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    • China war drills focus on 'seizing islands' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 13, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China and Russia started war games in the South China Sea on Monday, Beijing's defense ministry said, in a show of force an international tribunal invalidated the Asian giant's extensive claims in the area. The eight-day ...
    • Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Villanueva, Ralph U. (The Manila Times, April 15, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has been relying on an “imagined historical claim” over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he also stepped up his rhetoric against Beijing. This was after ...
    • Sea code of conduct ready this yr – Yasay 

      Delizo, Michael Joe T. (The Manila Times, January 12, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The long-delayed framework for the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea may be finally completed by the middle of the year, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said on Wednesday. The Cabinet official said that the ...
    • US warship sails near South China Sea reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, May 26, 2017, on page A2)
      China on Thursday accused the US of trespassing after an American warship sailed near a reef claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea, the first such operation by President Donald Trump’s administration in the disputed ...