NEW photos and video have for the first time shown the illegal construction of artificial islands in the contested Spratly Islands is all but complete. Combined with recently released Chinese state media propaganda footage, what they show in close-up detail confirms the fears raised by analysis of commercial satellite photographs: these are massive, impecabbly constructed […]
An unspecified Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy fighter jet crashed on Tuesday in Hainan, a southern Chinese province in the South China Sea, The Associated Press reported, citing the Chinese military’s official news outlet. Both pilots were killed in the crash, but there were no injuries or fatalities on the ground, the report said. The […]
HONG KONG — Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday made use of the Philippines’ arbitration win in the West Philippine Sea against China to emphasize the courage and nationalism of 2 Otso Diretso candidates during a public campaign rally in this special administrative region controlled by Beijing. Some Filipino migrant workers who gathered along Chater […]
US national security adviser John Bolton says China’s efforts to influence opinion in the US and Australia is far greater than that of any other government. US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, says China’s attempts to use think tanks and non-profit organisations to influence opinion in the US and Australia “is far […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad warned the Philippines about the perils of allowing a large number of Chinese workers in the country. Here on an official visit, the 93-year-old Malaysian leader last year pulled a shocking election victory in his return to power. Known for his outspoken views, Mahathir took on global currency trader […]
Trade and commercial disputes have consistently caused disruptions in China-U.S. relations in recent years, but geopolitical rivalry in the South China Sea is another bone of contention between the two big powers that’s never far from the surface. On March 1, the issue came to the fore after Singapore’s defense minister Dr Ng Eng Hen […]
As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew to Manila. And there the secretary of state made a startling declaration. Any armed attack by China on a Philippine ship or plane in the South China Sea, he told the Philippine government, will be treated […]
HANOI (Reuters) — Vietnam is seeking clarification of how a fishing boat came to sink this week in the contested South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday, days after a local rescue agency said it was rammed by a Chinese vessel. Vietnam and China have long been embroiled in maritime disputes in the potentially […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte stressed that the Philippines could not afford to go to war with China, days after a US official assured him Washington would protect Manila if its forces are attacked in the disputed West Philippine (South China) Sea. Duterte said an armed conflict with China would result in a “massacre” […]