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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The United States appealed to Southeast Asian countries Thursday to closed down all wet markets unlawfully offering wildlife, stating such trading locations had actually been connected to animal illness communicable to people, as Washington revealed it had actually launched $353 million in local help to battle the coronavirus break out. U.S. Secretary of State Mike […]

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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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China has actually released a patrol vessel from its Coast Guard to the Scarborough Shoal, the current salvo in its continual pressure campaign versus Philippine-claimed features in the challenged South China Sea, ship-tracking information shows. The China Coast Guard (CCG) ship 3302 was at Scarborough Shoal since Wednesday, Radio Free Asia can verify. It left […]

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The Philippines revealed “deep concern” Wednesday over a Chinese coast guard ship’s supposed sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat in the challenged South China Sea recently, as Manila signed up with Hanoi and Washington in slamming Beijing over the occurrence. The Philippine foreign office provided what it called a “statement of solidarity” with Hanoi. The […]

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to terminate a lynchpin military pact with long time treaty ally the United States– if executed– might not just shake Manila’s defense policy however effect the fragile balance in ties in between Southeast Asia and U.S. and China, experts state. The Going To Forces Contract (VFA) that Duterte strategies to […]

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