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    • China wants 'de facto' control of sea, says PH 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Sunday urged the Asean to stop China’s “destabilizing activities” in the South China Sea, warning that Beijing was poised to take “de facto control” of the area. At the ...

    • China wants naval drills with Asean in S. China Sea 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 17, 2015, on page A1-A4)
      China’s defense minister said on Friday he was willing to hold joint drills in the disputed South China Sea with Southeast Asian countries, covering accidental encounters and search and rescue, striking a conciliatory tone ...

    • China warns G7: stop hype on sea dispute 

      Torres, Estrella (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2016, on page A4)
      China has warned Japan, host of the Group of Seven (G7) summit, to stop hyping the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, saying the arbitration case brought by the Philippines is the root of the instability in the ...

    • China warns PH against patrolling Panatag Shoal 

      Santos, Tina G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2022, on page A1-A4)
      China has warned the Philippines against “interfering” with its patrols at Bajo de Masinloc, saying the shoal and its waters are part of Chinese territory. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier reported that a China ...

    • China warns PH Ayungin men: don't make trouble 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 4, 2022, on page A1-A4)
      The China Coast Guard (CCG) has warned Filipino troops stationed on a rusting warship at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea to “seriously consider the stand of the Chinese government” or else, there ...

    • China warns US on patrols in disputed sea 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      BEIJING - Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocation" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US ...

    • China warns US on sea patrols in disputed sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      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 ...

    • China warships conduct drill; Taiwan on alert 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 28, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Taiwan warned on Tuesday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day," as a group of Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier sailed toward the island province of Hainan through the South China ...

    • China warships in PH waters irk DND chief 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 17, 2019, on page A5)
      Chinese warships crossing Philippine waters are an “annoying” matter for Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who did not mince words about the latest challenge to Philippine sovereignty by China when he questioned the ...

    • China warships, planes sighted at PH-claimed reefs since 2017 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Chinese warships and aircraft have been frequenting Philippine territory in the Spratly archipelago since 2017, indicating a steady pace of development toward “operational status” of Beijing’s military bases in the hotly ...

    • China will be the loser–Yasay 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 31, 2016, on page A2)
      Unless it acknowledges the ruling of the arbitral tribunal against its territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea, China will emerge as the “loser” in its sea dispute with the Philippines, Foreign Secretary Perfecto ...

    • China's big dream lusts for small reefs 

      Catindig, Ricardo E. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 20, 2017, on page A16)
      China’s aggressive activities in the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea, have caught the attention of both international and local media. Chinese were survey ships were reported to have been spotted in ...

    • China's challenge to PH sovereignty 

      Simbulan, Roland G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2015, on page A16)
      For decades, our government has bowed to the impositions of foreign interests, which we have allowed to shape and dictate our policies. These have made us weak and vulnerable. And yet, we declare in our 1987 Constitution ...

    • China's giant fishing fleet told to stop catching squid 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2021, on page B4)
      China has ordered its 2,600-strong fishing fleet-the world's biggest-to suspend catching squid in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans after an international backlash that claims they are overfishing and damaging fragile ...

    • China's harvesting of corals, clams perils fisheries in disputed sea 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 11, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Vast fisheries in the South China Sea are in danger of collapsing in the next decade, as production has reached a plateau, a maritime expert warned on Monday. “Based on available data from different sources, fisheries in ...

    • China's islets ready for arms 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2017, on page A2)
      Three of Beijing’s outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military assets including mobile missile launchers, a US think tank reported Thursday. Analyzing satellite ...

    • China's land reclamation alarms US senators 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2015, on page A3)
      Leading US senators expressed alarm on Thursday at the scale and speed of China's land reclamation in the South China Sea and said a formal US strategy was needed to slow or stop the work. In a letter to US Secretary State ...

    • China, Russia holds naval drill 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 12, 2016, on page A17)
      China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China’s Guangdong province starting from Monday, China’s navy said. The “Joint Sea-2016” exercise will feature surface ships, ...

    • China, Russia launch war games in disputed sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 13, 2016, on page A4)
      Chinese bombers, fighters and early warning and aerial refueling aircraft on Monday flew through the Bashi Channel that separates Taiwan and the Philippines to exercises in the Western Pacific, the air force here said. ...

    • China, Russia navies to hold war games in South China Sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 29, 2016, on page A22)
      China and Russia will hold "routine" naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China said on Thursday, adding that the drills were aimed at strengthening their cooperation and were not aimed at any other country. ...