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G7 to address West Philippine Sea dispute
Regional alarm is growing as China aggressively stakes its claim to most of the sea, including a large-scale island-building program. The United States has also urged China and other nations to halt reclamation. Presidential ...
- June 8, 2015
China paper: Phl is cute little US submissive
Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the resource-rich and strategically important South China Sea, including areas close to other Asian nations, using vague demarcation lines that first appeared on Chinese maps in the ...
- April 22, 2015
Phl sets naval drills with US, Japan
The Philippines is to hold simultaneous naval drills next week with key allies the United States and Japan, the military said yesterday, as Chinese buildup continues on the disputed South China Sea reefs. The annual joint ...
- June 19, 2015
Phl buying 100 fisheries patrol boats vs poachers
The government is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect its fisheries, an official said yesterday, in a substantial expansion from its current fleet of 20 as it responds to poaching by Chinese and Taiwanese fishermen. ...
- June 23, 2015
Noy: World is watching China sea row
President Aquino told an Asian-Pacific summit yesterday that "the world is watching" whether China would behave as a responsible power in the simmering standoff over maritime territory. Aquino kept up a drumbeat of growing ...
- November 23, 2015
Japan won’t send troops to disputed seas
Japan yesterday backed the United States sailing warships close to disputed land in the South China Sea, but said it had no plans to send its own maritime forces to support the operation. Last month Washington infuriated ...
- November 23, 2015
US deploys spy plane in Singapore amid sea row
The United States has deployed a P-8 Poseidon spy plane in Singapore for the first time ever, both countries said, amid simmering regional tensions over Beijing's island-building in the disputed South China Sea. China is ...
- December 9, 2015