Browsing by Place "Nansha Island"

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    • China defends laser light pointing against PH vessel 

      (SunStar Philippines, February 15, 2023, on page 4)
      Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson Wang Wenbin defended the pointing of laser light by their coast guard vessel toward a Philippine ship in waters off Ayungin Shoal. In a press conference, Wang said the ...

    • China to patrol disputed sea 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, February 26, 2013, on page A2)
      China will conduct its "routine" fishery patrols in the disputed Kalayaan (Spratly) Islands and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) amid tensions with its neighbors over the ownership ...

    • Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys 

      Todesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, June 1, 2018, on page 5)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was being smart the other day when he challenged critics of the Duterte’s complacent attitude in the face of China aggressive moves in South China Sea. At the flag-raising ceremony at ...

    • Photos show China militarizing Spratly islands 

      Reuters; New York Times News Service (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 10, 2016, on page A1-A13)
      When President Xi Jinping of China visited President Barack Obama at the White House in September last year, he startled many with reassuring words about his intensions for the Spratly Islands, a contested area where the ...

    • Spratly Islands ours—China: But Palace won’t back down on PH own claim 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, April 13, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China on Thursday repeated its claim over the Spratly Islands after Malacañang slammed the persistent presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. “The Nansha Islands are China’s territory, which is backed by ...

    • Vietnam accuses China of sea encroachment 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, September 20, 2019, on page B12)
      Vietnam has accused Beijing of direct encroachment on the disputed Nansha Islands at the South China Sea due to its frequent guarding in the guise of conducting marine reserves research. But China’s Foreign Mi­nistry ...