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    • China not ceding an inch of territory-general 

      Julian, Sammy (Panay News, May 19, 2014, on page 11)
      China "will not give an inch" with regards to its territorial dispute with several Southeast Asian Countries, including the Philippines, over the South China Sea and with Japan over islands in East China Sea. To those who ...

    • China not ceding joint WPS search 

      Villegas, Gab Humilde; Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 26, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      China will await the incoming administration’s policy regarding joint oil and gas projects in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy “Boy” Locsin Jr. said the Duterte administration had terminated ...

    • China offers aquaculture, but fishers won’t bite 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 14, 2016, on page A20)
      The head of a fisherman’s group here likened to a “lollipop” being offered to appease a crying child a Chinese government offer to bring fish-growing technology to local fishermen displaced by a territorial row over ...

    • China oil deal hit, praised: Joma: A clear act of treason; Carpio: Booster of PH sea claim 

      Mariano, Nat; Requejo, Rey E.; Araneta, Macon R. (Manila Standard, November 26, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Communist Party of the Philippines branded the joint oil and gas development deal between China and the Philippines “a clear act of treason” by the Duterte administration but acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said ...

    • China OK's adoption of sea code 

      Agence France-presse (The Manila Times, September 6, 2012, on page A1-A2)
      China promised on Wednesday to ensure freedom of navigation in the tense West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and told US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton it was willing to work on a code of conduct to manage disputes. ...

    • China on 'combat patrols' over disputed islands 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 7, 2016, on page A17)
      China’s Air Force sent bombers and fighter jets on “combat patrols” near contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move a senior colonel said was part of an effort to normalize such drills and respond to security ...

    • China on Ayungin incident: Phl boats trespassed 

      Mateo, Janvic; Flores, Helen; Villanueva, Rhodina; Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Paolo; Ong, Ghio (The Philippine Star, November 20, 2021, on page 2)
      Beijing has defended its coast guard’s driving away with water cannons two Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to a garrison at the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, saying the boats had trespassed in Chinese waters. “On ...

    • China on floating barrier removal: 'Nothing more than self-amusement' 

      Garner, Jom; Labrador, Pedring; Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The word war between the Philippines and China continued Wednesday after Beijing called Manila's removal of the floating barrier at Scarborough Shoal "nothing more than self-amusement." China Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

    • China open for bilateral talks to resolve WPS 'irritants' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, May 1, 2019, on page 7)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping is open to resolve territorial disputes in the West Philippines Sea via bilateral talks, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said that Xi has opened the lines of ...

    • China open to marine research cooperation with Phl 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, April 4, 2017, on page 7)
      China is willing to engage in marine cooperation, including joint scientific research projects with the Philippines, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang’s statement came after ...

    • China opens cinema on disputed SCS island 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, July 25, 2017, on page 12)
      Soldiers and residents on one of the islands China controls in the contested South China Sea can now relax and watch a movie after the first theater in the strategic waterway opened its doors Saturday, reports say. In its ...

    • China opens lighthouses on 2 PH reefs in Spratlys 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 11, 2015, on page A1-A20)
      China has started operating lighthouses on two reefs in the disputed West Philippine Sea, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing’s maritime ambitions. The two reefs are ...

    • China out to occupy other WPS features - DND chief 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Lee-Brago, Pia; Flores, Helen; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2021, on page 2)
      China’s maritime militia vessels lingering in Julian Felipe Reef and the claim that the territory forms part of its Nansha Islands show Chinese intent to occupy the area in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary ...

    • ‘China owes us ₧33B in annual marine loss’ 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, June 9, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio flatly dismissed Monday China’s claims that it owns the West Philippine Sea (WPS), as well as the whole South China Sea since ancient times. This, as former Foreign Affairs Secretary ...

    • China paper defends buildup in SCS islands 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, March 24, 2022, on page B8)
      Earlier this week, The Associated Press (AP) reported Admiral John Aquilino, United States Indo-Pacific commander, as saying on Sunday that China had militarized at least three of the several islands it built in the disputed ...

    • China paper: Phl is cute little US submissive 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, April 22, 2015, on page 1-16)
      Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the resource-rich and strategically important South China Sea, including areas close to other Asian nations, using vague demarcation lines that first appeared on Chinese maps in the ...

    • China photo of the day 

      (The Philippine Star, January 2, 2018, on page 5)
      To help the Philippine fishermen increase their production and improve their livelihood, China donated 100,000 fingerlings of coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) to the Philippines, 50,000 of which arrived in Palawan last ...

    • China pivot yields 'modus vivendi' at West PH Sea 

      Delizo, Michael Joe T. (The Manila Times, November 11, 2016, on page A1-A8)
      The Duterte administration’s pivot to China will bring about a change in perception on both sides, allowing a “modus vivendi” of “peace” at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the country’s next ambassador to China ...

    • China plan bad news for PH fishermen 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 19, 2017, on page A3)
      China’s plan to build a permanent structure on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea is bad news for fishermen in the coastal town of Infanta in Pangasinan province. A permanent Chinese structure there ...

    • China plans to build station on Scarborough near Zambales 

      Associated Press (AP) (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 ...