Donald Kirk says US trade deficits make Trump’s aggressive strategy understandable, but China’s reliance on the US market has played a major role in keeping disputes – particularly over territorial waters – under control. As Trump hinders access, that could change How Trump could turn global asset bubble into weapon of mass destruction The global […]
China’s recent announcement encouraging the public to apply for the use of uninhabited islands in the Paracels may extend to the rest of the South China Sea if protest action is not taken, a maritime expert warned. “The Philippines, even if it’s not among the claimants in the Paracels, should file a protest as an […]
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) enters Pearl Harbor in preparation for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The […]
The Second Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, conducted from June 27-30, 2018, found that four out of five adult Filipinos repudiate the government’s policy of doing nothing about China’s intrusion in the West Philippine Sea.
China released images of a new, unmanned, stealth-fighter-style jet, and they present a shocking look into how close Beijing has come to unseating the US as the dominant military air power. An expert who examined the pictures said the drone, called the “Dark Sword,” could give China a big advantage in a fight with the […]
Four out of 5 Filipinos think it’s wrong that the government is “leaving China alone with its infrastructures and military presence” in its own territories, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Saturday. The SWS asked the respondents’ opinion on “what’s right and not right for the government to do to resolve the West […]
One of the banners was hung along Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has ordered intelligence operatives to identify the individual or group behind the controversial red banners spotted in pedestrian overpasses with the message “Welcome to the Philippines, Province of China.” ‘Philippines, Province of […]
Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Carpio, one of the leading figures in the Philippines’ arbitration victory against China, said Thursday that the ruling may be enforced without China’s participation. In a forum marking the second anniversary of the landmark The Hague ruling, Carpio cited ways how it can be done: “First, the Philippines and Vietnam […]
The video shows China’s effective control and occupation of Scarborough Shoal, says Filipino maritime law expert Jay Batongbacal MANILA, Philippines – The China Coast Guard has been habitually taking the catch of Filipino fishermen in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off the coast of Zambales province, videos show. GMA News obtained a mobile phone video of men […]
Since the Duterte administration has chosen to set aside the enforcement of the Award, the task of keeping alive the Award within our country has fallen on people like you and me Remarks delivered during the Kasarinlan Foreign Policy Forum of Senator Risa Hontiveros on July 9, 2018 in Manila. The Award issued by the […]