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    • China paper: Phl is cute little US submissive 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, April 22, 2015, on page 1-16)
      Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the resource-rich and strategically important South China Sea, including areas close to other Asian nations, using vague demarcation lines that first appeared on Chinese maps in the ...
    • China protests latest US Navy mission in SCS 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, October 11, 2020, on page 11)
      China has dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the US warship of trespassing ...
    • China rebuffs Rody's SCS rebuke 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2018, on page 5)
      China rebuffed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Beijing to rethink its conduct in the South China Sea on Thursday, saying China had the right to react to foreign ships or aircraft that get close to its ...
    • 'China reclamation in disputed sea a ploy' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, January 13, 2015, on page 3)
      China is rushing reclamation in the West Philippine Sea to circumvent any favorable ruling on the Philippine arbitration case before the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The Philippines filed the case ...
    • China rejects demands by US over reclamation 

      (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China yesterday rejected US demands to stop all reclamation works in the South China Sea, saying it was exercising its sovereignty and using the outposts to fulfill international responsibilities. Admiral Sun Jianguo, ...
    • China releases white paper on military strategy 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 29, 2015, on page 16)
      The Chinese military is advocating active defense, which the country’s foreign ministry said is in cognizance of external environment and is no threat to stability in the region. “It has nothing to do with the current ...
    • China starts operating reef lighthouse 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, April 7, 2016, on page 1-8)
      China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China sea near which a US warship sailed last year to challenge China's territorial claims. China claims most of the energy-rich waters ...
    • China to build permanent structure on Panatag 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, March 18, 2017, on page 7)
      China plans to build the first permanent structure on a South China Sea shoal at the heart of a territorial dispute with the Philippines, in a move likely to renew concerns over Beijing’s robust assertions of its claims ...
    • China to end reclamation, start building structures 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, June 17, 2015, on page 14)
      China will complete land reclamation projects on its disputed South China Sea territorial claims as planned within "upcoming days," the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. However, in a sign that developments were far from ...
    • China to Phl, Vietnam: Keep sea row issues bilateral 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, November 21, 2016, on page 1-17)
      China's President Xi Jinping, in separate meeting with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the south China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported yesterday. The comments underscore ...
    • China to Phl: return to bilateral talks 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, July 23, 2015, on page 1-10)
      China called on the Philippines yesterday to withdraw a case it has filed at a UN arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea and return to bilateral negotiations. Beijing has for years insisted that ...
    • China to project power through artificial islands 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, February 20, 2015, on page 6)
      China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its navy, air force, coastguard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival ...
    • China to start civilian flights from disputed isle 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, March 13, 2016, on page 1-3)
      China will begin civilian flights to and from a disputed South China Sea island within a year, state media reported on Friday, as the government expands infrastructure on islands and reefs also claimed by other countries ...
    • China to US: Help cool down Phi on sea row 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 30, 2015, on page 12)
      The US should help "cool down" the Philippines and realize that its meddling in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute would only stir tensions, a Chinese newspaper reported. In an editorial dated May 28, China ...
    • China unfazed by US bomber trip over S. China Sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, June 7, 2018, on page 13)
      No military ship or aircraft can scare China away from its resolve to protect its territory, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday after two U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers were reported to have flown near disputed islands ...
    • China unveils monument to SCS island building 

      (The Philippine Star, April 25, 2018, on page 10)
      China has repeatedly defended the work, saying it has every right to build on what it considers inherent Chinese territory and that it is building public facilities, like weather stations and typhoon harbors. In a brief ...
    • China wants naval drills with Southeast Asia in S. China Sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, October 17, 2015, on page 7)
      China’s defense minister said on Friday that he is 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 ...
    • China wants sea cooperation 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2017, on page 1-12)
      China and the countries surrounding the South China Sea should set up a cooperation mechanism to boost exchanges ranging from disaster relief to safety of navigation, a senior diplomat said in comments reported yesterday. ...
    • China warns US: be careful 

      (The Philippine Star, April 2, 2016, on page 1)
      China's defense ministry has warned the US Navy to "be careful" in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines. Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access ...
    • China's intrusion worsens fish catch decline - watchdog 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, June 26, 2019, on page 1-5)
      An environmental advocacy group has warned that local fisheries production might not recover soon with President Duterte’s stand allowing China to continue fishing within Philippine territorial waters. International ...