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    • China lands aircraft on another PH reef 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...

    • China lands bombers on SCS isles 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2018, on page 1-6)
      The entire Philippines is now practically within striking distance of China following the deployment of bomber aircraft at a disputed island in the South China Sea. State-run Chinese newspaper People’s Daily on Friday ...

    • China lauds PH for a stabilized South China Sea 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, July 15, 2017, on page 1-6)
      China lauded the Philippines for upholding an independent diplomatic policy and has expressed agreement with the Duterte administration’s statement which stressed that territorial disputes should be resolved in the spirit ...

    • China lighthouses beckon in Spratlys 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, October 19, 2015, on page 1-11)
      The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing ...

    • ‘China likely to build on Scarborough Shoal’ 

      (The Manila Times, February 8, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the Defense secretary said on Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, ...

    • China likely to just snub PHL senators' tirade on sea incident 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole O.; Cruz, Beatriz Marie D. (BusinessWorld, December 16, 2022, on page S1/10)
      China could not be expected to change its stance and course of action in disputed parts of the South China Sea after Philippine senators signed a resolution on Wednesday condemning what they called harassment and encroachment ...

    • China Looms Large on Philippine Campaign Trail 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (DailyGuardian, April 11, 2022, on page 4-10)
      A month ahead of Philippine presidential elections, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the democratic Southeast Asian nation to steer clear of any “disturbances” in its broadly friendly relations with China under ...

    • China marks all over SCS': Online news service bares Chinese massive claims on disputed areas 

      Cruz, Maricel V.; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, April 16, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      China has registered trademarks over hundreds of land features scattered throughout the South China Sea, a move opposed by other claimants to the disputed waters, BenarNews, a Washington-based online news service, reported ...

    • China may allow Filipinos to fish in Panatag 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2016, on page A19)
      China will consider giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to disputed waters in the South China Sea after the leaders of the two countries meet in Beijing this week, two Chinese sources with ties to the leadership ...

    • China may be building airstrip on reef-PH 

      Solmerin, Florante S.; Tuyay, Francisco; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D.; Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, May 15, 2014, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines warned on Wednesday that China may be building an airstrip on a reef in the South China Sea as the Asian superpower asserts its claim to most of the strategic area. Filipino military surveillance aircraft ...

    • 'China may be building airstrip on Subi Reef' 

      Romero, Alexis; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 28, 2015, on page 10)
      China appears to be building an airstrip on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the Spratlys archipelago, boosting notions that the Asian superpower is conducting reclamation in disputed areas to display its military might. In a span ...

    • China may be building anew in Scarborough 

      Aben, Elena (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 may have collected samples from Benham Rise’ 

      Pilapil, Jaime R. (The Manila Times, April 4, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine Ambassador to China Chito Santa Romana on Monday bared that a Chinese survey ship may have collected maritime samples at Benham Rise. The DFA then asked the Chinese Embassy in Manila to explain the presence of ...

    • China may rebut case until Jan 1 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, December 2, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines has sought to debunk China's claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea, court officials said Monday as an international tribunal wrapped up a five-day hearing. Although Beijing has refused to take ...

    • China meeting 'to discuss arbitral ruling' - Palace 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, August 7, 2019, on page 5-10)
      Three years after the verdict was released, President Rodrigo Duterte will finally raise Manila’s 2016 arbitral victory in his China visit later this month. Duterte deemed it as about time to raise the ruling during his ...

    • China militarization in SCS to have consequences - US 

      Katigbak, Jose (The Philippine Star, May 5, 2018, on page 1-3)
      The White House warned China on Thursday of consequences over its growing militarization in the South China Sea. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the comment when asked about US intelligence reports that there ...

    • China militarizes South China Sea 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 16, 2016, on page A1-A22)
      China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported, citing new satellite imagery. ...

    • China military again lands plane on PH reef 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A12)
      Malacañang need no more wait to acquire technology to verify and protest China’s violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty in the Spratly archipelago. Satellite imagery has shown the first confirmed landing by China of a ...

    • China military planes land on PH reef 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Two Chinese military transport planes have been photographed on Panganiban Reef, marking the first reported presence of this type of aircraft in Philippine territory in the South China Sea and raising the prospect that ...

    • China militia around Pag-asa proof of crime vs fishermen 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, April 3, 2019, on page 9)
      The influx of Chinese maritime militia around Palawan’s Pag-asa Island harasses, bullies, and persecutes Filipino fishermen. China’s non-stop illegal reef dredging and artificial island building also degrades the marine ...