West Philippine Sea
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Duterte tells China to ‘temper behavior’ after S. China Sea incident
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said China should “temper” its behavior after another Philippine military aircraft flying over the disputed South China Sea was shooed away by the Chinese. Duterte said no one can create artificial islands in international waters like the South China Sea and claim its airspace. “You cannot create an […]
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Japan Will Soon Help Vietnam Extract Gas from the South China Sea. How Will China Respond?
Idemitsu Kosan and Teikoku Oil signed the agreement with the Vietnamese state-owned oil and gas giant, PetroVietnam, on July 31. They will help develop and sell the gas located in the Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet project. In a move likely to draw the ire of China, two Japanese firms have signed an agreement to help Vietnam […]
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Philippine leader says China wrong to police airspace over disputed sea
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said in a rare rebuke of Beijing he wants China to rethink its conduct in the South China Sea and that it has no right to repel foreign aircraft and boats passing by its artificial islands in the disputed waterway. Duterte said he hoped China would “temper” its […]
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China’s Stratagem in the Framework Negotiations for a Code of Conduct with ASEAN
AFTER meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Singapore last week, the regional bloc and China announced a breakthrough in the drafting for the framework for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, which would form the basis for future negotiations regarding an eventual COC. On behalf of ASEAN, […]
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China threatens foreign ships and planes ‘daily’ in the South China Sea, but no one is yielding any ground
China threatens foreign ships and planes in the South China Sea on a “daily basis,” according to members of the Philippine military. Warnings directed at the Philippines are much more menacing than those directed at the US military, leading some experts to question whether or not China is purposefully calibrating its responses to intimidate smaller, […]
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South China Sea: Duterte warns China to temper its behaviour
Manila: The Philippine President said on Tuesday that China’s claim to air space above newly built islands and surrounding waters in the disputed South China Sea “is wrong” and Beijing should not tell others to leave those areas to avoid possible clashes. Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks in a speech to an audience that included the American […]
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Duterte hopes Beijing can ‘temper’ warnings in South China Sea
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte urged China to “temper” its frequent warnings to planes and ships passing over or through the South China Sea. In a rare statement critical of China, Duterte said on Tuesday, August 14, that Beijing must respect the right of innocent passage for vessels passing in areas beyond […]
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US military lashes out on Twitter after Beijing warns off aircraft in South China Sea
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – U.S. forces have fired a barrage of tweets in response to Chinese harassment of a Navy reconnaissance plane in the South China Sea. The Chinese sent six radio warnings to a P-8A Poseidon carrying journalists from CNN and the BBC Friday as the jet approached islets in the disputed waters […]
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China Rescue Vessel in Disputed Sea Described as Public Relations Move
TAIPEI — Beijing has stationed its first permanent search and rescue ship in a hotly disputed part of the South China Sea as a public relations move after alarming smaller countries with a military buildup in the same waters, analysts say. The Ministry of Transport in China sent the vessel, called South Sea Rescue […]
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Palace: No stopping PH patrols over S. China Sea
MANILA – Malacañang on Monday stressed that there is no stopping Philippine planes from flying over South China Sea, after another Philippine military aircraft flying over the disputed waters was shooed away by the Chinese. International news agencies CNN and BBC were given last Friday a rare chance to board a US Navy P-8A Poseidon […]