MANILA, Philippines—Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. on Wednesday recalled how the United Nations Security Council burst into a laugh when he made light of the Philippines’ longstanding maritime dispute with China. “[The Philippines] is way ahead of whites on climate change although at the UN Security Council I said the Philippines is ambivalent […]
CHINA insisted that its territorial claims in the South China Sea are legitimate and conform to international law, as tensions between the superpower and its neighbours continue to simmer. The People’s Republic says that the entire waterway up to the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan belongs to them, a claim rejected by […]
KUALA LUMPUR — Though they don’t get as much attention as the Navy’s, U.S. Air Force has been conducting its own regular freedom of navigation flight operations in the South China Sea, Commander of Pacific Air Forces Gen. Charles Q. Brown told reporters on Friday. “We’ve been flying in and around the South China Sea […]
SOUTH CHINA SEA claims from countries in southeast Asia have sparked political tension and ongoing disagreements over how the territory should be divided, and this has also led to a rampant militarisation of the region by China in the form of monstrous bases. Described by many as “island fortresses”, China has engulfed the South […]
MANILA, Philippines — The United States Air Force (USAF) has been sending its planes and other air assets to conduct flight operations across the South China Sea to implement Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) in the region. US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander Gen. Charles Brown said the air operations run parallel to the […]
MANILA, Philippines – Yes, the Chinese have been sneaking in and around the West Philippine Sea before, but in 2019, Filipinos faced empirical and visceral proof of China’s constant, widespread, and belligerent presence in Philippine waters. A Chinese ship that had all the markings of a military vessel sank a Filipino boat in the […]
Up till now, no one distinguishes the actual explanations behind the hostile faces. If a trade war isn’t the exact cause, the rise of China, the Hong Kong and the South China Sea questions added further fuel to the fire. War of words or trade war no one knows as the dust has not […]
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — A Chinese envoy on Tuesday defended China’s position on the South China Sea, saying that its claims are in line with relevant international law and practices. “China’s territorial claims and claims to marine rights and interests in the South China Sea are in line with relevant international law […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) possesses overwhelming military capabilities in the South China Sea. And it is clear that no single nation in this region, Japan included, is able to match those capabilities. For the littoral nations of the South China Sea — Vietnam and the Philippines in particular — China’s robust military capabilities […]
MANILA, Philippines — Former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario yesterday slammed presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo and challenged him to reveal the country he is “working for” in insisting the case they filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity should be dismissed. “Former ombudsman Conchita […]