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China lighthouses beckon in Spratlys
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 ...
- October 19, 2015
Noy: World is watching China sea row
President Aquino told an Asian-Pacific summit yesterday that "the world is watching" whether China would behave as a responsible power in the simmering standoff over maritime territory. Aquino kept up a drumbeat of growing ...
- November 23, 2015
US: Sea reclamation can lead to conflict
China’s land reclamation around reefs in the disputed South China Sea is undermining freedom and stability, and risks provoking tension that could even lead to conflict, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a ...
- May 22, 2015
Beijing: Phl, US 'exaggerate China threat
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 ...
- May 16, 2015
US: China has mobile artillery on reclaimed isle
The United States said yesterday China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaimed island in the disputed South China Sea, a development that Republican Sen. John McCain called “disturbing and escalatory.” ...
- May 30, 2015
Destructive China reclamation hit
Citing a study of the United Nations Environment Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said China's massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea have destroyed 300 acres of coral reefs systems, ...
- April 14, 2015
'China's new islands clearly military'
The chief of the United States Pacific Command said the reefs claimed by China in the South China Sea are "clearly military in nature" and "the US would use military force to defend its interests and allies against any ...
- July 27, 2015
US, China face off over the South China Sea
For months, Beijing and Washington have been engaged in a mounting rhetorical war over Chinese territorial claims- and island building- in contested waters of the South China Sea. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has cautioned ...
- October 31, 2015
Japan won’t send troops to disputed seas
Japan yesterday backed the United States sailing warships close to disputed land in the South China Sea, but said it had no plans to send its own maritime forces to support the operation. Last month Washington infuriated ...
- November 23, 2015
China to Phl: return to bilateral talks
China called on the Philippines yesterday to withdraw a case it has filed at a UN arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea and return to bilateral negotiations. Beijing has for years insisted that ...
- July 23, 2015