China has violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) when it snubbed the Philippine arbitral claim on the West Philippine Sea and when it built structures on disputed reefs in the area. This was the pronouncement made by international law expert and University of the Philippines professor Harry Roque Jr. […]
Malacañang on Monday shrugged off China’s recent comment that the Philippines was trying to draw the world’s sympathy through deception in the dispute over territories in the South China Sea. “It is part of the dynamics of international relations to conduct information campaigns or to propagate a national policy by utilizing the mass media as […]
BEIJING (THE PHILIPPINES DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – China is building a school on a remote island in the South China Sea to serve the children of military personnel and others, expanding the rugged outpost it created two years ago to strengthen claims to disputed waters and islands. China established the settlement of Sansha-which Beijing […]
On June 9 China unexpectedly opened a new front when Wang Min, Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, presented Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a formal position paper on the dispute with a request that he circulate it to all 193 UN members. China’s action in internationalizing its dispute with Vietnam does not represent a change […]
The Philippines filed a protest over China’s reclamation in Kennan Reef in the West Philippine Sea last week. The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that China has been carrying out land reclamation activities in Hughes Reef. Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said this follows the Philippines’ protest against China’s reclamation on Mabini Reef last April […]
News Update > Video News China’s UN Rep. accuses Vietnam, Philippines of lying Reporter: Matt Stuttard 丨 CCTV.com 06-14-2014 20:09 BJT Share this: Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on email Font size: China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has accused both Vietnam and the Philippines of making “groundless accusations” […]
MANILA, Philippines – China is carrying out land reclamation operations in not just one but a total of five areas in the disputed Spratly Islands well within the Philippine maritime zone. A confidential Malacañang report detailed the land reclamation activities of China in five areas, namely Johnson South (Mabini) Reef, Cuarteron (Calderon) Reef, Hughes (Kennan) […]
Vietnamese protesters wave national flags and chant during a protest against China in Victoria Park. Photo: EPA Vietnam’s ambassador to the United Nations has accused Beijing of refusing to hold talks to resolve the two countries’ stand-off over disputed territory in the South China Sea. Le Hoai Trung said Beijing insisted the waters off the […]
SINGAPORE, Jun 11 (IPS) – China’s early-May decision to dispatch the state-of-the-art oil rig, HYSY981, into Vietnam’s 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has intensified ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, raising fears of uncontrolled military escalation in one of the world’s most important waterways. It wasn’t long before Vietnamese and Chinese maritime forces were […]
HANOI — Vietnam has curbed the violent anti-China protests that swept the country after a Chinese oil rig began drilling in contested waters. But authorities have not dropped their opposition to the Chinese operation, sending boats to harass the drilling, considering waging a legal case in international courts to resolve the dispute, and courting regional […]