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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States warship on Thursday sailed close to an artificial island China has built up in the South China Sea, as part of a “freedom of navigation” operation, a US official said. The USS John S. McCain destroyer sailed within six nautical miles of Mischief Reef, part of the disputed Spratly Islands south of the Paracel Islands. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP a Chinese frigate […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — People’s Republic of China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, August 8 sent his greetings to President Rodrigo Duterte during the observance of the 50th anniversary of the Association of South East Nation (ASEAN) Xi said that it is an honor for China to be a dialogue partner of the ASEAN in the economic growth as well as in keeping the peace of the region. “On this occasion of the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to rapidly organize relief work and rescue injured people after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Twelve people were killed and over 175 were injured after the earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County in Sichuan at 21:19 Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the provincial government. Authorities should check the impact of the earthquake, evacuate and settle visitors and local people, and reduce death and injuries as […]
JINGHE COUNTY, China (CCTV) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Jinghe County on Wednesday following Tuesday’s strong earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). No casualties have been reported so far in the quake that took place at 07:27 in the Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The epicenter was recorded at a point 44.27 degrees north latitude and 82.89 degrees east longitude, with […]
Agence France Presse — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate. Five people died and more than 60 were injured in the quake, the official Xinhua news agency said, including 30 who were in critical condition. But China’s National Commission for Disaster Reduction estimated that as many as 100 people may have perished, based on 2010 census data […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointed out the highlights of a series of foreign ministers’ meetings in the Philippines, approving of the consensus achieved in the prolonged South China Sea issue and expressing deep concern over the spiraling tensions on the Korean Peninsula. From Sunday to Monday, Wang attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. At […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Fast food giant McDonald’s said Tuesday it would almost double the number of restaurants in China over the next five years as it refocuses on international markets amid slowing United States sales. The Illinois-based burger chain will add 2,000 stores to its current 2,500 in China and aim for double-digit sales growth in each of the next five years, McDonald’s said in a statement. In particular, it will launch a foray […]
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday visited President Rodrigo Duterte and received a warm welcome from him. The move was seen as Washington fearing offending its long-time ally that could push it into the arms of US rival China. The US is backing Philippine troops as they battle to recapture part of a southern region occupied by militants aligned to the Islamic State group. “They did not,” Duterte replied when asked if […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A clean-up operation was under way in Hong Kong Monday after a massive palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters clogged some of its most popular beaches. The coast was coated with rancid-smelling sticky white clumps of the oil as it washed in Sunday, with 11 beaches still closed to swimmers Monday in the height of a summer heatwave. There are still lumps of the solidified oil […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States, Australia and Japan on Monday denounced Beijing’s island-building and militarization of the South China Sea, in contrast to the increasingly tepid response from Southeast Asian nations over the festering issue. China claims nearly all of the sea, through which $5 trillion in annual shipping trade passes and which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits. Its sweeping claims overlap with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and […]
MANILA, Philippines (CCTV) — China and Russia vowed on Sunday to maintain close communications with each other on the Korean Peninsula issue, saying the two countries hold highly consistent attitudes toward it. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held an extensive and profound exchange of views over the current situation in the Korean Peninsula, especially the new resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council. Wang and Lavrov […]
MANILA, Philippines (CCTV) — China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members on Sunday expressed satisfaction with the achievements made in their strategic partnership during the last 15 years and agreed to further enhance cooperation. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his counterparts from the ASEAN made the pledge at a meeting in Manila. Wang congratulated ASEAN for its 50th anniversary, saying China is happy for ASEAN’s development and achievements while expressing his […]
