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Chinese Vessels Collide While Pursuing Philippine Boat in South China Sea: Manila

A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its coast guard while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China Sea, Manila said Monday, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation. The incident occurred near the contested Scarborough Shoal as ...

Japan-U.S.-Philippines Coast Guards Simulate Crisis Amid China Threat

By Andrew McKirdy Helicopters buzzed in the shadow of a smouldering volcano, and boats rescued dummies from the sea this week in a show of maritime unity by Japan, the United States, and the Philippines. ...

Philippines Stops Research Survey After Chinese ‘Harassment’ in Disputed Sea

The Philippines said Saturday it had suspended a scientific survey in the contested South China Sea due to "dangerous" harassment by Chinese navy and coast guard vessels and aircraft. China claims nearly all of the disputed waterway, brushing off rival claims ...

Philippine Navy Holds Exercise Near China-Controlled Reef

The Philippine Navy said its warships held exercises on Friday in the South China Sea as part of its efforts to assert its sovereign rights over waters, which Beijing also claimed. China claims most of the strategic waterway despite an international ...

What Vietnam’s Joint Maritime Exercises Reveal About Its Foreign Policy

The Philippines and Vietnam conducted their first-ever joint Coast Guard exercises off Manila on Friday in what was widely-seen as a move by both governments to rally against Chinese territorial claims to large swathes of the South China Sea. International news ...

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Confusing Developments in “Development”

This week I’m in Brussels, where I took part in a workshop on how the EU should shape its development strategy in response to China’s global influence.
I have joked in the past that it feels like I’ve attended this same ‘EU, Africa, and External Development Partners’ conference for ten years straight. 

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Manila Says Shoal Resupply Missions to Remain Philippine Operation

Manila's resupply missions to troops on a disputed South China Sea atoll will remain purely Philippine operations, the National Security Council said Sunday, after Washington vowed to "do what is necessary" to support them. The Second Thomas Shoal, which hosts a ...

Philippines Accuses Chinese Boats of ‘Dangerous’ Actions in High-Seas Medevac

By Pam Castro As two Philippine vessels meet on the high seas to transfer a sick Filipino soldier, China Coast Guard boats shadow, block, and bump them, according to a video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on Friday.

Even With a De-Escalation Deal, Philippines Says It Will Continue Media Pressure in South China Sea

The Philippines government is not going to change its strategy of inviting journalists and social media influencers to record confrontations with Chinese maritime forces in the South China Sea even as the two countries try to implement a de-escalation deal agreed to last month. ...

Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard Trade Barbs Over Encounter on Remote South China Sea Shoal

Tensions between the Chinese and Philippines Coast Guard moved from the South China Sea to social media where the two sides on Wednesday battled it out over shaping the narrative about an encounter that occurred two weeks ago. On January 12, 

ASEAN Defense Ministers Meet Amid Growing China-Philippines Maritime Tensions

China-Philippines tensions in the South China Sea are atop the agenda for this week's gathering of ASEAN defense ministers in Jakarta. The bloc’s defense chiefs held talks on Wednesday on a range of issues, including the frequent — and at times dangerous ...

China Deploys Water Cannon in Latest Spat With Philippines in South China Sea

China-Philippines tensions in the South China Sea have risen yet again, with the China Coast Guard deploying a water cannon against a Filipino vessel en route to supply an outpost in the disputed waters. The escalation further positions the region as ...

Philippines Fights ‘Pro-Beijing Narratives’ as South China Sea Spats Swell

A Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson criticized domestic communities he said are pushing false narratives about the country's territorial conflict with China.  Commodore Jay Tarriela pointed out what he called three misleading claims that he says support China’s agenda and have gained prominence ...
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