A protester displays a placard during a rally near the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to denounce the alleged deployment of surface-to-air-missiles by China on the disputed islands off South China Sea, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters are calling on China to halt its island-building on […]
The artificial island at the southern end of Mischief Reef showing a newly-built seawall on its north side and a completed dock are shown in this Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative January 8, 2016 satellite image released to Reuters on January 15, 2016. REUTERS/CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Digital Globe/Handout […]
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Sunday stressed the need to respect whatever decision will be made by the United Nations (UN) tribunal on the Philippines’s complaint against China following an assessment by an American think tank that Manila would likely get a favorable ruling on the case. Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said […]
Protesters flash thumbs-down signs as they shout slogans during a rally near the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to denounce the alleged deployment of surface-to-air-missiles by China on the disputed islands off South China Sea, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. The protesters are calling on China to halt its island-building on […]
The USS Lassen guided missile destroyer that recently patrolled the South China Patrolling the South China Sea with the US will betray India’s hostility towards China, a powerful neighbour that can change its India policy and potentially create a lot of trouble for New Delhi, a top Chinese expert has warned. India should focus more […]
China is facing an uphill battle on two fronts. At home, government prestige is waning as the economy falters with Chinese people sending their money abroad as the stock market stumbles amid a slowing economy and a deteriorating currency. And as the bad economic news continues to drip out of China so do the dispatches […]
Speaking to the media in an interview after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ retreat, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says ASEAN foreign ministers have reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability in the disputed waters. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-will-work-to/2554918.html
China’s aggressive behaviour has to be curbed, but not just by giving the giant a bloody nose, writes Brian Toohey. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Words should be as important as military force. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Words should be as important as military force. AP […]
Panaji, Feb 28: The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that India wants to find a solution to the South China Sea dispute in a peaceful manner under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It may be recalled that China is in the process of deploying advanced radar systems to its man-made […]
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio spoke to students of Silliman University in Dumaguete City recently, and flipped back the pages of history to guide the students as to who really owns the Spratly Islands as part of SU’s General Integrative Lecture series. “We’ve worked so hard for this arbitration so we don’t want to see […]