President Barack Obama
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Will New Defense Pact Impact US Support for Philippines in Sea Disputes?
China, EDCA, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, Philippines, President Barack Obama, President Benigno Aquino III, USAMANILA — The newly signed defense agreement between the Philippines and the United States is widely seen as a boost for the Philippines’ military at a time of increased tensions with China. But analysts say the extent of U.S. support remains ambiguous, making it unclear how the pact might affect future confrontations between Manila and […]
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Manila Welcomes U.S. Muscle to Counter Beijing
Bajo de Masinloc, China, Coast Guard, Philippines, President Barack Obama, President Benigno Aquino III, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, USAAfter an absence of more than 20 years, American forces will return to the Philippines under a 10-year agreement reached between the two countries on Monday in conjunction with U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Manila. The Enhanced Defense Cooperation agreement seeks to broaden U.S. access to bases on a rotational, temporary basis, and […]
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China urged: Listen to your neighbors
China, EDCA, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, Philippines, President Barack Obama, President Benigno Aquino III, South China Sea Dispute, USAMANILA, Philippines – By listening to its neighbors, China can realize that they are not adversaries but “willing partners” in its quest for regional development and stability, visiting US President Barack Obama said yesterday. Asked to comment on China’s growing aggressiveness in staking its claims in the West Philippine Sea and South China Sea, Obama […]
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Obama’s Asia visit shows US sees China as ‘opponent’: state media
China, EDCA, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, Philippines, President Barack Obama, South China Sea DisputeBEIJING – A major Chinese newspaper hit out at Barack Obama on Tuesday after the US president said Washington was not seeking to counter Beijing’s influence in the Asia-Pacific. The state-run China Daily wrote in an editorial that Obama’s week-long visit to Asia, which concludes Tuesday, made it “increasingly obvious that Washington is taking Beijing […]
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Miriam: PH-US deal unfair surprise on Senate
China, EDCA, Enhanced Defense Coorperation Agreement, Mutual Defence Treaty, Philippines, President Barack Obama, President Benigno Aquino III, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, USAMANILA, Philippines – “I feel as if I have been slapped, or ordered to melt into the wallpaper.” Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago took strong exception to the signing of a military deal between the Philippines and the United States without Senate approval. Just hours after the ceremony, the chairperson of the Senate foreign affairs committee […]
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Three questions for Obama / What Chinese scholars say
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, East China Sea, Nine Dash Line, President Barack Obama, South China Sea DisputeNations’ ties reshape through time. Each side’s expectation needs periodic reassuring. Leaders thus must restate exactly where they stand. Visiting Barack Obama reportedly will bring up today corruption and human rights issues. Noynoy Aquino is to table the strain Beijing is causing in the West Philippine (South China) Sea. Of concern to Filipinos is the […]
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Don: Obama’s visit will give Malaysia assurance over South China Sea dispute Read more: Don: Obama’s visit will give Malaysia assurance over South China Sea dispute
KUALA LUMPUR: US President Barack Obama’s visit to Malaysia this weekend will provide assurance to Malaysia in terms of national security in regard to the territorial dispute over the Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea, said the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia. “It think it will bring us assurance on the Nine-Dash Line […]
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China denies U.S.-Japan alliance’s Diaoyu Islands bearing
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) — The US-Japan alliance, a bilateral arrangement made in the Cold War, should not undermine China’s territorial sovereignty and legitimate rights, a Chinese spokesman said on Wednesday. The comment came after U.S. President Barack Obama said the Diaoyu Islands “fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of […]
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PHL wants ‘clearer’ statement of support from US in West PHL Sea dispute
China, Diplomatic Relations, Militarization, Mutual Defense, Philippines, President Barack Obama, President Benigno Aquino III, South China Sea Dispute, USAPresident Benigno Aquino III will be clarifying the terms of support of the United States to the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea dispute during US President Barack Obama’s visit next week, Malacañang hinted Wednesday. At a press conference, Presidential Communications Operations Office head Herminio Coloma Jr. said Aquino and Obama will discuss defense, political, […]
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Japan, US pledge to boost ASEAN’s marine surveillance capabilities
TOKYO – Japan and the United States will pledge to jointly help Southeast Asian nations boost their marine surveillance capabilities, a newspaper said Saturday, as tensions over territorial disputes in the region simmer. US President Barak Obama will discuss the issue with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his visit to Japan next week. A deal […]