Category: South China Sea
Manila Invites CNN, Wall Street Journal Aboard Coast Guard Ships to Cover Confrontations With China in South China Sea
Reporters from leading international news organizations, including CNN and The Wall Street Journal, among others, were onboard Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ships this week during violent confrontations with the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the South China Sea. Both outlets published ...
Immediately After Confrontations at Sea, Chinese and Philippine Partisans Battle to Shape the Narrative Online
When this current phase of the tensions between China and the Philippines over territorial disputes in the South China Sea began last February, the narrative struggle was largely one-sided. The Philippines Coast Guard understood that if it published videos of each ...
China is the Victim of Philippine Aggression in the South China Sea, According to Chinese Media
The Chinese media's framing of Tuesday's collision between two Chinese and Filipino Coast Guard vessels in the South China Sea comprised two main themes: The Philippine vessels illegally entered a restricted zone and the CCG responded in ...
Tensions Between China, Philippines Surge Following South China Sea Confrontations
The bitterly contentious territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea entered a dangerous new phase on Tuesday after a pair of confrontations between maritime forces from both countries led to a minor collision and the injury of four Filipino crewmen. ...
Starkly Divergent Views on China Emerge at ASEAN-Australian Summit
Southeast Asian leaders gathering in Melbourne this week for the Australia-ASEAN summit expressed very different assessments of the threat by China to stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. sounded the alarm again during a speech on Monday ...
Philippine Coast Guard Says Ship Damaged in Collision With Chinese Vessel
The Philippine Coast Guard said one of its ships was damaged Tuesday in a collision with a China Coast Guard vessel during a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the South China Sea. It is the latest ...
Philippines FM Calls on China to “Stop Harrassing Us” While Beijing Blasts Manila for Provoking War in South China Sea
China and the Philippines launched a barrage of new invective, with each accusing the other of escalating territorial tensions in the South China Sea. Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo on Monday bluntly called on China to "stop harassing us" as he ...
Tracking the Movements of China’s Maritime Militia in the South China Sea
China sharply increased the deployment of its informal, ostensibly civilian fleet of fishing vessels known as its "maritime militia" that helps assert territorial claims in the South China Sea, according to new data from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Center for Strategic and International ...
Marcos Says Philippines on ‘Frontline’ of Maritime Disputes With China, ‘Will Not Yield’
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Thursday told Australia's parliament his country was on the "frontline" of a battle for regional peace, pledging resolve as he sought support in maritime disputes with China. With Beijing's warships loitering in waters off his country's ...
Philippines President Plans to Lobby Australia to Join South China Sea Coalition Amid China’s “Worrisome” Use of Warships
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. expressed concern about the introduction of Chinese naval forces in the South China Sea and their use of electronic warfare tactics, including signal jamming. "Yeah, it's worrisome. Before only China's Coast Guard was moving in our area, ...
Satellite Images Confirm China’s Installation of Floating Barrier at Mouth of Disputed South China Sea Atoll, Beijing Calls Move “Necessary”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed that a floating barrier now blocks the entrance to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a move that will further inflame tensions with the Philippines, which also claims the atoll as its own. ...
China’s Maritime Militia and Coast Guard Block Philippines Re-Supply Mission to Troops on Disputed Shoal
A Philippine re-supply mission successfully evaded an attempted blockade of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea when it finally maneuvered around China Coast Guard (CCG) and maritime militia vessels. Their first attempt was scuttled on Thursday when Filipino ...