BEIJING – A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest […]

Since his ascent to the presidency, Mr Rodrigo Duterte has overseen a remarkable reorientation in Philippine foreign policy. Promising an independent course that would “not be dependent on the United States”, the tough-talking Filipino leader has downgraded military cooperation with Washington and taken a radically divergent approach to Beijing. Just hours after his inauguration on […]

The political winds have indeed shifted. On the same day that the China-friendly statement of this year’s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, President Rodrigo Duterte, was released to media, Philippine and Chinese flags were seen raised on a Chinese warship, Chang Chun (DDG 150) that docked in Davao city pier. This would […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine Supreme Court justice launched a book on Thursday that questions China’s historic claims to most of the South China Sea and said he will distribute it online to try to overcome China’s censorship and reach its people. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said his e-book can be […]

A Philippine Supreme Court justice on Thursday launched a book that questions China’s historic claims to most of the South China Sea and said he would distribute it online to try to overcome China’s censorship and reach its people. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said his ebook can be downloaded for free in […]

The shorelines were turquoise and the seas were calm as HMCS Ottawa entered the South China Sea to come alongside Malaysia. Travelling in consort with HMCS Winnipeg, Ottawa is deployed for Poseidon Cutlass 17-1 to bolster Canadian diplomatic engagement and defence relations while developing their sailors in a world entirely new to most onboard. The […]

Asean (the Association of South-east Asian nations) has let itself down again for buckling under external pressure and whitewashing the chairman’s statement of the 30th Asean Summit, which concluded in Manila over the weekend. Not for the first time, territorial disputes in the South China Sea were the spoiler. The Philippines’ decision to distance the […]

Through his new e-book on the South China Sea dispute, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio hopes to convince the Chinese that China’s 9-dash line is baseless MANILA, Philippines – For more than 5 years, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has lectured before mostly Filipino students and academics to debunk China’s claim over […]