Tag: china

Alejano hits back at Cayetano

(Eagle News)–Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Saturday, June 2, hit back at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano after the country’s top diplomat criticized the lawmaker for releasing information about Chinese coastguards harassing Filipino soldiers in Ayungin Shoal on May 11. “Instead of holding the aggressor for its actions, DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano seems more infuriated that the Filipino people was informed of the harassment against our soldiers in Ayungin Shoal,” Alejano, a […]

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Toshiba completes $21 bn sale of chip unit

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Embattled conglomerate Toshiba on Friday completed the $21 billion sale of its prized chip unit to an investment consortium, a move seen as crucial to keeping the Japanese firm afloat. The deal had been delayed while Chinese regulators examined whether it could violate anti-trust laws, but they finally granted approval in mid-May. “Toshiba hereby gives notice that the closing of the sale has been completed today as scheduled,” the group said […]

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World’s largest freshwater pearl goes for 320,000 euros

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The world’s largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to Catherine the Great, was sold Thursday in the Netherlands for 320,000 euros ($374,000), auction house Venduehuis said. Known as the Sleeping Lion pearl due to its distinctive shape, the pearl was likely formed in the first half of the 18th century in Chinese waters, possibly even the Pearl River. The auctioneers said the jewel weighs some 120 grams (around 4.2 […]

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China rejects US accusations it seeks hegemony in Asia

  BEIJING, China (AFP)– China has rejected accusations from top US officials that it seeks hegemony in Asia and is pushing militarization in the South China Sea. Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington’s ambassador in South Korea, had said on Wednesday that while North Korea posed the most imminent threat to the United States, China’s “dream of hegemony in Asia” was his country’s biggest long-term challenge. The comments were not surprising, […]

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Susunod na PH-China bilateral talks tungkol sa West PHL Sea, posibleng gawin sa 3rd quarter ng taon

(Eagle News) — Inaasahang sa 3rd quarter ng taon isasagawa ang susunod na Bilateral Consultative Mechanism sa pagitan ng China at Pilipinas. Ayon kay Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana, wala pang eksaktong petsa pero posible aniyang isagawa ito sa Agosto o Setyembre. Inaasahan aniyang mapag-uusapan ng dalawang bansa ang progress report ng resulta sa panel study hinggil sa gas cooperation sa West Philippine Sea. Noong Pebrero nang isagawa ng Pilipinas at China […]

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Dating pangulong Aquino, sinisisi sa umano’y pagkawala ng kontrol ng PHL sa pinagtatalunang bahagi ng West PHL Sea

(Eagle News) — Hindi naiwasang muling sisihin ang dating administrasyon ni Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa umano’y pagkawala ng kontrol ng Pilipinas sa ilang bahagi ng pinagtatalunang West Philippine Sea. Ito ay matapos muling maungkat sa isinagawang briefing ng National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea ang mga naging aksyon ng nakalipas na administrasyon sa claim ng gobyerno sa ilang pinagtatalunang isla sa West PHL Sea na naglagay sa relasyon ng Pilipinas at […]

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Pompeo, Kim’s right-hand man, begin talks to prep nuclear summit

  by Francesco Fontemaggi with Carole Landry © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man began talks with President Donald Trump’s top diplomat on Wednesday amid a scramble to organize next month’s historic nuclear summit between the North Korean and US leaders. Kim Yong Chol, a veteran Pyongyang power player and a member of the young autocrat’s inner circle, flew in on an Air China flight from Beijing, becoming the […]

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White House moves to finalize China trade sanctions

by Douglas Gillison Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is moving to finalize trade sanctions against China even as a US delegation is set to travel to Beijing for talks to resolve the dispute. The White House said the planned sanctions announced in March, largely focused on China’s theft of American intellectual property, we’re still in the works and details would be announced in the coming month. […]

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US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Undefined (AFP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established a significant military presence on contested islands. Mattis’s remarks came after Beijing voiced “strong dissatisfaction” Sunday after two US warships sailed by an island in the disputed Paracel Island chain. “You’ll notice there’s only one country that seems to take active […]

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PHL starts repair of runway on Pag-asa Island

(Eagle News)–The Philippines has started repairing a runway on Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea, a United States thinktank said on Saturday, May 26. According to the  Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Amti) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, based on satellite images on May 17, there were two barges located at the island’s airstrip constructed years ago. “It appears that a grab dredger, consisting of a crane with a clamshell bucket, is installed […]

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White House has deal to lift sanctions on China’s ZTE: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The White House says it has reached a deal with Chinese telecoms giant ZTE that would lift crippling sanctions slapped on the company, The New York Times reported Friday. The news comes as the US prepares to send a trade delegation back to Beijing next week to continue talks aimed at defusing a potentially serious trade dispute with China, after the countries exchanged huge tit-for-tat threats on imports. The reported […]

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Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan on Friday scrambled fighter jets to shadow Chinese bombers conducting a drill around the island, just hours after Beijing welcomed Burkina Faso’s move to sever diplomatic ties with Taipei. Taiwan’s defense ministry said it had dispatched fighter jets to monitor two Chinese H-6 bombers that were flying over the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan and the Miyako Strait, near Japan’s Okinawa Island. “We are fully monitoring the situation and taking […]

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