Category: South China Sea
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakstan and Tajikistan this week during a five-day tour that begins on Tuesday. Xi will also attend a two-day leaders summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that begins on Wednesday in Astana. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) ...
Philippines Hopes to Sign Key Defense Pact With Japan
Pam Castro The Philippines' military chief said Thursday he hoped a key defense pact with Japan allowing for the deployment of troops on each other's territory would be signed at security talks next week. Japanese ...
Beijing’s South China Sea Duel With the Philippines is a “Dress Rehearsal” for Taiwan, Says Former (and Possibly Future) Trump Aide
Matt Pottinger, one of conservative Washington's most outspoken China hawks, called for a much more forceful U.S. response to the ongoing territorial disputes between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. In a speech on Tuesday at the Heritage ...
Philippines Says It Agrees With China to ‘De-Escalate’ South China Sea Tensions
By Pam Castro The Philippines and China agreed on Tuesday to "de-escalate tensions" over the South China Sea, Manila said, following a violent clash in the disputed waters last month. Manila and Beijing have a ...
Chinese, Philippines Coast Guard Squabble Over South China Sea Fishers’ Rescue
A dispute broke out between the Chinese and Philippines Coast Guards on Saturday when a Filipino fishing craft issued a distress call after its engine exploded near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Two of the fishers were ...
Philippines, Japan to Hold Security Talks Next Month
Japan and the Philippines are to hold high-level defence and security talks next month, the foreign department said Friday, as the two countries seek to boost ties in the face of China's growing regional pressure. Japan's Defence Minister Minoru Kihara and ...
U.S. Tells China That Philippines Support ‘Ironclad’
A top US official on Thursday told a Chinese counterpart that Washington's defense commitments to the Philippines were "ironclad" after a violent clash in the South China Sea. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell "raised serious concerns" about Chinese actions in ...
Marcos Says Philippines Must ‘Do More’ Than Protest China Sea Actions
President Ferdinand Marcos said Thursday that the Philippines needs to do more than protest Beijing's "illegal actions" in the South China Sea. Chinese coast guard personnel wielding knives, sticks, and an axe surrounded and boarded three Filipino navy boats last week, video showed, ...
The Crisis in the South China Sea Enters a Dangerous New Phase
The violent confrontation between China and the Philippines on June 17th near the Second Thomas Shoal marked a sharp escalation in tensions between the two countries over their rival territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Philippines Eyes China Talks After Violent Sea Clash
The Philippines is eyeing talks with China to discuss a violent clash last week between their sailors in the South China Sea, Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo said Tuesday. Chinese coast guard personnel wielding knives, sticks, and an axe foiled a June ...
The Philippines’ Muddled Response to Latest South China Sea Confrontation
Filipino policymakers can't seem to agree on how to describe last week's violent confrontation between the China Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy. Over the weekend, we got word that the Philippine National Maritime Council determined that last Monday's incident was ...
Vietnam Concerned About Surging Tensions in South China Sea, Reaches Out to Manila for Talks
The Vietnamese government called for restraint from China and the Philippines following last week's violent confrontation in the South China Sea. "Vietnam is closely monitoring and deeply concerned about the incident on June 17," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Phạm Thu Hằng said on Friday.