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    • China seeks peaceful resolution of disputes 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China seeks a peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea but will not subjugate its national interest, Admiral San Jiaguo told a regional defense forum in Singapore. There is no change to China's interest in ...
    • China ships still guard shoal as Pinoys return 

      Romero, Alexis; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, October 31, 2016, on page 1-4)
      Chinese Coast Guard ships are still guarding Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, although they have allowed Filipinos to fish “unmolested” for the first time in years, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and National Security ...
    • China to complete Spratly Islands reclamation soon, its foreign ministry says 

      (BusinessWorld, June 17, 2015, on page 12/SI)
      China will soon complete some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, indicating that Beijing is close to setting up new outposts in the maritime ...
    • China to Phl, Vietnam: Keep sea row issues bilateral 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, November 21, 2016, on page 1-17)
      China's President Xi Jinping, in separate meeting with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the south China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported yesterday. The comments underscore ...
    • China to punish violators 

      Villanueva, Ralph; Reyes, Dempsey; Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, June 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China has assured the Philippines it would not tolerate violations of Filipinos’ fishing rights at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and would apply the law against violators, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said ...
    • China to throw CG 'bad apples' into sea - envoy 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 13, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China's Ambassador Zhao Jianhua admitted Tuesday there were “bad apples” in the Chinese Coast Guard and said he would throw them into the South China Sea to feed the fish, but a foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing said ...
    • China to work with Asean on sea code 

      Romero, Alexis; Laude, Jaime; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2017, on page 9)
      China is determined to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the crafting of a framework for the code of conduct for claimants in the South China Sea dispute. Zhao said China is looking forward ...
    • China urged to prepare for war in disputed sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 6, 2016, on page A15)
      China should prepare itself for military confrontation in the South China Sea, an influential Chinese paper said on Tuesday, a week ahead of a decision by an international court on a case filed by Manila against Beijing. ...
    • China vows to manage 'contentious issues' with PH 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Orias, Evan; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, November 21, 2018, on page B1-B5)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday affirmed his country's commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) members towards the conclusion of a binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea ...
    • China wants 'de facto' control of sea, says PH 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Sunday urged the Asean to stop China’s “destabilizing activities” in the South China Sea, warning that Beijing was poised to take “de facto control” of the area. At the ...
    • China wants sea rulebook done in 3 years 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 14, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A rulebook to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, insisting his nation does not seek “hegemony or expansion.” Li’s comments ...
    • China welcomes Russell's comments on South China Sea 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2015, on page 7)
      A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said June 23 that the South China Sea issue is not and should not be one between China and the United States. Spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks while responding to a question on ...
    • China's challenge to PH sovereignty 

      Simbulan, Roland G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2015, on page A16)
      For decades, our government has bowed to the impositions of foreign interests, which we have allowed to shape and dictate our policies. These have made us weak and vulnerable. And yet, we declare in our 1987 Constitution ...
    • China, ASEAN agree for framework for South China Sea code of conduct 

      ABS-CBN News (Panay News, May 21, 2017, on page 11)
      China and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Thursday to a framework for a long-mooted code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea, China's Foreign Ministry said. China and the members of the Association of Southeast ...
    • China, Asean to meet on sea code 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, March 23, 2017, on page 1-6)
      China will host a meeting with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in May to discuss the framework for the code of conduct for claimants in the South China Sea dispute. The meeting, to be attended ...
    • China, PH discuss joint South China Sea projects 

      Associated Press (Manila Bulletin, March 22, 2018, on page 1-10)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was in Beijing on Wednesday for talks on possible joint development projects in the South China Sea amid signs of an easing of tensions in the disputed waterway. Cayetano was scheduled ...
    • China, Philippines pledge more efforts to maintain peace, stability in South China Sea 

      Xinhua News Agency (Manila Bulletin, October 31, 2018, on page 11)
      Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Philippine counterpart, Teodoro Locsin, pledged on Monday joint efforts to advance consultation on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC). Wang said ...
    • China, Russia to hold naval drills in South China Sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, July 29, 2016, on page 18)
      China and Russia will hold "routine" naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China's Defense Ministry said yesterday, adding that the drills were aimed at strengthening their cooperation and were not aimed at ...
    • China, Vietnam agree to maintain peace in S. China sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, November 7, 2015, on page A-19)
      China and Vietnam have agreed to maintained peace and stability in the south china sea and not take any acts that "complicate" the issue, Chinese state television reported yesterday. The agreement came at the end of a visit ...
    • CHINA-ASEAN code of conduct nears: rough outline of legally binding code of conduct in the South China Sea drafted, to be presented to foreign ministers for consideration in August 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP); Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2017, on page A2-A1)
      China and the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed on the rough outline of a legally binding code of conduct designed to prevent clashes in the strategic South China Sea, ...