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Post Arbitration: Duterte’s joint development and other policy approaches to the West Philippine Sea
Recently, the Philippines under President Rodrigo R. Duterte announced its plan to pursue "co-owner-ship" or, more accurately the joint exploration, of portions of the South China Sea (also known as WestPhilippine Sea) ...
- March 13, 2018
Manila welcomes report that G7 countries concerned about West Philippine Sea
The Philippines on Sunday welcomed reports that the G7 summit would express concern about unilateral efforts to assert sovereignty claims in the disputed South China Sea. Regional alarm is growing at moves by China ...
- June 8, 2015
China to complete Spratly Islands reclamation soon, its foreign ministry says
China will soon complete some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, indicating that Beijing is close to setting up new outposts in the maritime ...
- June 17, 2015
What's the end game in the US- China face-off over the Spratlys?
Remember our boyhood days when a bully would place a chip on his shoulder and dare anyone to knock it off? If someone did, the bully had to fight the challenger or else lose face. By building artificial islands on sunken ...
- November 6, 2015
PHL, China: Sea dispute not in APEC agenda
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Manila on Tuesday, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in time for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week. Mr. Wang was met by his counterpart, ...
- November 11, 2015
Philippines to defy China fishing rule
Philippine fishermen should ignore a Chinese rule requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said yesterday. The rule was passed in November ...
- January 17, 2014
Beijing’s reclamation on disputed areas has destroyed coral reefs, Manila says
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday refuted China's claim that its ongoing reclamation activities on the disputed West Philippine Sea have not damaged the area's ecological environment. This handout photo ...
- April 14, 2015
Australia, Singapore urge calm in South China Sea
Australian and Singapore on Monday called for a de-escalation in tensions over the South China Sea, warning that territorial disputes could disrupt decade of peace and economic progress in Asia. Australia's Foreign Minister ...
- September 11, 2012
Manila, Beijing work out how to tap oil, gas in South China Sea areas they both claim
The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a special panel to work out how they can jointly explore oil and gas in part of the South China Sea that both sides lay claim without having to address the explosive issue ...
- February 15, 2018
Philippines defense spending and the South China Sea
On Aug. 13, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr. admitted that China’s radio warnings to Philippine aircraft and ships in the South China Sea (SCS) are “a daily occurrence.” BBC ...
- August 20, 2018