Browsing The Manila Times by Place "East China Sea"

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    • China holds drills in West Pacific, South China Sea 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, March 27, 2018, on page B6)
      The Chinese military has begun its spring drills, with its air force recently conducting a high-sea training mission in the West Pacific and a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea. The drills include H-6K ...

    • Chinese ships in disputed waters 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, August 7, 2014, on page B6)
      Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials said, after Tokyo’s annual defense paper warned over China’s “dangerous acts” near the disputed ...

    • Duterte won back PH sovereignty over West Philippine Sea 

      Peña Sy, Esteban G. (The Manila Times, April 11, 2017, on page A6)
      Duterte administration takes a low-key approach in fighting for our sovereignty. But in effect, Duterte has won back sovereignty for the Filipino people. Aquino and Del Rosario thought that by bringing the Americans and ...

    • Fish: the overlooked destabilizer in the South China Sea 

      (The Manila Times, February 15, 2016, on page A6)
      South China Sea tensions will rise in the long-term as China exhausts its near-shore fisheries and continues to push outward to secure further stocks. In Asia, consumption of fish will increase with population and ...

    • Go fish in troubled waters - Lorenzana 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 30, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Filipino fishers should continue fishing in contested waters despite a ban announced by China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The summer fishing ban, which started on May 1, covers the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East ...

    • Maritime convulsion in the 'Asean' seas 

      Tolentino, Amado S. Jr. (The Manila Times, May 26, 2015, on page A5)
      At no other time in history do some Asean countries face several maritime challenges than during this second decade of the 21st century. All because of the uses of the South China (West Philippine) Sea and its resources – ...

    • PH studies bringing sea row before UNCLOS 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, September 18, 2012, on page A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday tasked its representative to the United Nations (UN) to acquire information regarding China's submission of claims over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japan ...

    • Taiwan formula may settle sea dispute 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, April 23, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      A Taiwanese official has called for a peaceful settlement of maritime disputes in the South China Sea(West Philippine Sea). Joseph S. C. Hua, director-general of Taiwan's Department of Culture and Educational Affairs at ...

    • Taiwan pledges more patrols in disputed sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 7, 2012, on page B4)
      Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou pledged to dispatch more coastguard vessels to the disputed water in the East China Sea, a move that could fuel simmering tensions in the area. Ma told the coastguards to protect domestic ...

    • Things are heating up in the South China Sea 

      Saludo, Ricardo (The Manila Times, October 18, 2018, on page A1-A5)
      It’s been slow in coming. But next month, the United States Navy, maybe with some allied warships in tow, will stage what it bills as its largest defense exercise in the South China Sea — bringing the superpower confrontation ...

    • US engages China in 'cognitive warfare' 

      (The Manila Times, April 13, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The United States is engaged in a form of “cognitive warfare” with China in the East and South China Sea, where both countries have deployed aircraft carrier strike groups, the South China Morning Post reported Monday. On ...