Tag: Disputed Sea
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14 nations and the EU reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China’s claims in South China Sea
The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted yesterday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based ... -
LRT company reports 97% local workforce, aims to hire more ahead of expansion
The Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Company has said it aims to recruit and train more local workers, in preparation for upcoming expansion projects of the LRT ... -
US commander says China has failed to coerce rival states
China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the ... -
Philippines accuses China’s forces of harassing fisheries vessels
Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of ... -
China is pushing the Philippines ‘to the wall’ with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says
A Philippine security official said yesterday that China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that ... -
Philippines says flares fired from a Chinese island base threatened its fisheries plane
A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea, Philippine ... -
Philippines says China was ‘dramatically’ alarmed over US missile system
China expressed its “very dramatic” alarm over a mid-range missile system that the U.S. military recently deployed to the Philippines, and warned it could destabilize the ... -
China and the Philippines reach deal in effort to stop clashes
China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government ... -
New accord establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes
A recently signed agreement will open a direct line of communication between China and the Philippines’ presidential offices to try and prevent any new confrontation from ... -
Philippine military chief warns his forces will fight back if assaulted again in disputed
Philippine forces will defend themselves with “the same level of force” if they come under assault again from China’s coast guard in the disputed South China ... -
China and the Philippines hold crucial talks to ease tensions after intense clash
China and the Philippines held a crucial meeting Tuesday to try to ease mounting tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea that ... -
Japan and Philippines trying to finish defense pact for signing in Manila as alarm grows over China
Top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will meet in Manila next month to strengthen strategic ties and discuss regional concerns, the ... -
Philippines says it won’t back down after clash with Chinese Coast Guard
The president of the Philippines said yesterday his country would not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at ... -
Top Philippine security official demands Chinese diplomats’ expulsion as territorial row escalates
A top Philippine security official demanded Friday the immediate expulsion of Chinese diplomats allegedly behind a reported leak of a phone conversation between one of the ... -
China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The ...
