It’s like a fuzzy red line that China imposes on its weaker neighbours involved in the South China Sea dispute: protest all you like about the militarisation and artificial island-building, just don’t mention the international court ruling that rejected Beijing’s far-reaching territorial claims. It’s like a fuzzy red line that China imposes on its weaker […]
MANILA, Philippines — The United States has urged governments, parties and institutions around the world to assess the risk and reconsider business deals with “predatory” Chinese state-owned enterprises. In a special press briefing through teleconference on Thursday, but whose trancription was released only yesterday, a senior official of the US State Department said the blacklisting […]
More and more coastal states are using the 2016 international court verdict to promote their maritime interest. Manila won arbitration against Beijing sea aggression. But The Hague jurisprudence benefits every littoral country. The tribunal outlawed China’s baseless “nine-dash line” sea boundary. Clarified was that China-held isles in the Spratlys do not generate a 200-mile exclusive […]
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 28) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr. said he will recommend ending local contracts with Chinese firms found to be behind incursions in the South China Sea, similar to sanctions imposed by the United States. “Yes, if I find any of those companies are doing business with […]
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“ridiculous” and announced upcoming meetings with his counterparts in Japan, India and Australia to strengthen defence partnerships in the region.US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser called Beijing’s claims in theSouth China Sea Robert O’Brien said China’s claim to nearly the entire ocean that Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries claim […]
THE PHILIPPINES has unveiled plans to spend £20million on building more structures on a disputed island in the South China Sea in a move which is bound to raise hackles in Beijing. Top defense officials of the Philippines inaugurated Tuesday a cemented pier that would let its ships dock on Pag-Asa (Thitu) Island, whose waters […]
Shortly after deploying two of its military aircraft carriers in the South China sea, the US has now sent its B-52 bomber to join the military dr1lls in what is being seen as a strong message to China. https://youtu.be/hpVOXK1AluA
MANILA, PHILIPPINES An economic slump is making government eager for new investments. But the risk is real. Critics of a Chinese company’s proposed investment on Fuga Island renewed warnings against the project amid an economic slump that has made the government eager for new investments. Fuga is a 10,00-hectare private island with pristine white beaches […]
The local government of Kalayaan in Palawan has named 4 sandbars and 2 coral reefs in Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, whose surrounding waters are continuously being claimed by China despite a 2016 arbitration award invalidating Beijing’s sweeping claims over almost the entire South China Sea. Pag-asa Island, located some 285 miles west of mainland Palawan, hosts […]