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2014 IMOA Maps Exhibit
Atty. Elma Christine Leogardo, Cartographic Exhibit, China, De La Salle University, DLSU, History, IMOA Maps Exhibit, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Manila, Maps, maritime history, Maritime Law, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, Philippine Maritime Disputes, Philippines, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Justice, Secretary of National Defense, South China Sea Dispute, Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. CarpioThe Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs (IMOA) Maps Exhibit was hosted at De La Salle University in Manila on September 10, 2014. The event featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Atty. Elma Christine Leogardo, accompanied by notable government officials including Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario, Secretary of…
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China Bypasses Philippines in Its Proposed ‘Maritime Silk Road’
BEIJING—The Philippines has paid a high price for launching a legal challenge to China over its sweeping claims to the South China Sea: Two-way trade, travel and investment are all languishing. Now, it risks missing out on a planned Chinese infrastructure spending bonanza designed to boost trade and bring jobs to the region. Read more: […]
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PH-China trade growth ‘significant’
BEIJING—The bilateral relations between the Philippines and China continued to improve even as both countries continued to lock horns over their conflicting territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea, President Benigno Aquino III said here Sunday. He made the statement during the APEC CEO Summit when a business leader asked him about the relations between […]
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PH-China trade growth ‘significant’
BEIJING—The bilateral relations between the Philippines and China continued to improve even as both countries continued to lock horns over their conflicting territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea, President Benigno Aquino III said here Sunday. He made the statement during the APEC CEO Summit when a business leader asked him about the relations between […]
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Straight Talk on the South China Sea
President Obama’s second daylong summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping will be the best chance this year to clarify some fuzzy lines on Asia’s biggest potential flash point: the South China Sea. This is the time to further clarify U.S. interests, including whether the United States cares about possible outcomes to the region’s many territorial […]
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America and Its Allies in the South China Sea: Dangerously Overmatched, Outgunned, and Outranged by China
Three books published this year contemplate Asia’s most vexing problem. Taken together, they provide a thorough understanding of the contest in the South China Sea. Still, they leave the reader with one large puzzle. Asia’s Cauldron recounts, in Robert Kaplan’s readable travelogue style, the fascinating political and economic trajectories of the nations surrounding the South […]
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South China Sea Disputes: Facts Or Fiction?
ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Philippines, Pivot, Rebalance, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, USA, VietnamIf a country cites international law to justify its position while avoiding having that position tested in court, such use of international law is just rhetoric, and does not deserve support from scholars. In the article “Separating fact from fiction in South China Sea conundrum”,[1] Dr Mark Valencia decries “a veritable fountain of government pronouncements, propaganda, […]
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Kerry: US will defend allies in Asia-Pacific
Ayungin Shoal, China, Foreign Relations, John Kerry, Mutual Defense, Panatag Shoal, Rebalance, South China Sea Dispute, USAMANILA, Philippines – The United States wants stronger ties with China but is committed to defending allies in the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. Kerry said he and US President Barack Obama would be working for the interests of their allies in the South China Sea when they meet leaders of […]
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Taiwan’s live-fire drills on Spratlys infuriate Vietnam
A second day of live-fire drills conducted by the Coast Guard Administration on one of the disputed Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島) drew condemnation from Vietnam, which also claims the South China Sea chain as its territory. The drills are conducted annually on the Taiwan-administered Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島), said Shih Yi-che (施義哲), […]