South China Sea tension

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Germany backs Philippines’ position to settle territorial disputes peacefully

September 20, 2014

President Benigno S. Aquino III and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday agreed that the territorial disputes in the South China Sea must be settled peacefully in accordance with international law. President Aquino, who is in Germany for the last leg of his four-nation European tour, met with Chancellor Merkel at the Federal Chancellery, the official residence of the German leader.“On this note, as regards the territorial and maritime disputes in Southeast Asia, the Chancellor and […]

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Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as US and Japan rile China

June 3, 2014

(Reuters) – When Japan’s defence minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China’s army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed. Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong said he was incensed by comments from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe implicitly holding China responsible for territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and later by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s accusations that Beijing was destabilising the region. “When Mr Abe spoke just now, […]

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