The Philippines inaugurated a beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island on Tuesday, with authorities explaining it as the first of numerous upgrades on the area that Manila claims in South China Sea waters near where Beijing has actually developed military stations. The ramp is a concrete pier that will enable ships to dock on Pag-asa, Philippine […]

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Geopolitical stress in the middle of a global pandemic led Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to keep a secret military pact with the United States undamaged in the meantime, Manila’s leading diplomat and other federal government officials stated Wednesday. The Philippines was seeking to renew bilateral ties with its earliest ally by holding back for a […]

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Reports of Chinese strategies to declare an Air Defense Recognition Zone over the contested South China Sea have actually resurfaced in news media amidst increasing stress in the area. Professionals stay doubtful that China would take such an intriguing, hard-to- impose procedure. The South China Morning Post reported today that China has actually prepared for […]

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Indonesia added its weight to current diplomatic relocations by ASEAN members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending out an unusual diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations previously today. The letter, sent out to U.N. Secretary- General António Guterres on Tuesday, defined the Indonesian federal government’s assistance for a 2016 […]

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On the exact same day as a call in between the defense ministers of Malaysia and China, a Chinese survey ship Friday left the website of a questionable pressure campaign in Malaysian waters that at one point drew Malaysian, Australian, and U.S. warships into the South China Sea. The Hai Yang Di Zhi 8 survey […]

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The Philippines on Thursday “strongly” opposed China’s development of two districts in the challenged South China Sea, stating Beijing’s relocation breached the Southeast Asian country’s territorial sovereignty. Manila had actually been opposing Beijing’s self-declared Sansha City “and the extent of its administrative jurisdiction” considering that 2012, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) stated in a […]

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The Philippines’ defense chief on Tuesday minimized Beijing’s most current aggressive relocation in the South China Sea, stating it appeared that Chinese sailors had no real objective of injuring Filipinos when they pointed a laser weapon at a Philippine navy ship. Although the Chinese relocation was viewed as aggressive, it likely was suggested to impose […]

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The Philippines ought to search joint patrols with Vietnam and Malaysia within the South China Sea to discourage Chinese language aggression within the disputed area, a former Supreme Courtroom justice informed reporters in Manila on Monday. Antonio Carpio stated Beijing seemed to be profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic to push its presence within the energy-rich […]

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China has actually upped the ante amidst increasing stress in the South China Sea by stating 2 new administrative districts for the objected to area and launching a new map calling all the reefs and islands it declares. The intriguing relocations come as Beijing deals with diplomatic pushback from a few of its Southeast Asian […]

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Social media users from Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong have actually required to Twitter in current days to counter at China’s “Little Pink” nationalists, who began trolling Thai users after an online run-in with Thai star Vachirawat Cheevaari (referred to as Bright) and his sweetheart Weeraya Sukaram. The row appeared after online advocates of the […]

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