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BEIJING, China (AFP)– China has rejected accusations from top US officials that it seeks hegemony in Asia and is pushing militarization in the South China Sea. Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington’s ambassador in South Korea, had said on Wednesday that while North Korea posed the most imminent threat to the United States, China’s “dream of hegemony in Asia” was his country’s biggest long-term challenge. The comments were not surprising, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will acquire technology that is capable of determining whether reports China had set up missile installations in South China Sea reefs Manila is claiming are true. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the technology will be procured in August. “It will be delivered within the year,” Roque said. Roque did not elaborate. Reports have described China’s supposed militarization in the South China Sea as “aggressive,” with the Asian giant’s […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)–Beijing hit back Monday at allegations it was “militarizing” the South China Sea after landing bombers at an airbase in the contested waters, accusing Washington instead of raising tensions with its own military footprint. China on Friday for the first time landed several combat aircraft — including the long-range, nuclear strike-capable H-6K — at an island airfield in the sea, triggering international concern. The move prompted immediate criticism from the US, with a Pentagon spokesman condemning China’s “continued militarization of […]
But China is not a security threat to us, Roque adds (Eagle News) — While noting China was not a “security threat,” the Palace on Monday, May 21, expressed “serious concerns” over what it said would be the impact of the Asian giant’s recent deployment of bombers to Woody Island in the South China Sea on “constructive efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region.” “Even if we don’t feel that China is […]
(Eagle News) — Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon is seeking an inquiry into what he said was China’s “creeping militarization” in the West Philippine Sea. House Bill 1856–which asked the Committee on National Defense and Security to conduct the probe—was filed following reports of China’s installation of missiles “capable of hitting surface to surface and surface to air targets on reclaimed islands..,” Biazon said in a statement. According to Biazon, in particular, Q-9 surface-to-air missiles and YJ-12 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 4, blamed the United States and former President Benigno Aquino III for Chinese militarization in the South China Sea. The President made the pronouncement following reports the Chinese have been successful in deploying missiles in Subi Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, reefs claimed by the Philippines in the Spratlys. “So Aquino filed an arbitration case. We won. He was still there. Bakit hindi niya ginawa […]
(Eagle News Service) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday underscored the importance of completing the framework of a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea by the middle of this year, as it expressed “grave concern” for China’s militarization of several areas in the body of water. In a press conference in Boracay where foreign ministers and senior officials from the regional bloc’s member-states gathered for a meeting, Yasay said ASEAN was […]
The United States is concerned with what it says “militarization” of disputed areas in the South China Sea.
