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Philippines rejects China language in Scarborough proposal
China wanted the Philippines to agree to a formal declaration that Beijing was “allowing” Filipino fishermen to return to Scarborough Shoal, but Manila did not agree because the proposal would go against the ruling of an ...
- October 27, 2016
China warns US on sea patrols in disputed sea
Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocations" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US Defense ...
- October 16, 2015
China: It's up to PH to heal rift over S. China Sea
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines' case against China in a United Nations arbitral tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had strained relations and that it was up to the Philippines to heal ...
- November 12, 2015
US warships likely to ignore Chinese lighthouses
US warships are unlikely to engage with a pair of lighthouses that China has lit up on two reefs in the West Philippine Sea next time they sail by Beijing’s artificial islands in the heavily disputed waters. Chinese officials ...
- October 19, 2015
China calls int’l court a puppet
China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to set up an air defense zone after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that junked its territorial ...
- July 14, 2016
US admiral joins surveillance flight over West Philippine Sea
A top US Navy admiral said he joined a routine surveillance flight over the disputed South China Sea on Saturday and that the United States was committed to freedom of navigation in the region. Adm. Scott Swift, commander ...
- July 21, 2015
US warns of impunity amid 'bullying' in South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict "would have serious global consequences for security and for commerce," ...
- August 11, 2021
DU30 wants 'structures' built on Benham Rise
President Duterte has ordered the Philippine Navy to put up “structures” to assert the country’s sovereignty over an underwater landmass 250 kilometers off the east coast of Luzon that a Chinese survey ship visited for six ...
- March 15, 2017
At Panatag Shoal, China asserts power through control and concessions
Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a kilometers-long row of fishing boats anchor near Panatag Shoal, backed by a small Coast Guard armada projecting China's power in Asia's most disputed ...
- April 11, 2017
Du30 assailed for ‘defeatist’ stand vs China
Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Thursday filed supplementary charges to an impeachment complaint against President Duterte, accusing him of taking a “defeatist stance” by doing nothing to challenge China’s activities on Benham ...
- March 31, 2017