Philippines
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Regional tensions on display at Fifth Xiangshan Forum
Arbitration, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Memorial, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOSLast week’s Fifth Xiangshan Forum in Beijing demonstrated just how difficult it will be to resolve disputes in the South China Sea as long as key parties believe history must arbitrate the veracity of claims to sovereignty over contested islands. Scholars, officials and military officers from all around Asia were present, including many from the […]
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Victims Under the South China Sea
Artificial Islands, China, Coral Reefs, Ecology, Environment, Food Security, Philippines, Reclamation, SpratlysFiery Cross Reef, a tiny coral dot in the 1.4 million square miles of the South China Sea, wouldn’t seem the most obvious or ecologically sound location for a nearly two-mile-long airstrip. But based on satellite images released last week by Jane’s Defence Weekly, that’s exactly what China seems to be getting ready to build atop it. Such construction […]
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Vietnam warships visit Philippines amid South China Sea dispute
(Reuters) – Vietnam on Tuesday showed off its two most powerful warships in the first-ever port call to the Philippines but an official said it was not trying to challenge China’s superior naval forces amid tension in the South China Sea. Hanoi invited the diplomatic community to its Russian-built missile-guided frigates docked in Manila Bay […]
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JUSTICE CARPIO TO LECTURE ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE AT NDCP 24 November 2014
China, Exhibit, History, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maps, National Defense College of the Philippines, NDCP, Philippines, South China Sea DisputeSenior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio of the Supreme Court of the Philippines will deliver a lecture entitled, “The South China Sea Dispute” on 24 November 2014 (Monday) at 0200H, Auditorium, National Defense College of the Philippines. He will also be the Guest of Honor during the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Cartographic Exhibit at […]
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US should stay out of S.China Sea land reclamation issue: PLA general
Airstrip, Artificial Islands, China, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA“Stay out of it.” That appears to be the message of a general of China’s People’s Liberation Army, following reports the US urged China to halt land reclamation activities in the South China Sea. PLA Major General Luo Yuan told the Global Times that as China is constructing infrastructure on the reef, mainly to improve […]
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Aquino and Xi shake hands
APEC, China, Diplomacy, Economics, Philippines, Pivot, President Benigno Aquino III, Rebalance, Silk Road, South China Sea Dispute, USAPhilippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time and shook hands last November 21 in Beijing. It was a historic occasion because the two countries had been locked in territorial disputes over islands and reefs in the West Philippine Sea ( South China Sea) for the past few […]
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US asks China to stop building Spratlys island which could host airfield
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Airstrip, Artificial Islands, China, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, Spratyls, USAThe United States has urged Beijing to stop its reclamation projects in the South China Sea, as a report provided more details on a massive island being built in the disputed waters. According to a report by IHS Jane’s Defence, China had over the past three months used dredgers to build an island about 3,000 […]
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China building South China Sea island big enough for airstrip – report
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Airstrip, Artificial Islands, China, Fiery Cross Reef, Military Base, Military Conflict, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysWASHINGTON – Satellite images show China is building an island on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands large enough to accommodate what could be its first offshore airstrip in the South China Sea, a leading defense publication said on Friday. The construction has stoked concern that China may be converting disputed territory in the […]
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What’s next in South China Sea? 4 scenarios simulated
MANILA, Philippines — More than 70 analysts from various countries held debates in a bid to simulate the future of the disputed South China Sea. In a statement earlier this week, consultancy firm Wikistrat examined “key factors” driving instability in the waters claimed by China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan to come up with […]
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SC justices split on US defense aid in sea row
China, EDCA, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Military Bases, Mutual Defense Treaty, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, Supreme Court, USAMalacaÑang has found an ally in Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in defending the legality and benefits of its controversial Philippine-United States Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) when she said that the country needs the help of the US to improve the country’s military capability amid its dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea. […]