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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)– A Chinese general on Saturday, June 2, lashed out at “irresponsible comments” on Beijing’s military build-up in the South China Sea after the US defense chief accused China of intimidation and coercion in the disputed waters. “Any irresponsible comments from other countries cannot be accepted,” Lieutenant General He Lei said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. It came just hours after US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the security summit that China’s […]
(Eagle News)–Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Saturday, June 2, hit back at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano after the country’s top diplomat criticized the lawmaker for releasing information about Chinese coastguards harassing Filipino soldiers in Ayungin Shoal on May 11. “Instead of holding the aggressor for its actions, DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano seems more infuriated that the Filipino people was informed of the harassment against our soldiers in Ayungin Shoal,” Alejano, a […]
By Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)–China’s military build-up in the South China Sea and its deployment of high-end weapons systems in the disputed waterway is designed to intimidate and coerce neighbours, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday. Speaking at a high-profile security summit in Singapore, the Pentagon chief also said the US military continues to support diplomats pushing for the “complete, verifiable and irreversible” denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Mattis […]
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, […]
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Undefined (AFP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established a significant military presence on contested islands. Mattis’s remarks came after Beijing voiced “strong dissatisfaction” Sunday after two US warships sailed by an island in the disputed Paracel Island chain. “You’ll notice there’s only one country that seems to take active […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has started repairing a runway on Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea, a United States thinktank said on Saturday, May 26. According to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Amti) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, based on satellite images on May 17, there were two barges located at the island’s airstrip constructed years ago. “It appears that a grab dredger, consisting of a crane with a clamshell bucket, is installed […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said that it is “taking the appropriate diplomatic action necessary to protect” the Philippine claims on disputed territories in the South China Sea in view of recent developments in the region. In a statement, the DFA reiterated its “commitment to protect every single inch of our territory and areas which we have sovereign rights over.” “We are taking the appropriate diplomatic action necessary to protect our […]
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 […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy namang i-momonitor ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang anumang developments sa West Philippine Sea. Kasunod ito ng napaulat na paglapag ng China ng H-6K bomber aircraft sa man-made islands sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo. Pero ayon sa DFA, hindi isasa-publiko ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ang bawat hakbang na gagawin kaugnay sa diplomatic row. “While appropriate language, whether expressions of condemnation or concern, over certain developments are clearly conveyed through diplomatic channels, it […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang expresses “serious concern” about the reports of alleged Chinese militarization of the West Philippine Sea, and will bring this up in the next Bilateral Consultation Mechanism with China this year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that they still have “no independent verification” of reports that China had landed several bombers on an island in the disputed South China Sea. “We have no independent verification. Nonetheless, we take note 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 […]
