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    • Chinese invasions: Past and present 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 20, 2020, on page A6)
      China has been telling the world that its rise will be peaceful because China has never been an aggressor state throughout its long history. As proof, the Chinese point out that it has never invaded another country in the ...
    • The Hague tribunal: ramifications of ruling 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 21, 2016, on page A1-A16)
      Last week’s ruling of an UNCLOS tribunal on the South China Sea dispute has two distinct but related ramifications. The first deals with the rights to the resources of the South China Sea among the coastal states, and the ...
    • Inventor of China's nine-dash line 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 30, 2020, on page A6)
      The root cause of the South China Sea dispute is China’s nine-dash line that appears in the 1947 map invented by the Kuomintang Party, which controlled the Chinese government at that time. The 1947 map is titled “Location ...
    • 'Never give up honor, sovereignty and sovereign rights' 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 23, 2017, on page A8)
      Our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, like our honor as UP alumni, are priceless. They are not for sale. No generation of Filipinos, and no individual Filipino, has the right to sell or waive the country’s ...
    • A Philippine maritime militia in the WPS 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 29, 2020, on page A6)
      The Philippine Navy recently announced its plan to create a maritime militia that will operate in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The primary purpose of the maritime militia will be to conduct low-cost surveillance in our ...
    • President Duterte's policies in the WPS 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2021, on page A6)
      Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque praised President Duterte’s policies in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as “careful, calibrated, and calculated.” In contrast, Roque assailed proposals from former foreign secretary ...
    • South China Sea as zone of peace 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 5, 2020, on page A8)
      The Philippines and China have already signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) and the terms of reference (TOR) to jointly cooperate in exploiting the oil and gas in the West Philippines Sea. The missing element is ...
    • What the Code of Conduct shouldn't be 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September NaN, 2020, on page A6)
      The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China are set to resume negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC), which is intended to manage the dispute in the South China Sea. What the Philippines should strongly ...