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ASEAN urges restraint in South China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 19, 2018 , on page A19)Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), at the end of a three-day meeting in Sydney, also tackled the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of ... -
Australia boosts PH in South China Sea dispute
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 29, 2016 , on page A17)The international arbitration case filed by the Philippines over disputed territories in the South China Sea received timely diplomatic support from Australia on Tuesday, when Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declared that ... -
Beijing blocks sea for war exercises
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 19, 2016 , on page A1-A4)China on Monday said it was closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic ... -
Britain to send warship to South China sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 28, 2017 , on page A12)Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defense Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing. Britain would increase ... -
Britain, France to sail warships in disputed South China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 5, 2018 , on page A1-A6)Britain and France are sailing warships through the South China Sea this year to challenge China's militarization of the hotly contested waterway, their defense ministers said on Sunday. The British and French defense ... -
China 'extremely concerned' by proposed US challenge
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 19, 2015 , on page A16)China said on Friday it was "extremely concerned" about suggestion from a top US commander that US ships and aircraft should challenge China's claims in the South China Sea by patrolling close to artificial islands it has ... -
China installs rocket launchers on disputed reef
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 18, 2017 , on page A2)China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military combat divers, according to a state-run newspaper, offering new details on China’s ongoing military build-up. ... -
China may allow Filipinos to fish in Panatag
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 19, 2016 , on page A19)China will consider giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to disputed waters in the South China Sea after the leaders of the two countries meet in Beijing this week, two Chinese sources with ties to the leadership ... -
China militarizes South China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 16, 2016 , on page A1-A22)China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported, citing new satellite imagery. ... -
China opens lighthouses on 2 PH reefs in Spratlys
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 11, 2015 , on page A1-A20)China has started operating lighthouses on two reefs in the disputed West Philippine Sea, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing’s maritime ambitions. The two reefs are ... -
China stand on sea row stays, say analysts
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 24, 2016 , on page A19)Security analysts expect China to continue building its “great wall” in the South China Sea despite the Philippines’ friendliness under President Duterte and Chinese talk of giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to ... -
China to start building on reclaimed land reclaimed from disputed sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 17, 2015 , on page A1-A8)First the horizontal development, now the vertical development. The foreign ministry on Tuesday said China would complete within days its land reclamation projects on disputed areas in the South China Sea in an apparent ... -
China trains fishing militia to venture into Spratlys
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 2, 2016 , on page A1-A23)The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan Island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into ... -
China warns US on patrols in disputed sea
(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 will be the loser–Yasay
(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 challenge to PH sovereignty
(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, 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 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. ... -
China, US eye pact over S. China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 14, 2016 , on page A16)Seeking to calm escalating tensions in South China Sea, top Chinese and US generals spoke by phone and said they were ready to work out an effective mechanism to prevent confrontation and maintain stability in the region. ... -
Chinese jets intercept US spy plane, says Pentagon
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 20, 2016 , on page A1-A10)Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, a further escalation of tensions in and around the contested ...