Tag: South China Sea
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War of words between China and Philippines over disputed waters claims
China on Wednesday accused the Philippines of “stirring up trouble” after harsh words from Philippines Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr. over Beijing’s increasingly aggressive pursuit of ... -
Beijing holds military drills near disputed shoal in the South China Sea
China conducted military drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday as territorial tensions with the Philippines intensify. The joint naval ... -
Low-pressure system may develop into tropical cyclone later this week
A low-pressure system is expected to develop and move into the central and northern South China Sea later this week, with the possibility of strengthening into ... -
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 ... -
Philippines opens key coast guard base in disputed waters
Chinese officials did not immediately react to the Philippines’ opening of its coast guard district command on Thitu Island, which has been occupied by Filipino forces ... -
Manila tells Beijing it is alarmed over escalating verbal tussle in sea dispute
The Philippines told China yesterday that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the long-standing, seething territorial dispute between the two ... -
Beijing says two people are dead and four are missing after boat capsizes
Two people were dead and four others missing after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship with 21 Filipinos on board capsized in the South China Sea, Chinese authorities ... -
Philippines discovers new gas deposit near disputed waters
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced yesterday the discovery of a new natural gas deposit near the disputed South China Sea, which could shield his country ... -
Philippines says 3 fishermen injured by Chinese coast guard’s water cannons off disputed shoal
Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and blocking maneuvers against 20 Philippine fishing boats off a disputed South China Sea shoal, injuring three Filipinos ... -
Chinese coast guard rams and damages a Philippine vessel off an island
A Chinese coast guard ship used a powerful water cannon yesterday then rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government vessel off an island inhabited by ... -
Tensions flare as Chinese and Philippine ships collide near shoal
China’s coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels yesterday near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory that both countries claim in ... -
Manila protests Beijing’s plan for a nature reserve at a hotly disputed shoal
The Philippines protested yesterday a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea ... -
Australia, Canada and Philippines stage air defense drills off disputed shoal
Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft Wednesday for drills against simulated aerial threats off a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese ... -
Trump and Marcos Jr. plan to talk tariffs, China at the White House
President Donald Trump plans to host Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. today [Macau time] at the White House, as the two countries are seeking closer security ... -
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 ... -
Filipino forces and villagers struggle to live in China’s shadow in disputed waters
Overwhelmed after setting foot for the first time on a far-flung but picturesque island in the disputed South China Sea, a Filipino army official knelt to ... -
US tariff hikes, Myanmar war and sea disputes will top ASEAN summit agenda
The civil war in Myanmar, maritime disputes in the South China Sea and U.S. tariff hikes will top the agenda of a two-day Southeast Asian summit ... -
US, Philippines militaries conduct drills in waters adjacent to the China-claimed South China Sea
The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by Beijing, amid a rising ... -
China and Philippines display their flags on disputed waters outcropping
China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard ... -
US and Philippine joint combat drills show Trump is not scaling back
About 14,000 American and Filipino forces will take part in battle-readiness exercises in the Philippines, including live-fire drills, in a largescale deployment that shows the Trump ... -
US, Japan, Philippines stage navy drills in disputed waters
The United States, Japan and the Philippines last week staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a ... -
PLA says it warned off Philippine aircraft over island
China’s military said Tuesday it warned off and expelled a Philippine C-208 aircraft that had entered airspace over a South China Sea island. Tian Junli, spokesman ... -
Chinese navy helicopter flying ‘too close’ to Philippine patrol plane
A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane yesterday in a disputed area of the South China Sea, as the Filipino ... -
Australia accuses Chinese fighter of endangering Australian surveillance plane
Australia has protested what it describes as an unsafe and unprofessional interaction over the South China Sea where a Chinese fighter is accused of releasing flares ... -
Beijing says Philippine plan to deploy midrange missiles would be ‘extremely irresponsible’
China said a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions. The Philippines top army official told ... -
Philippines says Chinese coast guard fired water cannons, sideswiped its patrol vessel
Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel yesterday at a disputed shoal in ... -
China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines
China held sea and air combat drills yesterday at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in ... -
President angers China with new laws to demarcate South China Sea territories
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South ... -
Indonesian coast guard drives away a Chinese vessel for the third time in a week
Indonesian patrol ships drove a Chinese coast guard vessel away from a survey vessel in a disputed area of the South China Sea for the third ... -
Indonesia says its coast guard drove away Chinese ship that interrupted survey
Indonesian patrol ships drove a Chinese coast guard vessel away from a survey vessel in a disputed area of the South China Sea for the second ... -
Southeast Asian leaders meet in Laos to discuss Myanmar war and disputed sea
Southeast Asian leaders gathered yesterday for an annual forum that will focus on the civil war in Myanmar and territorial tensions in the South China Sea, ... -
Crew of Vietnamese fishing boat injured in an attack, state media say
A Vietnamese fishing boat was attacked in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, claimed by both China and Vietnam, and 10 crew members were ... -
Philippine defense chief calls for ‘stronger censure’ over China’s actions
The Philippine defense chief said yesterday that China is “the biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia and called for stronger international censure over its “aggression ... -
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 ... -
Chinese and Philippine ships collide again and countries trade blame
Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two vessels, in an encounter early yesterday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly ...
