MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – “People need to bear in mind that you need to be independent, since China uses economics as a leverage (to push its geopolitical agenda),” Taiwan’s dauntless President Tsai Ing-wen told me during our conversation last Friday. The mood in the room was sombre, yet the Cornell-trained legal […]
Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement allowing China to fish in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Wednesday questioned the wisdom and legality of such pronouncement in the light of the recent ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel off Reed Bank in the West […]
MANILA, Philippines – After 22 Filipino fishermen aboard fishing boat Gem-Ver were sunk by a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), they face another collision at home: with their own government. While the fishermen insisted that they were rammed by a Chinese vessel, President Rodrigo Duterte on June 17 dismissed their […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday that the word “friends” is not stated in the 1987 Constitution as a basis to use and enjoy the Philippine archipelagic waters, territorial sea, and exclusive economic zone. In a Twitter post, Lacson sought help to find the word “friends” in a provision in the Constitution regarding the country’s marine […]
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 9:45 p.m.) — How do I ban Chinese ships from fishing in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone? President Rodrigo Duterte posed the question to critics who have chided him for saying that China could not be stopped from fishing in the Philippine EEZ, an area where the country has rights to the […]
CHINA is operating a secret navy around the hotly-contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, according to a maritime analyst. Beijing’s maritime militia includes non-weaponised vessels which are playing an increasing role on claims in the disputed seas. Satellite imagery has shown the Chinese boats spend nearly all their time anchored and often in […]
Tired of hearing detractors criticize him that he is not fighting for the welfare of Filipinos, President Duterte is challenging the United States, Great Britain, and France to join the Philippines is going to the South China Sea and make a stand against China. Duterte made the statement following the criticisms that he is […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning participates in a naval parade near Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province, on April 23, 2019. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning participates in a naval parade near Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province, on April 23, 2019. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AFP/GETTY […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today expressed hope that the United States and China would come to their senses and end their ongoing trade war lest it degenerates into a long-term Cold War. “A major challenge for all of us now is the US-China trade war. “Its deterioration from a trading skirmish […]
This is the third of four stories examining important issues ahead of the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G20 leaders summit on June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan. Read part one here and part two here. If the photo taken at the start of the Group of 20 […]