Tag: disputed islands

Japan protests Chinese navy sailing near disputed islands

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan lodged a protest with China on Monday over a Chinese naval vessel sailing near disputed islands, a Japanese official said, as reports emerged of Russia also sending its own navy ship to the area. The islets in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku by Tokyo and the Diaoyu by Beijing, are at the centre of a long-running dispute between Japan and China. Japanese officials regularly protest the […]

Japan criticizes South Korean province governor over visit to disputed islands

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japan on Wednesday (January 25) lodged a protest with South Korea after a South Korean official visited a group of islets claimed by both countries, putting more strain on ties already damaged by the legacy of Japan’s 1910-1945 rule of Korea. The islands that lie equidistant between the two countries are called Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo in Korean. They are controlled by South Korea and also claimed by Japan, a […]

China nais dominahin ang East Asia; missiles banta sa U.S. Aircraft carriers – US.

UNITED States — Pinaghahandaan umano ng China ang pagdomina sa East Asia. Sinabi ni U.S. Pacific fleet Commander admiral Harry Harris, sa pag-deploy ng Beijing ng missiles sa Paracel Islands sa West Philippine Sea o South China Sea, ang paglagay ng bagong radars sa Cuarteron reef sa Spratly Islands at paggawa ng mga airstrips ay nagpapabago ng operational landscape sa pinag-aagawang mga teritoryo. Ayon kay Harris, bahagi ito ng kagustuhan ng China na militarisasyon sa […]

Harassment ng China sa eroplano ng Pilipinas, kinondena ng ilang bansa

Kinondena ng ilang bansa ang harassment na ginawa ng China sa eroplano ng pilinas nang magsagawa ng inspeksyon sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Sinabi ni British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad na hindi papayagan ng Britanya na limitahan ng Beijing ang freedom of navigation sa nasabing disputed islands. Binalaan din ni Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ang China na tigilan na ang pag-angkin sa buong West Philippine Sea na maari lang aniyang […]

US warship enters Chinese reclamation area

A United States guided-missile destroyer has entered the Chinese reclamation area in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Area after President Barack Obama gave his “go” signal. Washington reiterated that said move is a routine matter as the United States regularly conducts patrols in international waters. It is expected that Beijing will protest said move. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

US Navy begins patrol near China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea

The U.S. Navy sent a warship on Tuesday (October 27) within 12 nautical miles of two artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea, a U.S. defence official told Reuters, in a challenge to China’s territorial claims in the area. The official said the patrol was carried out by the destroyer USS Lassen near Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago, features that were formerly submerged at high tide before China began […]