Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "military operations"
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China assures it will protect PH - Duterte
(Manila Bulletin,May 6, 2018 , on page 1)Duterte, in a speech in Davao City, reiterated that due to this development, he decided to go to China and Russia for help. He then praised the two world superpowers for extending assistance without asking for anything in ... -
China begins new work on disputed South China Sea island
(Manila Bulletin,March 16, 2017 , on page 5)China has started fresh construction work in the disputed South China Sea, new satellite images show, a sign that Beijing is continuing to strengthen its military reach across the vital trade waterway. Regional military ... -
China building on new reef in South China Sea-US think tank
(Manila Bulletin,November 23, 2018 , on page 11)China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a US think tank. The ... -
China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands
(Manila Bulletin,July 1, 2017 , on page 12)China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a move that could raise tensions with Washington, which has accused Beijing of militarizing the vital ... -
China carries out missile drills in South China Sea amid heightened tensions
(Manila Bulletin,May 16, 2018 , on page 1-5)China’s navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on Friday, as the country trades barbs with the United States over responsibility for heightened tension in ... -
China Coast Guard vessel shadows PH supply boat to Ayungin Shoal
(Manila Bulletin,December 19, 2022 , on page 1-5)A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel challenged and sailed dangerously close to a Philippine boat which brought fresh food, Noche Buena packages, and other supplies to soldiers stationed on Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) ... -
China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles - US officials
(Manila Bulletin,February 23, 2017 , on page 6)China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, is 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, ... -
China flies 2 commercial jets to man-made island in South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,January 9, 2016 , on page B12)A pair of Chinese civilian jet airliners landed at a newly created island in a disputed section of the South China Sea in a test to see whether its airstrip was up to standard, state media reported Thursday. The China Daily ... -
China is not militarizing South China Sea – Premier Li
(Manila Bulletin,March 25, 2017 , on page 4)China is not militarizing the South China Sea, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, although he acknowledged that defense equipment in islands in the disputed waterway had been placed there to maintain “freedom of navigation”. ... -
China keeps building islands on disputed sea – report
(Manila Bulletin,December 16, 2017 , on page 1-4)Tensions over China’s island-building in the South China Sea may have eased in the past year, but Beijing has kept busy. New satellite imagery shows China has built infrastructure covering 72 acres (28 hectares) in the ... -
China may be building anew in Scarborough
(Manila Bulletin,September 4, 2016 , on page 4)President Duterte revealed the other day intelligence reports indicating that China may be planning to start new constructions at disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea, particularly in Scarborough Shoal (also known as ... -
China navy carries out more drills in disputed South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,December 14, 2015 , on page 12)China’s navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday, calling them routine drills. China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South ... -
China not a threat to PH security - Malacañang
(Manila Bulletin,May 22, 2018 , on page 1-4)The Philippines does not consider China a threat to national security but has expressed “serious concerns” over the presence of its bombers in the disputed South China Sea, Malacañang said Monday. China's air force has ... -
China plans to build station on Scarborough near Zambales
(Manila Bulletin,March 18, 2017 , on page 1-14)China plans to build the first permanent structure on a South China Sea shoal at the heart of a territorial dispute with the Philippines, in a move likely to renew concerns over Beijing’s robust assertions of its claims ... -
China promised not to build in disputed shoal-Yasay
(Manila Bulletin,February 24, 2017 , on page 5)Chinese President Xi Jinping promised President Duterte that Beijing will not build structures on a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said yesterday. Yasay said the Chinese ... -
China says military deployment in South China Sea 'legitimate'
(Manila Bulletin,June 2, 2018 , on page 5)China has defended its deployment of military assets in the volatile South China Sea “as legitimate and legal” even as it called out the United States for projecting a military presence in the region that “far exceeds the ... -
China to safeguard peace in South China Sea despite US disruption
(Manila Bulletin,August 1, 2020 , on page 3)China will be more determined to defend its own sovereignty and security, and maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea despite the US attempts to make waves in the region, a Chinese defense ministry spokesperson ... -
China welcomes Russell's comments on South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,June 30, 2015 , on page 7)A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said June 23 that the South China Sea issue is not and should not be one between China and the United States. Spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks while responding to a question on ... -
Chinese envoy appeals for patience over SCS issues
(Manila Bulletin,July 31, 2019 , on page 1-8)Amid the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, Beijing's top envoy in Manila stressed China's commitment to peace and stability saying China will not "take the first shot" as it adheres firmly to the policy of a ... -
Chinese ships that left Julian Felipe Reef remain in PH's EEZ - US data analyst firm
(Manila Bulletin,May 26, 2021 , on page 1-5)Some of the 220 Chinese ships that withdrew from Julian Felipe Reef when the Philippine government filed diplomatic protests last March remain in the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), ...