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'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
Taiwan's peace call on claimants of disputed territories welcomed
The US on Tuesday welcomed Taiwan’s call on all claimants to disputed shoals, reefs, rocks and islets in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea to exercise restraint, refrain from unilateral actions that could escalate ...
- May 28, 2015
US, China clash over disputed Spratly Island
The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China’s foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is ...
- May 17, 2015
Bacolod Fishers complain 'encroachment'
Fisherfolk in Purok Sigay, Sitio Masungay, Barangay Sicang-Airport here complained that fishers from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental were "encroaching" their barangay waters. The Sigay small Fisherfolk Association lodged a ...
- May 8, 2015
Fishing, exploration impeded by China - PHL to Hague court
The Philippines has been prevented by China from fishing and exploration activities in the South China Sea, Manila’s lead counsel told the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the first day of hearing on the merits of the ...
- November 26, 2015
EU chief slams China reclamation
European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday criticized "construction activities" in the South China Sea in reference to China's land reclamations on submerged reefs, saying it would complicate the resolution of ...
- May 28, 2015
President's last FOCAP forum tackles sea dispute
Security Concerns, particularly in the context of tensions with China in the South China Sea, were among the key topics in President Benigno S. C. Aquino III's last interaction with the Foreign Correspondents Association ...
- October 28, 2015
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
US Marines unifies amphibious forces in Asia
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is bringing together foreign commanders from amphibious forces deployed mostly in the Asia-Pacific for a conference aimed at taking initial steps to integrate their operations, with China excluded ...
- May 15, 2015