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    • China admits disputed sea buildup 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 26, 2017, on page A7)
      China has "reasonably" expanded its islands in the disputed South China Sea and this year construction projects there including radar facilities covered about 290,000 square meters (29 hectares), according to a new government ...

    • China admits reclamation at Spratly 

      Reuters (Malaya, February 27, 2015, on page B6)
      China is conducting "large scale" land reclamation and construction on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands, state-backed media reported on Thursday, in an unusual acknowledgment of its controversial work in the region. ...

    • China agrees to work on Code of Conduct 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, November 12, 2017, on page 1-6)
      China has agreed to work on the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea for the peaceful resolution of disputes in the contested waters. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque last night said this was the outcome of the bilateral ...

    • China aims to finish bases in Scarborough - Carpio 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, November 25, 2019, on page A3)
      Retired justice Antonio Carpio believes that China aims to complete its air and naval military base in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal first before it agrees to any Code of Conduct in the South China (West Philippine) Sea. ...

    • China angered by young campers on disputed isle 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, December 29, 2015, on page A2)
      BEIJING expressed anger Monday after a group of young Filipinos camped out on Pagasa, an island in the South China Sea that both China and the Philippines claim as their own. The voyage of the group, which calls itself ...

    • China asks Phl to stop activities, exercises in WPS 

      (The Philippine Star, April 28, 2021, on page 1-2)
      China reasserted its claim of sovereignty over islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea and asked Manila to stop its activities in the resource-rich waters. “China enjoys sovereignty over Nansha (Spratly) Islands ...

    • China asks Phl to stop activities, exercises in WPS 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Alexis; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 28, 2021, on page 1-2)
      China reasserted its claim of sovereignty over islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea and asked Manila to stop its activities in the resource-rich waters. “China enjoys sovereignty over Nansha (Spratly) Islands ...

    • China asserts control of Spratlys 

      (Manila Standard, June 23, 2016, on page A6)
      Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by 2020, reports said Wednesday, as tensions mount in the region. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of ...

    • China asserts power in disputed sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, April 11, 2017, on page 7)
      China still calls the shots at the prime fishing spot and has boosted its fleet there, nine months after an international panel ruled its blockade of the lagoon was illegal. Beijing rejected that ruling by the Permanent ...

    • China assures it will protect PH - Duterte 

      Geducos, Argyll B. (Manila Bulletin, May 6, 2018, on page 1)
      Duterte, in a speech in Davao City, reiterated that due to this development, he decided to go to China and Russia for help. He then praised the two world superpowers for extending assistance without asking for anything in ...

    • China assures PH of Panatag access 

      DJ, Yap (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 21, 2016, on page A1-A24)
      Meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leader's Summit here, Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured President Duterte that Filipinos would continue to enjoy free access to traditional fishing ...

    • China backs joint energy dev't with Philippines in disputed sea 

      Mogato, Manuel (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page B-3)
      China’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he supported the idea of joint energy ventures with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and damage both sides. Wang ...

    • China backs joint oil drilling with Philippines in disputed sea 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Tubeza, Philip C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 26, 2017, on page A8)
      Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said that he supported the idea of joint energy exploration with the Philippines in the heavily disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and ...

    • China backs Phl's UNCLOS body bid 

      Villegas, Gab (Daily Tribune, June 17, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday announced that the Philippines won a seat in the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). A social media post by the ...

    • China begins daily civil flights to SCS outpost 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, December 23, 2016, on page 1-9)
      China has begun daily civilian charter flights to Woody Island in the disputed South China Sea after having approved the airport there for civil operations, state news agency Xinhua said yesterday. China claims almost all ...

    • China begins new construction work on disputed island 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 16, 2017, on page A10)
      China has started fresh construction work in the disputed South China Sea, new satellite images show, a sign that Beijing is continuing to strengthen its military reach across the vital trade waterway. An image of North ...

    • China begins new work on disputed South China Sea island 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2017, on page 5)
      China has started fresh construction work in the disputed South China Sea, new satellite images show, a sign that Beijing is continuing to strengthen its military reach across the vital trade waterway. Regional military ...

    • China biggest source of imported fish for PH amid poaching-Recto 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 26, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      While it imposes a fishing blockade in the West Philippine Sea, China has become the country’s biggest source of imported fish, some of which was poached from Philippine waters, Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto said Monday. In a ...

    • China blasts Locsin statement 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, July 15, 2020, on page 5)
      China slammed the Philippines’ declaration of the South China Sea ruling by an international tribunal as “non-negotiable” with no possibility of “compromise” or “change,” as Beijing highlighted the consensus reached by the ...

    • China blasts U.S. joint carrier exercises in South China Sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (BusinessMirror, July 8, 2020, on page A6)
      China on Monday accused the US of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two US aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian ...