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US to China: Return our underwater drone
The Pentagon on Friday demanded the return of an unmanned US underwater vehicle (UUV) which China seized in the South China Sea about 50 miles northwest of Subic Bay. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the UUV was unlawfully ...
- December 18, 2016
Beijing blocks sea for war exercises
China on Monday said it was closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic ...
- July 19, 2016
No monitoring station on Panatag - Beijing
China is not building an environmental monitoring station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, its foreign ministry said yesterday, apparently denying remarks made by a local official last week. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ...
- March 23, 2017
FVR mission to focus on tourism, fishing
Former President Fidel V. Ramos on Tuesday said he wanted to focus on points of common interest with China such as tourism and commercial fishing as part of efforts to smooth relations with Beijing roiled by the South China ...
- August 10, 2016
China on 'combat patrols' over disputed islands
China’s Air Force sent bombers and fighter jets on “combat patrols” near contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move a senior colonel said was part of an effort to normalize such drills and respond to security ...
- August 7, 2016
N Korea slams US for supporting Taiwan in nod to ally China
North Korea on Saturday accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China through its “reckless” backing of Taiwan, and said that the growing U.S. military presence in the region constitutes a potential ...
- October 25, 2021
Vietnam accuses china of sinking fishing boats
Vietnam on Thursday accused China of sinking one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea, in the latest incident that could further raise tensions between the Communist neighbors. Phan Huy Hoang, ...
- October 16, 2015
China hits 'serious' US provocation
China yesterday accused the US of committing a "serious military provocation" by flying an Air Force B-52 strategic bomber over a Chinese-controlled man-made island in the South China Sea. China's Defense Ministry said in ...
- December 20, 2015
China protests latest US Navy mission in SCS
China has dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the US warship of trespassing ...
- October 11, 2020
PH Fishing still uncertain, says expert
Without a written agreement between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping, it is uncertain how long Filipinos can fish at Panatag Shoal unhindered by China, a maritime law and security expert said on Tuesday. ...
- November 2, 2016