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China preps nuke bombers on disputed reefs
The Philippines has come within easy reach of China’s top-ofthe-line nuclear strike-capable bomber after the Chinese military demonstrated that it could operate from its artificial islands in the South China Sea, according ...
- May 20, 2018
Asia’s ocean pollution crisis
A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped ...
- June 6, 2018
Summit to urge 'self-restraint' in South China Sea dispute
A Southeast Asian summit will urge "self-restraint" in the South China Sea but avoid directly criticizing Chinese actions that have fanned tensions in the contested waters, a diplomatic source with knowledge of a draft ...
- April 25, 2015
12 Chinese jailed for illegal fishing
Twelve Chinese fishermen were handed long prison terms on Tuesday for illegal fishing in the Philippines after their ship ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef. The 12 were arrested in April last year after their boat hit and ...
- August 6, 2014
China paper: Phl is cute little US submissive
Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the resource-rich and strategically important South China Sea, including areas close to other Asian nations, using vague demarcation lines that first appeared on Chinese maps in the ...
- April 22, 2015
China turns on lighthouse atop reef
China has expanded its presence in the contested South China Sea by switching on a lighthouse atop a reconstructed reef also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines, state media said. The 55-meter-high (180-foot) facility ...
- April 7, 2016
Trump offers to 'mediate' on sea row
US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart Sunday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of. “If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let ...
- November 13, 2017
China releases white paper on military strategy
The Chinese military is advocating active defense, which the country’s foreign ministry said is in cognizance of external environment and is no threat to stability in the region. “It has nothing to do with the current ...
- May 29, 2015
Island may offer clues to coral reefs' survival
The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine island is a “living laboratory” for ...
- April 18, 2017
Phl sets naval drills with US, Japan
The Philippines is to hold simultaneous naval drills next week with key allies the United States and Japan, the military said yesterday, as Chinese buildup continues on the disputed South China Sea reefs. The annual joint ...
- June 19, 2015