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PH, Vietnam navies play sports on South China Sea Island.
Philippine and Vietnamese navies have been playing soccer, volleyball and tug-of-war games together on South China Sea Island, the latest get-together by two countries concerned with Chinese assertiveness in the disputed ...
- June 27, 2017
Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea
Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two. China claims almost ...
- March 15, 2017
China denies reports of building on disputed Shoal
China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday denied reports that China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which ...
- March 23, 2017
First draft of South China Sea Code of Conduct ready
A first draft of a Code of Conduct for behavior in the disputed South China Sea has been completed, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, adding tension in the waterway had eased notably. Since 2010, China ...
- March 9, 2017
China promised not to build in disputed shoal-Yasay
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised President Duterte that Beijing will not build structures on a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said yesterday. Yasay said the Chinese ...
- February 24, 2017
China set for easy ride from ASEAN on disputed South China Sea
China expressed its willingness to “join hands” with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to uphold the stability of the South China Sea, steadily advance the consultation of the Code of Conduct in ...
- August 5, 2017
No 'provocation' can stop China's military drills
China’s military will carry out drills regardless of foreign provocations and pressure, the Communist Party’s paper said on Sunday, adding that exercises far out at sea like those conducted recently by its sole aircraft ...
- January 23, 2017
Crabs invade Cuba's Bay of Pigs
Cuba’s Bay of Pigs has been invaded again, this time not by U.S.-backed anti-Castro forces, but by millions of red, yellow and black landcrabs. Each year, after the first spring rains, the crabs march for days from the ...
- April 27, 2017
China backs joint energy dev't with Philippines in disputed sea
China’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he supported the idea of joint energy ventures with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and damage both sides. Wang ...
- July 27, 2017
ASEAN rejects use of force: leaders underscore importance of peace, stability in South China Sea
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expressed concern over the maritime dispute in the South China Sea, but were silent on the Philippines’ victory in the United Nations (UN)-backed Arbitral ...
- April 27, 2017