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Beijing said it has dispatched a warship to drive away a US missile destroyer which had “violated” its sovereignty by sailing close to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea. The USS Hopper sailed within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island on the night of January 17 without alerting Beijing, the foreign ministry said, referring to the shoal by its Chinese name. Also known as Scarborough Shoal, the ring of reefs lies about 230 […]
(Eagle News)– Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Friday expressed concern about what he said was the joint marine research in Philippine waters to be conducted by the Philippines and China. According to Alejano, it was the Department of Foreign Affairs that gave the approval for the Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute to conduct the research that he said would cover Eastern Luzon, where Benham Rise […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday echoed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s statement that a diplomatic protest should be filed if it is proven that China deployed soldiers to Kagitingan Reef. But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that “when we invoke the good faith of China, it is against making further reclamations and not making further works on islands that it had already reclaimed.” He said Kagitingan was one of the islands it already reclaimed. […]
A new Chinese government report said China has “reasonably” expanded its islands in the disputed South China Sea and this year’s construction projects there, including radar facilities, covered about 290,000 square meters. The number was broadly similar to one provided by a United States think tank earlier this month. China has conducted extensive land reclamation work on some of the islands and reefs it controls in the South China Sea, including building airports, alarming its […]
CCTV — The People’s Liberation Army air force recently conducted a combat air patrol in the South China Sea, said a military spokesperson on Thursday. A team of various bombers completed the routine patrol, said spokesman Shen Jinke. Chinese bombers also conducted training exercises after passing over the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait. The H-6K bombers took off from an inland airport in north China, according to Shen. “The H-6K bombers flying over the Miyako […]
(Eagle News) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations hailed the “improving relations” between the bloc and China, noting that it was “encouraged by” the adoption of the framework of the Code of Conduct of the disputed South China Sea, among others. The regional bloc–in a statement issued by this year’s chairman, President Rodrigo Duterte–also reaffirmed the importance of “non-militarization and self-restraint” in the conduct of activities that could “complicate the situation and escalate tensions” […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will help in regulating the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea. ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh admitted that the ASEAN cannot resolve the issue alone. Minh also said that the ASEAN and China should follow the agreements signed by the member-states and China since 2002. https://youtu.be/j8fMfpSCjp0
(Eagle News) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed China’s commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), saying that China as well as the ASEAN want to promote peace, solidarity in a region once marked by uncertainty. The South China Sea issue was not specifically raised in Li’s remarks, but he stressed that what his country wants with the ASEAN is “friendly relations” as well as a “strategic partnership.” -Divide bridged by […]
(Eagle News) — Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China have agreed to start talks on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea based on the Framework approved by the foreign ministers in August. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said this was announced by both sides in their statements delivered during the ASEAN-China Summit on Monday. The summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center was attended by Chinese Premier Li […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam and China agreed Monday to back away from conflicts in the South China Sea, in a move aimed at easing tensions over Beijing’s claims to most of the waterway. The communist neighbors have long-sparred over the sea — to which Brunei, Taiwan and the Philippines also have partial claims — through which $5 trillion in shipping trade passes annually. China has built artificial islands and airstrips capable of hosting military […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte brought up the issue of militarization in the West Philippine Sea during bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Vietnam, with both countries later agreeing war was not an option. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who spoke in a press conference on the first day of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit on Monday. “There was a frank and very candid discussion on […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the South China Sea issue was “better left untouched,” noting that no one could afford to go to war. “We have to be friends. The other hotheads would like us to confront China and the rest of the world on so many issues,” Duterte said the day before the official start of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Aside from the Philippines and China, Vietnam, […]
