For the first time, the Philippine Navy will send one of its vessels to the international fleet review hosted by China. Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad told Inquirer.net on Monday that they are already in the planning stage of sending a ship to China for the event scheduled in April. This would be the […]

Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Tuesday likened China to a modern day Goliath who is pursuing a strategy of 3-B’s – “bribery, brawn and bluster” – to achieve its wrongful objective on the South China Sea. In a speech at the launching of the book, South China Sea Arbitration for Understanding the […]

MANILA — The Philippines’ landmark victory against China in the South China Sea in 2016 is recalled in a new book launched Tuesday. “The South China Sea Arbitration: Understanding the Awards and Debating with China” is written by international relations scholar Dr. Alfredo C. Robles Jr., jointly published by De La Salle University Publishing House […]

TOKYO — The United States and Britain have conducted their first joint naval drills in the disputed South China Sea since China built island bases there, the two navies said on Wednesday, as Washington seeks help from allies to keep pressure on Beijing. A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer the USS McCampbell, which is based […]

The new movie “Vice” purports to tell the story of former US Vice President Dick Cheney’s rise to power and the damage he did to the U.S., other countries, and US standing in the world. Cheney and his cohorts are depicted as ruthless, reckless, and rapacious in their lust for power and in their use […]

MANILA — For the first time, the Philippine Navy will send one of its vessels to the international fleet review hosted by China. Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad told Inquirer.net on Monday that they are already in the planning stage of sending a ship to China for the event scheduled in April. This would […]

Germany’s weak and disoriented government is doing nothing to lead the EU Commission to even out the playing field in trade relations with China. Italy and France are preoccupied by their growing disputes and their domestic turmoil. They are, therefore, unlikely to make up for German inaction on China trades. Many EU countries are interested […]

The defining feature of the 21st century has been the remarkable rise of China. In the four decades since Deng Xiao Ping initiated the Four modernisations, its northward trajectory has been so staggering that even though it is now the second largest economy in the world, its growth rate of over 6% is considered slow. […]

BEIJING — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to Beijing that reinforces ties between China and its closest ally in Southeast Asia. Hun Sen also is to meet Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders during his four-day visit, which started Monday. Cambodia has grown increasingly close […]

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday hewed to the group’s practice of reaching the least provocative consensus possible in discussions of such divisive issues as Myanmar’s Rakhine crisis and China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. A two-day Foreign Ministers’ Retreat was the regional group’s first meeting since Thailand […]