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SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Wednesday (July 13) urged China and the Philippines to follow the South China Sea Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling. In a case that was seen as a test of China’s rising power and its economic and strategic rivalry with the United States, the court in The Hague ruled China had breached the Philippines’ sovereign rights by endangering its ships and […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a “cradle of war” and threatened an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. The surprisingly strong and sweeping ruling by a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague provided powerful diplomatic ammunition to the Philippines, which filed the challenge, and other claimants in their decades-long disputes with China over the resource-rich waters. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea will announce on Wednesday the site for an advanced US missile defense system, officials said, following strong objections from China and Russia accusing Washington of flexing military muscle in the region. The plan to deploy the powerful system, which fires projectiles to smash into enemy missiles, came last week after the United States placed North Korea’s “Supreme Leader” Kim Jong-Un on its sanctions blacklist for the first time. […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japan urges China to follow The Hague tribunal’s ruling that denied China’s claims in the South China Sea in order to peacefully resolve disputes in the waterway, Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference on Wednesday (July 13). “Japan sees the ruling as final and legally binding all parties based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. We believe both China and the Philippines […]
by Benjamin CARLSON with Jan HENNOP in The Hague BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing furiously rejected an international tribunal ruling Tuesday that rendered its claims in the South China Sea invalid and dealt a devastating diplomatic blow to its ambitions in the resource-rich region. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital waters, despite rival claims from its Southeast Asian neighbors, most notably the Philippines. But on Tuesday a UN-backed tribunal in The […]
Eagle News — Pinaalalahanan ng pamahalaan ang mga Pilipinong nasa China na huwag munang tumalakay ng usaping pulitikal sa mga pampublikong lugar maging sa social media. Ito ay bilang paghahanda sa posibleng hindi kaaya-ayang reaksyon sa sandaling ibaba na ng un ‘arbitral tribunal’ ang hatol nito kaugnay sa agawan ng China at Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea. Pinaalalahanan ng Embahada ng Pilipinas sa China ang mga Pilipinong naroon na laging dalhin ang kanilang mga pasaporte […]
Eagle News — Naniniwala ang ilang eksperto na lalo lamang magpapatindi sa tension sa West Philippine Sea ang ilalabas na desisyon ng Permanent Court of Arbitration. Inaasahan na kahit pumabor man sa Pilipinas ang inihaing reklamo ay tiyak na hindi bibigay ang China. Ika-labing isa ng umaga oras sa Europa ilalabas ang desisyon o ika-lima naman ng hapon sa Pilipinas. Ayon kay Professor Shi Yinhong ng Beijing Renmin University, ang tingin ng China ay pinagkakaisahan […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A tropical storm in China has left 10 people dead and 11 missing, reports said Monday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian province […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Disney chief executive Robert Iger on Monday said that nearly a million people have visited the entertainment giant’s theme park opened less than a month ago in mainland China. “It would be safe to assume almost a million people have experienced the park,” Iger said during an on-stage chat at a Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado. Visitors to the park are staying longer than expected each day […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The Philippine embassy in China has warned its citizens to beware of personal “threats” and avoid political debates ahead of a tribunal ruling Tuesday over a bitter dispute in the South China Sea. Manila filed a case with an international tribunal in The Hague in 2013 challenging China, which claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea, even waters approaching the coasts of the Philippines China — whose governing Communist party […]
by Benjamin CARLSON BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing braced Tuesday for an international tribunal’s ruling on the South China Sea, where it has expansive territorial claims, with all eyes watching for the Asian giant’s reaction on the ground or in the water. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague is set to release its final decision on the case, which was brought by the Philippines challenging China’s position. In a months-long campaign Beijing […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — It is time for China to do a #CHexit from the South China Sea, social media users and activists in the Philippines said Monday on the eve of a crucial tribunal ruling. Inspired by the Brexit term coined for Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the catchy new reference for China has quickly gained currency on Facebook, Twitter and protest placards ahead of Tuesday’s verdict on Beijing’s claims to most […]
