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by Ayee Macaraig Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country’s defence secretary said Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with AFP, Delfin Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometres (143 miles) from the main Philippine island of Luzon. Beijing has already built up a number […]
(Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a new approach to resolve the territorial dispute with Russia on Tuesday (February 7) as Japan marked Northern Territories Day. The islands, known as the Southern Kuril islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, have been at the root of strained relations between the two countries since the end of World War Two when soldiers from the former Soviet Union seized the islands […]
President Rodrigo Duterte and President Xi Jinping on Thursday (October 20) agreed to resume their talks over disputes and issues in the South China Sea, Chinese vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said. “The two presidents agreed that China and the Philippines will return to the track of dialogue and consultation to properly handle the South China Sea issue,” Liu said through a translator. “China is ready for discussions with friends in the Philippines on maritime […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (Reuters) — China has confidence that it can work with the Philippines to return to a healthy relationship, Beijing’s vice foreign minister said on Wednesday (September 7), after the two countries locked horns over a recent arbitral ruling on the South China Sea. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vientiane, Laos, Liu Zhenmin said that China and the Philippines had had “thousands of years” of good relations. “In the past […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — A Japanese foreign ministry official said that japan and the Philippines have begun talks for the transfer of two large coast guard ships to Manila, to help patrol the disputed South China Sea, as part of a deal on defense equipment. The two brand-new 90-meter multi-role response vessels will be in addition to ten 44-meter mid-sized coast guard ships, worth 8.8 billion pesos, that Japan is set to start delivering […]
MANILA, Aug. 13 – Former President and Special Envoy Fidel V. Ramos met in Hong Kong with his old friends –Madam Fu Ying (Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress and former Ambassador to Manila 1998-2000) and Professor Wu Shicun (President, China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies) — in a friendly atmosphere. They discussed, in their private capacity, the way forward in the spirit of universal brotherhood and sisterhood for peace […]
HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Tuesday he would meet contacts with links to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trip to Hong Kong intended to improve ties between Manila and Beijing. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. Ramos — a longtime advocate of […]
(Eagle News) — Mapapanood sa malaking screen sa Times Square sa New York city ang tatlong minutong video na nagpapakita sa paninidigan ng China sa pag-aangkin nito sa West Philippine Sea, kahit may inilabas nang desisyon ang artbitral tribunal na pumapabor sa Pilipinas. Batay sa ulat ang nasabing wide screen sa Times Square ay pag-aari ng isang sangay ng Xinhua News Agency na Official Press Agency ng China. Ipinalalabas ang nasabing video nang limang beses […]
Eagle News — China has discovered the “World’s Largest Hole”, state broadcaster CCTV announced on Wednesday July 27, saying a 300m cavern in a disputed area of the South China Sea is deeper than Dean’s blue hole in the Bahamas, the official world’s deepest salt water blue hole. Named the “Dragon’s hole”, the blue hole lies within the disputed Paracel Islands, administered by china but also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. Professor Yang Zuosheng of […]
US and Australian troops plan to step up training so they are “fully prepared” to answer challenges in the Pacific, US Vice President Joe Biden says amid rising tensions over Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The South China Sea fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army or PLA navy has recently drilled its marines on beach-head assaults in battle ready format. The drill aims at enhancing the overall capability of what has been known as marines’ last mile to the beach. On the red corner is the amphibious landing dock ship, Changbaishan, carrying air-cushion crafts and armored carriers and assault tanks, ready for landing assault […]
Eagle News — Beijing closed off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, after an international tribunal ruled against its sweeping claims in the waters. China’s maritime administration on its website said that an area off the east coast of China’s island province of Hainan hosts military exercises from today until Thursday. The area of sea identified is some distance from the Paracel Islands and even further from the Spratlys, with […]
