Less is heard these days about China’s massive terraforming operations in the South China Sea, which not long ago exercised neighbours as well as the United States. But that does not mean China is any less assertive in the 1.4m square-mile (3.5m square-km) sea which, on the flimsiest grounds, it claims pretty much in […]
Pressure is mounting for Australia to get involved in the South China Sea conflict. President Putin may have become the unwitting meat in a South China Sea sandwich. His cash-strapped oil company is drilling there for Vietnam. But Beijing’s getting pushy. Chinese Coast Guard vessels have been harassing the Russian-owned oil rig near Vanguard Bank, […]
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday said it is hoping that that Malacañang would lift the moratorium on drilling and exploration activities in disputed areas of West Philippine Sea. DOE Assistant Secretary Leonido Pulido III said the department requested the Office of the President to lift the moratorium and that the Office of […]
Public opinion about China has taken a negative turn across most of Western Europe and its neighbours in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new survey by a Washington-based think tank. And in both the United States and Canada, more than 60 per cent and 67 per cent of respondents, respectively, held negative views […]
North Korea fired what appeared to be a “submarine-launched ballistic missile”, Seoul said on Wednesday, a day after Washington and Pyongyang announced they would resume stalled nuclear talks. Pyongyang frequently couples diplomatic overtures with military moves, as a way of maintaining pressure on negotiating partners, analysts say, and may believe this weapons system gives […]
CHINA has increased its military spending more than any other country and spent millions more on highly sophisticated missiles and aircraft as it looks to rival the US for global dominance. President Xi Jinping has unveiled a colossal weapons arsenal as Beijing celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of […]
In response to Chinese encroachment in South China Sea, Philippine foreign secretary tweets in all caps order to file a diplomatic protest. The Philippine foreign secretary used Twitter to order the immediate filing of a diplomatic protest against China on Wednesday after Chinese coast guard ships reportedly neared a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed […]
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. yesterday ordered the filing of a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of its ships near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. “I’m in Moscow. Do I have to fly home to file the diplomatic protest myself?” Mr. Locsin said in a social media […]
In August, India said it had an “abiding interest in the peace and stability” of the region and called for adherence to international laws, including the UN Convention for the Law of the Sea. Satellite images show Vietnam has carried out significant land reclamation at two sites in the disputed South China Sea, but […]
The way China behaves in matters of external relations reflects far deeper roots than its current status as the world’s second largest economy, a foreign affairs expert said on Tuesday, noting that the Chinese underwent a long period of humiliation in the hands of imperialists. Former Philippine Ambassador to the ASEAN Wilfredo Villacorta pointed […]