growing tensions with the China in the South China Sea. The two states have experienced a crisis point in their diplomatic ties following Beijing’s institution of its nine-dash line policy. Under the nine-dash line policy, China lays claim to several territories […]
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China is waging war with U.S. businesses, and winning
If you want to understand what’s happening in the National Basketball Association, turn off SportsCenter and pick up “The Art of War.” More than 2,000 years ago, the Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote that “the skillful strategist defeats the enemy without doing battle, captures the city without laying siege, overthrows the enemy state without […]
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Woke capitalism stops at the water’s edge’: Ben Sasse slams NBA ‘surrender’ to China
Sen. Ben Sasse took aim at the NBA and American businesses for surrendering to “Chinese techno-authoritarianism,” saying they had allowed China to use them as tools for the Communist regime. “The NBA has prided itself on free expression. Its players and owners have a well-earned reputation for speaking out on social justice in the […]
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US, Philippine, Japanese forces conduct maneuvers
BEIJING — Here’s your weekly look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple territorial disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons. The waters are a major shipping route for global commerce and are rich in fish and possible oil and gas reserves. US, PHILIPPINES, […]
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Vietnam pulls ‘Abominable’ film over South China Sea map
Animation film pulled over scene that shows map with China’s unilaterally declared ‘nine-dash line’ of South China Sea. Vietnam has pulled the animated DreamWorks film Abominable from cinemas over a scene featuring a map which shows China’s unilaterally declared “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday. The U-shaped line […]
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When World War III Happens, It Will Start In One Of These 5 Places
You May Also Like: 5 Best Submarines of All Time, 5 Best Aircraft Carriers of All Time, 5 Best Battleships of All Time and Worst Submarine of All Time. The world has avoided war between major power war since 1945, even if the United States and the Soviet Union came quite close on several […]
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Philippines’ top diplomat apologises to China for Mao Zedong tweets
In a photo taken on Oct 1, a giant portrait of former Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong passes by Tiananmen Square during the National Day parade in Beijing. MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – The Philippines’ top diplomat apologised on Sunday (Oct 13) for Twitter posts on Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic […]
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South China Sea: Like Vietnam, Duterte Teams Up With Russia To Stop China
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is beginning to learn a lesson or two from Vietnam in dealing with China’s aggression in the South China Sea: Team up with Russia’s Rosneft to explore for oil and gas in Philippine waters being claimed by Beijing. That’s according to an article published in Rappler by Pia Ranada. Rosneft […]
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‘Demonising’ China could backfire on US in Southeast Asia, report warns
Donald Trump’s administration should stop “demonising” China’s actions in Southeast Asia because forcing countries in the region to choose between Beijing and Washington could backfire, a US think tank has suggested. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have largely been “like-minded” in resisting American pressure to distance themselves from China and […]