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    • Asean, Biejing reach 'milestone' in SCS talks 

      Reuters (Malaya, August 3, 2018, on page B1-B2)
      Southeast Asia and China have agreed on a working text to continue long drawn-out negotiations over a code of conduct in the disputed South China sea, with officials on Thursday lauding it as a “milestone” and “great ...
    • Carpio: China can't use force vs PH arbitral petition 

      Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, June 26, 2015, on page B6)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio yesterday dismissed the warning of UP Law professor Harry Roque that China might resort to military and law enforcement activities if the Philippines asked for the ...
    • China says it wants to maintain stability in disputed South China Sea 

      Wongcha-um, Panu (Malaya, July 25, 2017, on page B5)
      Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday Beijing wanted to maintain stability in the South China Sea as it seeks alliances in the region amid tensions in the disputed waters. The United States has criticised China ...
    • China, Vietnam agree to keep South China Sea tensions in check 

      Reuters (Malaya, May 16, 2017, on page B5)
      China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the South China Sea, the two nations said in a joint communique China ...
    • DFA: China denies harassing Pinoy fishers 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, May 3, 2017, on page B6)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday said China belied reports its forces were involved in the reported harassment of Filipino fishermen near Union Bank, also known as Pagkakaisa Bank, in the South China Sea. “We ...
    • Duterte not so lovin' China? 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, August 15, 2018, on page B2)
      President Duterte yesterday said China should "temper its behavior" on the South China Sea/ West Philippine Sea area. Duterte, during the launch of Go Negosyo's "Pilipinas Angat Lahat," said "one of these days, before my ...
    • More civilian focus, less military, in South China Sea would ease fears: Chinese paper 

      Reuters (Malaya, November 22, 2018, on page B5)
      China should put more focus on building civilian facilities on islands in the South China Sea and less emphasis on the military to better sooth regional fears about China's intentions, an influential state-run paper said ...
    • Note verbale sent to China, says Yasay 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Montemayor, Jocelyn; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, January 18, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. yesterday said the Philippines has filed sent diplomatic notes to China to seek clarification on several issues, including the installation of anti-aircraft and anti-missile ...
    • Panelo tells Chinese ships to go away 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel; Reye, Victor (Malaya, April 11, 2019, on page B5)
      Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo yesterday said Chinese vessels have no business staying around Philippine-occupied islands in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea and should leave. "If they continue to ...
    • PH docu on South China Sea angers China 

      Reuters (Malaya, June 30, 2015, on page B6)
      China yesterday accused the Philippines of spreading misinformation and “creating the illusion of the victim” in their dispute over the South China Sea after Manila aired a three-part documentary defending its position. ...
    • PH doubts Asean, China can craft legally binding sea code 

      Reuters (Malaya, October 30, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      New Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr said on Monday that the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China would unlikely be able to arrive at a legally binding code of conduct for the South ...
    • Scientists alarmed over China island in disputed sea 

      Torode, Greg (Malaya, July 7, 2015, on page B5)
      Concern is mounting among some scientists that China’s reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia. ...
    • Trump vows to stop China from taking South China Sea islands 

      Spetalnick, Matt (Malaya, January 25, 2017, on page B5)
      The new administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned ...
    • US: China's South China Sea buildings could house missiles 

      Reuters (Malaya, February 23, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ...
    • Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys 

      Reuters (Malaya, January 4, 2016, on page B3)
      Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested part of the South ...