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Photos show China building new islands
Beijing’s “illegal” island building in the South China Sea moved center stage at an Asian summit on Wednesday after the Philippines produced evidence it said showed fresh construction activity at a flash point shoal. Beijing ...
- September 8, 2016
Work with China but stick to our claims, envoy advises
Although neither China nor the Philippines may be ready to give up their respective claims, it may be possible to work out cooperative agreements on fishing, private oil and gas exploration, and avoiding conflict due to ...
- August 15, 2016
Duterte eyes China, Japan trips
Diplomats in the Philippines are in talks with counterparts in Japan and China to arrange visits by controversial President Duterte at the end of next month, officials said on Friday. The Philippines' relations with Japan ...
- September 24, 2016
DU30: back to Panatag
President Duterte on Sunday raised the possibility of Filipino fishermen returning to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea after his three-day state visit to China. Speaking before residents of typhoon-hit ...
- October 24, 2016
PH, China restart talks on sea row
China and the Philippines agreed on Thursday that disputes in the South China Sea were not the sum total of their relations, and that the two countries would restore diplomatic and defense consultations, Chinese Vice Foreign ...
- October 21, 2016
Duterte to declare Panatag a marine Sanctuary
President Duterte plans to issue an executive order unilaterally declaring the lagoon of the disputed Panatag Shoal a marine sanctuary, where neither Filipinos nor Chinese may be allowed to fish. Mr. Duterte told Chinese ...
- November 22, 2016
Zambales fishers raring to return to Scarborough but wait
Fishermen from this coastal town said they were waiting for confirmation from government officials on whether they could return to the contested Scarborough Shoal amid reports that China would soon allow them to fish in ...
- September 4, 2016
US destroyers sail close to Sino-held reefs
US destroyers have sailed close to Chinese-held reefs and islands in the disputed South China Sea in recent weeks, US naval officials said on Thursday, patrols likely to fuel tensions ahead of an international court's ...
- July 8, 2016
China will be the loser–Yasay
Unless it acknowledges the ruling of the arbitral tribunal against its territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea, China will emerge as the “loser” in its sea dispute with the Philippines, Foreign Secretary Perfecto ...
- August 31, 2016
No more Chinese ships at Panatag
Chinese ships are no longer in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and Filipino boats can resume fishing activities following a "welcome development," the Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. ...
- October 29, 2016