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The Palace has expressed hope that China would actively participate in the drawing up of a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea to ensure regional stability. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during a media briefing in Malacañang on Monday that China has been provided the draft of the Code of Conduct, which it is studying. “Noon pa natin sinasabi, at ng ASEAN, na mahalagang magkaroon ng isang Code of Conduct dito sa […]
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that the palace is confident that the Philippines can present a good case in the oral hearing of its case against China in the international court in the Hague, Netherlands. The arbitration case concerns the territorial dispute between the two countries in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/-fF21TV7KIU
Last October 29, the permanent court of arbitration under the United Nations unanimously issued its award on jurisdiction and admissibility in connection to the arbitration case between the Philippines and China. In a statement, the tribunal said that the award concerns only whether the tribunal has jurisdiction to consider the Philippines’ claims and whether such claims are admissible. The awards does not decide any aspect of the merits of the parties’ dispute.” The tribunal held […]
China on Wednesday urged the united states to cease “hyping up” the South China Sea issue after President Barack Obama said Beijing must stop land reclamation in the disputed waters and reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to the defense and security of the Philippines, one of the parties to the dispute. “China’s construction activities on some islands and reefs of Nansha Islands are completely within china’s sovereign rights, which are reasonable and legitimate and it does not […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Manila’s international airport on Tuesday (November 17) to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. Xi was greeted by an entourage of Filipino officials and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and his wife, Regina Tong Ching-yi at the airport. This is the Chinese leader’s first visit to the Philippines since he assumed office, and it is during a time of tension between Manila and Beijing due […]
China hopes the Philippines can make a wiser choice in seeking a solution to the South China Sea dispute, Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, said on Tuesday. Wang made the comment on the sidelines of his meetings with the Filipino president and secretary of foreign affairs in Manila. “It is a deadlock impeding China-Philippines ties from being improved. We do not want to see it getting worse, becoming a problem that defies a solution. […]
Amidst the challenge of the United States of America regarding the claims of China in the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea, China declared that consultation and negotiation between China and the Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) is enough to resolve said dispute and other countries’ intervention is not needed. China also suffered another setback when the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands ruled that it has jurisdiction to resolve […]
A few days after the United States of America sent a guided-missile destroyer in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea, it is China’s turn to flex its military muscle as it released pictures from the naval aircraft training conducted in the said area. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Philippines on Friday welcomed the decision of an international tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands to assume jurisdiction over its case against China, which seeks to invalidate Beijing’s massive claim in the resource-rich South China Sea. Such ruling by the five-man judges of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on October 29, three months after the Philippine legal team argued its case in The Hague last July, enables the court to finally proceed to formal deliberations […]
China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of the strict one-child policy, the ruling Communist Party said on Thursday (October 29), a move aimed at alleviating demographic strains on the economy. The policy is a major liberalization of the country’s family planning restrictions, already eased in late 2013 when Beijing said it would allow more families to have two children providing the parents met certain conditions. […]
Taking the position that the entry of the United States guided-missile destroyer in the disputed territories in West Philippine Sea, China’s Foreign Ministry said that it will take steps in response to the action of the United States. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) say in a joint declaration on law enforcement cooperation that dialogue mechanisms will be established with other countries and international organizations are welcome to join. The statement also invited Cambodia and Vietnam to be observer states in the mechanisms. In addition, a China-ASEAN inter-ministerial meeting on law enforcement and security will now be held every two years. Chinese public security minister Guo Shengkun addressed a parallel […]
