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US, China trade accusations over disputed South China Sea
China’s Foreign Ministry said last Friday the United States was trying to influence a South China Sea arbitration case filed by the Philippines after a senior US official said China would be obligated to abide by the ...
- July 26, 2015
Maritime dispute exposes rifts in China's foreign ministry
A debate in China’s foreign ministry on how to respond -- or whether to respond -- to a court case over the disputed South China Sea highlights how tensions over policy are complicating President Xi Jinping’s efforts to ...
- December 19, 2015
Duterte to China: Let Filipinos fish in peace
Fish, not war. With no plan to go to war over the West Philippine Sea dispute, President Duterte has appealed to China to just allow Filipinos to “fish in peace.” The President maintained that there was “no reason for ...
- May 5, 2021
Gov’t urged to craft Benham Rise protection framework
The Philippine government was urged yesterday to create a protection framework for Benham Rise, an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources, to prevent foreign vessels from trespassing. Oceana, the ...
- March 23, 2017
Getting everyone to understand and support the WPS ruling
The pursuit of a “public diplomacy campaign” spearheaded by the Department of Foreign Affairs to bolster and sustain awareness on the implications of the historic arbitral ruling on the South China Sea is certainly a step ...
- October 4, 2022
PH caught in a maritime battle for world power
Control of the sea by maritime commerce and naval supremacy means predominant influence in the world. The concept of sea power, a doctrine championed by the most important American Strategist of the 19th century Alfred ...
- May 25, 2015
PH committed to diplomacy in resolving SCS dispute
The Philippines will remain committed to diplomacy in resolving illegal claims over the West Philippine Sea, which is part of the also highly-contested South China Sea, despite past and recent actions that are inconsistent ...
- February 22, 2023
Doing something different about the West Philippine Sea
It’s often been said that doing the same thing again and again but expecting different results is sheer insanity. Thus, some people ask, do the hundreds of diplomatic protests filed by the Philippines against China reflect ...
- February 21, 2023
PH, Australia eye joint SCS patrols
The Philippines and Australia are eyeing to conduct joint maritime patrol operations in the South China Sea (SCS) amid China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This was revealed by Australian Deputy Prime ...
- February 23, 2023
South China Sea islands expanded 'reasonably' - report
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 (72 acres), according to a new government ...
- December 26, 2017