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    • Beijing : finish sea code in 3 years 

      Villanueva, Ralph (The Manila Times, October 14, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A rule book 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 ...
    • Duterte repeats China war threat 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, May 24, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has repeated before Russian television China’s threat of war if the Philippines insisted on drilling for oil in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) in Beijing. In an interview with Moscow-based ...
    • Duterte seeks deeper relations with China 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, April 16, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines wants to expand and deepen relations with China, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday as officials from the two countries signed four agreements in an indication of further normalization of ties despite ...
    • 'No bargaining with China' on West Ph Sea 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, October 17, 2016, on page A1-A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he won't ''bargain'' with China on the disputed West Philippine Sea ( South China Sea) when he visits Beijing this week. Duterte also said he won't make any ''hard impositions'' on ...
    • PH, China to craft sea row mechanism 

      Valente, Catherine (The Manila Times, March 29, 2017, on page A1)
      The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a mechanism on how to “properly handle” maritime disputes and representatives from both countries will meet in May to craft a bilateral scheme, Malacañang said on Tuesday. ...
    • Why South Korea will stay out of the South China [West PH] Sea 

      Stratfor Global Intelligence (The Manila Times, November 10, 2015, on page A5)
      Several countries have been courting an increasingly active Japan to support them in asserting their maritime rights in the South China Sea against China's expanding presence. But South Korea may be slow to follow Japan's ...