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PH, US, Japan hold war games
The Philippines on Monday opened separate but simultaneous naval exercises with US and Japanese forces off Palawan, an island that is not from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where China's rapid creation of seven artificial ...
- June 23, 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
Phl to pursue sea claim in peaceful way
The reported failure of the US government to convince China to stop its massive reclamation in the West Philippine Sea will not deter the Philippines from pursuing its claim in the disputed region via peaceful means, the ...
- May 18, 2015
China territorial aggression hit
While the nation marked National Heroes Day on Monday, about 500 people from various sectors massed outside the Chinese consulate in Makati City and condemned China’s “territorial aggression.” Led by former National Security ...
- September 1, 2015
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea put Asia at risk, says UN Secretary General
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea are putting at risk Asia’s global goals of prosperity, stability, and dignity for all. Ban, who was in ...
- June 29, 2015
Renewed tension in the South China Sea
After months of signaling intent, the United States has finally made good on its promise to conduct a freedom of navigation patrol through the South China Sea. To little fanfare, the guided missile destroyer USLassen ...
- October 29, 2015
South China Sea ruling in Hague could be mid-2016- PH lawyer
The chief counsel for the Philippines in its Hague tribunal case against China over competing claims in the South China Sea said on Friday a final ruling could come as early as June next year. Paul Reichler said he also ...
- November 2, 2015
Beijing escalates word war on disputed waters
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 ...
- March 28, 2015