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    • Beijing : finish sea code in 3 years 

      Villanueva, Ralph (The Manila Times, October 14, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A rule book to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, insisting his nation does not seek “hegemony or expansion.” Li’s comments ...
    • Beijing blocks sea for war exercises 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 19, 2016, on page A1-A4)
      China on Monday said it was closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic ...
    • Beijing claims 'consensus' reached on joint exploration 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, October 18, 2020, on page 5)
      The Chinese government said it had reached a consensus with the Philippines on the conduct of joint exploration of resources in the South China Sea. Reacting to the decision of President Duterte to lift the moratorium on ...
    • Beijing denies island-building in South China Sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, April 1, 2017, on page 1-2)
      There was "no such thing" as man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday, and reiterated that any building work was mainly for civilian purposes. The building has included ...
    • Beijing escalates word war on disputed waters 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 28, 2015, on page A5)
      Beijing escalated its war of words with the Philippines over the South China Sea on Friday, decrying Manila as “hypocritical” for criticising its land reclamation works in the area. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua ...
    • Beijing more than just a 'worse violator' in S China Sea 

      Tran, Huu Duy Minh; Hoang, Thi Ngoc An; Nguyen, Hai Duyen (DailyGuardian, September 30, 2021, on page 5-10)
      In an article recently published by Asia Times, Mark Valencia claims that China is not the only wrongdoer in the South China Sea but Vietnam is as well. This view misinterprets the policy of China in the South China Sea. ...
    • Beijing pays a price for the assertiveness in South China Sea 

      Browne, Andrew (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2014, on page 12)
      Faced with mounting Chinese assertiveness, nothing seems to illustrate the impotence of Southeast Asian nations more than their glacial progress toward a code of conduct with Beijing on the South China Sea. It's been a ...
    • Beijing permanently stations rescue ship in spartlys 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Avendaño, Christine O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A6)
      China is stationing a search and rescue ship on its man-made island on Philippine-claimed Zamora Reef in the Spratly archipelago, in a “gray zone tactic” to assert its ownership of the disputed feature in the South China ...
    • Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, May 29, 2018, on page S2/6)
      China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding to simmering tensions in the strategic waterway. The foreign ministry issued a ...
    • Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, May 29, 2018, on page B6)
      China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding to simmering tensions in the strategic waterway. The foreign ministry issued a ...
    • Beijing running illegal paramilitary force at sea: analyst 

      ABS-CBN News (DailyGuardian, June 21, 2019, on page 14)
      The June 9 incident involving the sinking of a Philippine fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto (Reed) Bank highlights the need to focus attention on Beijing's maritime militia, which is intent on flooding the West ...
    • Beijing to Rody: No structures in Panatag 

      Mendez, Christina; Romero, Alexis; Sy, Marvin; Clapano, Jose Rodel (The Philippine Star, March 24, 2017, on page 14)
      China has assured President Duterte there will be no construction in Panatag Shoal, denying earlier reports that it would pursue plans to put up a monitoring station in the disputed area in the West Philippine Sea. Duterte ...
    • Beijing, Hanoi promise to keep peace in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, April 3, 2018, on page A1)
      China and Vietnam vowed Sunday to keep the peace in the South China Sea, the resource-rich waterway that has long been a source of tension between Hanoi and its powerhouse communist neighbour. China claims most of the ...
    • Beijing: Phl, US 'exaggerate China threat 

      Calica, Aurea; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2015, on page 1-6)
      China’s Foreign Ministry accused the Philippines yesterday of working together with the United States to “exaggerate the China threat” over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. Beijing stepped up its criticism of Manila ...
    • Beijing: Situation in Panatag unchanged 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, November 2, 2016, on page 1-12)
      China said on Monday the situation at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the South China Sea “has not changed and will not change,” after the Philippines said Chinese vessels that blocked the area for four years ...
    • Beijing: We are keeping peace, tranquility 

      Mangaluz, Jean (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2023, on page A4)
      President Marcos on Wednesday directly told Chinese Premier Li Qiang that the Philippines would press on with its claim to the West Philippine Sea, as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). ...
    • Beijng developing satellites for watching South China Sea traffic 

      Bloomberg (Manila Bulletin, August 22, 2018, on page B-4)
      China is developing a satellite system that will allow it to closely watch the South China Sea, the China News Service reported, helping it to consolidate control over the disputed waters. The first of 10 satellites is ...
    • Benham on the rise 

      Robles, Jojo (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A4-A5)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Philippines enjoys sovereign rights but does not have sovereignty over the plateau, which is believed to hold huge amounts of minerals and oil, apart ...
    • Benham Rise: what is at stake? 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (Manila Bulletin, March 20, 2017, on page 12)
      In a matter of days, the Benham Rise has become a new flashpoint, threatening to undermine increasing warm, if not cordial, bilateral relations between Manila and Beijing. Home to precious mineral resources, which are ...
    • Biz group: 'Keep China as a friend' 

      Ayeng, Raffy; Guillang, Michelle (Daily Tribune, July 15, 2021, on page A6)
      A local business group composed of Filipino-Chinese businessmen on Wednesday sought a peaceful, wise and diplomatic solution to the still scorching sea lanes issue that puts a wedge on the Philippines-China relations. The ...