West Philippine Sea
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How China gets American companies to parrot its propaganda
It has all been so vague and furious and quick. First, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted and then deleted a post last weekend supporting the protests in Hong Kong. When Chinese sponsors fled, the Chinese Basketball Association suspended cooperation with the team and the Internet giant Tencent stopped streaming Rockets games, Morey […]
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For Xi Jinping, the biggest danger to the Communist Party is itself
The main agenda of the gathering of nearly 300 of the party’s most influential members is to “discuss important issues concerning how to uphold and improve the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and make progress in modernising China’s system and capacity for governance”, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. But one should […]
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New Philippines military chief sees no ‘shooting war’ in South China Sea despite disputes
The new head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines has said he does not expect a “shooting war” to occur in the South China Sea, despite Manila’s diplomatic protests against China’s intrusions into its territorial waters. “I don’t think it’s going to the point that there is going to be an actual conflict, […]
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Fact check: ESPN broadcasts China map showing invalidated ‘9-dash line’
MANILA, Philippines — Sports entertainment giant ESPN broadcast on Wednesday a controversial map of China showing the already disproven “nine-dash line” used to illustrate its claim over virtually the entire South China Sea which was invalidated in a 2016 ruling by an international tribunal. The said map shown for about four seconds in the […]
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ASEAN Starts to Notice China’s South China Sea expansion
The growing influence of the Chinese military across Southeast Asia and beyond is compelling the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states, which have traditionally shied away from collective regional security, to look at the issue with a new focus. The People’s Liberation Army’s regional activities have pushed the ASEAN countries to put their […]
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South China Sea used by Beijing ‘used to smuggle crude oil’ to avoid global sanctions
CHINA has smuggled crude oil from Iran via the South China Sea so they did not have to pay tough international sanctions as tensions soar between the world’s super powers. A huge 910,000 tonnes of crude oil was offloaded at Chinese ports during the month of September after it was transferred in the South […]
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China chaos: Beijing hits out at US with visa crackdown as simmering tensions boil over
BEIJING has launched a visa crackdown on US citizens with links to anti-China groups as tensions between the two countries threaten to boil over. Ministry of Public Security chiefs are bringing in visa restrictions to limit the ability of anyone employed or sponsored by US intelligence services and human rights groups to travel to […]
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Filipino, Vietnamese, Uyghur, Tibetan, Hong Kong protesters coalesce in anti-Beijing action
SAN FRANCISCO — China’s critics from different countries took turns lambasting it in front of its San Francisco consulate as the People’s Republic marked its 70th founding anniversary. Leaders and members of the Filipino, Vietnamese, Tibetan, Hong Kong and Muslim Uyghur communities converged for the first time to denounce Beijing’s “bullying tactics” not only […]
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PH says war games with US, Japan ‘not related to South China Sea’ dispute
MANILA, Philippines — The week-long maritime exercises of the Philippines, United States, and Japan are not in any way connected to the country’s territorial dispute in the South China Sea. “First of all, this is not something related to the South China Sea. Let us be clear on that,” Brig. Gen. Ariel Caculitan, exercise […]
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South China Sea: Russia interested in Philippine ‘power’ in blow to China’s dominance
RUSSIA and the Philippines look set to conclude a monumental infrastructure project according to reports. President Rodrigo Duterte recently travelled to Russia where he met with senior Russian officials. Following the visit, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III announced that Moscow was very interested in agreeing on an energy partnership in a huge blow […]