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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization asks China, as the most powerful nation in the southeast Asian region and a permanent member of the UN Security Council to be careful in its affairs in the South China Sea and should act responsibly and respect international law.
The Philippines aims to seek a faster ruling on the arbitration case it filed against China concerning the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
(Reuters) – China’s top diplomat began a round of meetings with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Wednesday as the two countries try to repair a rupture in ties over China’s positioning of an oil rig in disputed waters early last month. But many obstacles remain to resolving one of the worst breakdowns in Sino-Vietnamese relations since the neighbors fought a brief border war in 1979. Among the challenges likely to come up in talks: The […]
(Reuters) – China sentenced three people to death on Monday over a deadly attack at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square last October, state television reported, an incident blamed by the government on Islamist militants. One attacker was given a life sentence, and four others received jail terms ranging from five to 20 years. Five people were killed and 40 hurt when a car plowed into a crowd at the northern edge of Tiananmen Square and burst into flames. Those […]
China turned the table on the Philippines when it claimed that it was Manila that started the territorial dispute in South China Sea.
China expressed dismay at the friendly games held by Vietnam and Philippines in one of the disputed islands in the Spratlys.
(Reuters) – China denounced Vietnam and the Philippines on Monday for getting together on a disputed island in the South China Sea to play soccer and volleyball, calling it “a clumsy farce” and demanded both countries stop causing trouble. The comments by a foreign ministry spokeswoman were China’s first response to the gathering on the Vietnamese-held island of Southwest Cay on Sunday. Philippine naval officials described the meeting of soldiers from the two sides as […]
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA (PNA) — Malacanang on Saturday maintained that the Philippine government would not respond to provocative actions by China following reports of movements by Chinese ships in two reefs in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “The chosen track that we have taken is that we do not respond to provocative action,” said deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte in an interview over state-run dzRB radio. “We always exhaust the […]
Thailand’s junta stated that representatives from Hanoi and Beijing expressed their support of the new military government.
China will not submit a counter-memorial at the arbitration tribunal at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, reiterating their position that they will not participate in the proceedings.
The Philippines is preparing for the next steps that it will take against China in the international arbitration tribunal, believing that it is only the peaceful way to resolve the matter.
China deployed additional manpower in preparation for the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
