WASHINGTON – A French warship passed through the strategic Taiwan Strait this month, U.S. officials told Reuters, a rare voyage by a vessel of a European country that is likely to be welcomed by Washington but increase tensions with Beijing. The passage is a sign that U.S. allies are increasingly asserting freedom of navigation […]
The giant clam is still being traded illegally in Tanmen township, South China’s Hainan Province, even though the nation banned the trade in 2017, thepaper.cn reported Saturday. The Hainan provincial government has implemented a strict program for the protection of giant clams, prohibiting their removal and sale for reasons other than scientific research and other […]
There is no official confirmation from China that the Aquino administration sold Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal) Claim: China confirmed that former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV sold Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal). On April 11, Facebook page Enlightened Pinoy posted a screenshot of a website article’s headline that reads, “China […]
There is no official confirmation from China that the Aquino administration sold Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal) Claim: China confirmed that former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV sold Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal). On April 11, Facebook page Enlightened Pinoy posted a screenshot of a website article’s headline that reads, “China […]
BEIJING – For Chinese President Xi Jinping, relations between the Philippines and China are getting stronger and better. “We are happy to see Philippines-China relations getting better and better. The cooperation between the two sides is very good and getting stronger,” Xi said in his opening statement at a bilateral meeting with President Duterte […]
MANILA — All offers from potential buyers of a strategically located but debt-laden Philippine shipyard will be welcome, the trade minister said on Thursday, ruling out barring Chinese firms over national security fears. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the government would not, and could not, block interested buyers of distressed shipbuilder Hanjin Philippines, which […]
HONG KONG – In 1938, in the midst of a long campaign to bring China under Communist Party rule, revolutionary leader Mao Zedong wrote: “Whoever has an army has power.” Xi Jinping, Mao’s latest successor, has taken that dictum to heart. He has donned camouflage fatigues, installed himself as commander-in-chief and taken control of […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua expressed regret on Thursday to visiting Chancellor Philip Hammond that the South China Sea issue had harmed ties, after a British warship sailed close to islands claimed by China last August. “It is regrettable that since August last year the relations between our two countries witnessed […]
MANILA, Philippines — While in Beijing to strengthen bilateral ties, President Duterte can press for an end to the harvesting of giant clams and other activities by the Chinese that destroy the maritime environment in the West Philippine Sea, according to a Filipino maritime expert. Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of the Philippines-Institute […]
MALACAÑANG said Thursday, April 25, that President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that the long-standing disputes over the resource-rich West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) could be addressed through bilateral consultations. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte raised the sea disputes, but tried to ease the tension over the issue, […]