West Philippine Sea
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US Air Force conducts overflights at SCS
MANILA, Philippines — The United States Air Force (USAF) has been sending its planes and other air assets to conduct flight operations across the South China Sea to implement Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) in the region. US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander Gen. Charles Brown said the air operations run parallel to the US Navy’s sustained FONOPS to…
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Year of rough seas for PH in the face of belligerent China
MANILA, Philippines – Yes, the Chinese have been sneaking in and around the West Philippine Sea before, but in 2019, Filipinos faced empirical and visceral proof of China’s constant, widespread, and belligerent presence in Philippine waters. A Chinese ship that had all the markings of a military vessel sank a Filipino boat in the West Philippine Sea in June,…
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From Trade War to Strait War: China Warn U.S. Stop Stretching its Muscles in the Contested Waters
Up till now, no one distinguishes the actual explanations behind the hostile faces. If a trade war isn’t the exact cause, the rise of China, the Hong Kong and the South China Sea questions added further fuel to the fire. War of words or trade war no one knows as the dust has not settled yet. When the dust…
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Chinese envoy defends position on South China Sea
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — A Chinese envoy on Tuesday defended China’s position on the South China Sea, saying that its claims are in line with relevant international law and practices. “China’s territorial claims and claims to marine rights and interests in the South China Sea are in line with relevant international law and international practices,” Wu Haitao,…
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Countering Beijing’s South China Sea strategy
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) possesses overwhelming military capabilities in the South China Sea. And it is clear that no single nation in this region, Japan included, is able to match those capabilities. For the littoral nations of the South China Sea — Vietnam and the Philippines in particular — China’s robust military capabilities and its many controversial and…
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Critics to Panelo: Which country do you work for?
MANILA, Philippines — Former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario yesterday slammed presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo and challenged him to reveal the country he is “working for” in insisting the case they filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity should be dismissed. “Former ombudsman Conchita Morales and I are endeavoring…
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‘Palace should appreciate moves vs China’
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang should appreciate, rather than denounce, their efforts to bring China to task for occupying the Philippines’ sovereign waters in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), said former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario. “Former Ombudswoman Conchita Morales and I are endeavoring to work for our countrymen. Why then are we being criticized by presidential spokesperson Panelo?”…
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Former Chinese officials warn tensions with US raise risk of ‘accidental conflict’
The risk of an “accidental conflict” between the US and China has risen as a result of the heightened tensions between the two sides, a number of current and former officials have warned. While they said it was difficult to imagine a full-scale conflict breaking out, they warned that the current strategic, technological and ideological stand-offs between the two…
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China’s unveils new wonder weapon in dramatic challenge to western power
THE MYSTERY hardware that appeared unidentified at the the National Day parade in October has been identified by experts as a state of the art weapons system. The weapon is the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) most powerful multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) ever, capable of firing eight 370mm rockets 350km or two 750mm ballistic missiles 500km. A leading American…
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China confirms satellite launch after military rocket’s ‘dragon’s tail’ stirs online speculation
China launched seven civilian satellites on Saturday using mobile launch vehicles normally used to fire military rockets, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The first launch in the morning sent one remote sensing satellite into orbit, while six satellites – to be used for purposes such as communications and navigation – were sent into orbit in the evening. The second launch…