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US Vice President Kamala Harris accused Beijing on Tuesday of coercion and intimidation in the hotly disputed South China Sea, as she sought to rally allies against an increasingly assertive China. “Beijing continues to coerce, to intimidate and to make claims to the vast majority of the South China Sea,” she said in a speech in Singapore, laying out her administration’s foreign policy goals for Asia. “Beijing’s actions continue to undermine the rules-based order and […]
Vice President Kamala Harris began a trip to Asia Sunday where she will offer reassurances of Washington’s commitment to the region after the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover. The hardline Islamists’ swift return to power a week ago, and desperate scenes of thousands trying to flee, have cast another shadow over the United States’ status as a global superpower. But on her visit, which includes stops in Singapore and Vietnam, Harris will seek to […]
by Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that Beijing’s expansive claims in the South China Sea have “no basis in international law”, taking aim at China’s growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters. Austin’s broadside came at the start of his first trip to Southeast Asia as US defense secretary, as he seeks to rally allies in the region as a bulwark to China. President Joe Biden’s administration wants […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines hailed the award on the South China Sea arbitration as a “milestone in the corpus of international law,” as it celebrates the fifth anniversary of its issuance in favor of the Southeast Asian country. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the award issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016, after all, “settled the status of historic rights and maritime entitlements” in the South China […]
Stresses importance of both nations working together to defeat pandemic and ensure freedom of navigation in disputed seas (Eagle News) – US President Joe Biden sent his greetings to all Filipinos on the occasion of the 123rd independence day of the Philippines, and hoped for a stronger and more vigorous relations between the two nations. Biden, in his video message, also said that it is important for both nations to look into working on […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Thursday branded the United States an “out-and-out security risk creator” in the South China Sea, after an American warship sailed through waters near the disputed Paracel Islands. Tensions in maritime waters claimed by both China and many of its neighbors have ratcheted up recently, with Beijing staging live-fire drills and sending hundreds of fishing vessels to a reef claimed by the Philippines. China’s military said the USS Curtis Wilbur, […]
President Duterte says “one of these days, maybe the Filipino people should demand the truth” (Eagle News) – Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile questioned the back-channeling talks done by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV with China in 2012 on the Scarborough stand-off, saying Trillanes’ close connection with Chinese officials should be looked into. Enrile, 97, who had also served as Defense Minister for over 14 years during the administration of the late President […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Tuesday, May 19, said it does not recognize China’s unilateral imposition of a fishing moratorium in the South China Sea. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the moratorium for the period May 1 to August 16 as announced by China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs covers “waters north of 12 degrees north latitude” in the body of water, and those include “areas over which the […]
97-year old former defense chief of the late Pres. Marcos tells Duterte he’s doing right, advises him to ignore critics (Eagle News) — Former Senate President and Philippine defense chief Juan Ponce Enrile backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s stand to continue friendly relations with China, citing the country’s historic ties with the Asian giant and how it is more beneficial for the country and the economy to continue talking to China. Enrile, 97, who was […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will not withdraw its ships from the West Philippine Sea. This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance himself, which he made public again days after the country filed another diplomatic protest against China, this time over the more than 200 Chine maritime vessels in the West Philippine Sea. The Asian giant has staked its claims on almost all of the body of water, citing the nine-dash line it said demarcated its […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has protested what it said were the “belligerent” actions of the Chinese Coast Guard against the Philippine Coast Guard and their illegal presence in Bajo de Masinloc. The Department of Foreign Affairs announced the development in a statement on Monday, May 3, days after the incident from April 24 to 25. According to the DFA, the Chinese Coast Guard was responsible for “shadowing, blocking dangerous maneuver” and for conducting “radio […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has lodged two new diplomatic protests against China. In a statement released on Friday, April 23, the DFA said the new protests were due to the “continued unauthorized presence and activities” of 160 Chinese fishing vessels, Chinese maritime militia vessels and other vessels in Philippine waters. The department said the vessels were observed “within the territorial sea of high tide features in the Kalayaan Island Group, in […]
