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China can deploy warplanes on artificial islands anytime
China appears to have largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time, ...
- March 29, 2017
China: we won't give up one inch of territory
China is committed to peace and won't cause "chaos" in the world, but cannot give up even an inch of territory that the country's ancestors have left behind, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Defense Secretary Jim ...
- June 28, 2018
China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands
China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a move that could raise tensions with Washington, which has accused Beijing of militarizing the vital ...
- July 1, 2017
The ‘heroes’ of Pagasa Island: Preserving PH sovereignty
If the Filipinos on the remote West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) island of Pagasa (Thitu) had binoculars, they might just be envious of how their neighbors on the next island live. Just 15 miles (24 km) across the ...
- April 23, 2017
Hanoi to Beijing: Pull out missiles
Vietnam has requested China to withdraw its weapons from disputed territory in the South China Sea, while security experts have urged the Philippine government to upgrade the country’s defenses in the Spratly archipelago ...
- April 10, 2018
China: Up to Phl to heal rift over arbitration case
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines' case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had strained relations between Beijing and Manila, and that it was up to the ...
- November 12, 2015
PH troubled by China arms buildup in Spratlys
China’s recent installation of weapons on artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea was “very troubling,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday, after Manila quietly protested Beijing’s activities. ...
- January 18, 2017
Philippines vows stronger military to back South China Sea claim
Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed on Monday to leave behind a stronger and a more capable armed forces to face maritime challenges in the South China Sea when he leaves office next year. Aquino, ineligible to run ...
- December 22, 2015
Washington forcing Beijing to accelerate South China Sea deployments, says China's top paper
China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said on Monday U.S. moves in the South China Sea like last week’s freedom of navigation operation will only cause China to strengthen its deployments in the ...
- January 23, 2018
ASEAN meeting in Boracay unsettled by cloud of Hague ruling on South China Sea
Southeast Asian countries see China’s installation of weapons systems in the South China Sea as very unsettling and want to prevent militarization and urge dialogue to stop “recent developments” from escalating, a minister ...
- February 22, 2017