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Title:
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USS Patriot Arrives In Cebu, Philippines
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Author:
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US Indo Pacific Command
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Source:
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US Indo Pacific Command
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Date:
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July 23, 2019
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Description:
- The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) arrived in Cebu, Philippines for a port visit, July 22, 2019. While in Cebu, sailors aboard Patriot will participate in multiple cultural engagements and community service events.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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SONA 2019: Duterte insists on fishing deal, threat of war with China
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Author:
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JC Gotinga
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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July 22, 2019
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Description:
- As he promised, President Rodrigo Duterte dedicated a portion of his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to justifying his purported “fishing deal” with China, arguncluing that it is a way to avert war over the West Philippine Sea.
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Title:
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Duterte: Philippines owns WPS, but Chinese can fish
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 18, 2019
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Description:
- Amid accusations that he is being too soft on China, President Duterte on Tuesday said he asserted the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea and merely granted fishing rights to Beijing. Duterte justified his decision to allow China to fish in Philippine waters, saying he was shielding the country from conflict.
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Title:
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Lorenzana raises Recto Bank sinking with Asean defense chiefs
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Author:
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Jaime Laude
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 15, 2019
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Description:
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana brought up the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel near the West Philippine Sea’s Recto Bank before the 13th Association of Southeast Asian Defense Ministerial Meeting (ADMM) that convened in Thailand on Friday.
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Title:
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37 countries, including Philippines, defend China over Xinjiang in UN letter
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Author:
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Agence France Presse
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 13, 2019
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Description:
- UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including the Philippines, released a letter Friday defending China's treatment of Uighur and other minorities in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.
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Title:
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Philippine defense spending in 2018: What data tells us
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Author:
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Zachary Abuza
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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July 12, 2019
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte has been calling on Congress to pass a spending bill with increased funding for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to complete their current round of modernization. But before approving more funding, it is incumbent on the Congress and Filipinos to analyze Philippine defense spending and to put it into a regional context.
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Title:
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3 years later, 87% of Filipinos want gov't to assert Hague ruling
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Author:
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Sofia Tomacruz
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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July 12, 2019
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Description:
- Three years since the Philippines' victory at the Hague, most Filipinos want the government to assert the country's rights to the islands in the West Philippine Sea, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Friday, July 12, showed.
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Title:
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China ups aggression in South China Sea through military exercises
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Author:
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Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
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Source:
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The Economic Times
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Date:
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July 9, 2019
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Description:
- China is holding military exercises in the South China Sea (SCS) ahead of third anniversary of the PCA ruling in favour of Philippines reinforcing its claims in the world’s most critical trade route via sea.
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Title:
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Prime Minister hosts Philippine Foreign Minister
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Author:
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Vietnam News
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Source:
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Vietnam News
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Date:
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July 9, 2019
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Description:
- Việt Nam has great respect for the role of the Philippines in ASEAN and wishes to boost relations with the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said. He made the remarks while hosting Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Teodoro Lopez Locsin in Hà Nội on Monday.
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Title:
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ASEAN Trade Ministers persuade India to speed up talks on RCEP
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Author:
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Amiti Sen
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Source:
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The Hindu Businessline
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Date:
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July 9, 2019
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Description:
- Pressure is piling up on India from other members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), especially the ASEAN, to end its stalemate with China on market opening offered under the proposed pact.
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Title:
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Taiwan-China tension mounts as Trump administration proposes $2.2B arms sale to Taipei
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Author:
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CBS News
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Source:
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CBS News
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Date:
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July 9, 2019
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Description:
- The State Department is proposing the sale of $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, drawing a sharp protest from China. The potential sale of 108 Abrams tanks and 250 Stinger surface-to-air missiles, among other hardware, would be seen in Beijing as a direct challenge to China's regional power as it claims the self-governing island as its territory.
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Title:
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China urges U.S. to withdraw arms sales to Taiwan
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Author:
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Xinhuanet
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Source:
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China Military
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Date:
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July 9, 2019
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Description:
- China on Tuesday urged the United States to immediately withdraw arms sales to Taiwan and sever military ties with the island. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the comments in response to U.S. planned sales of weapons worth 2.22 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan, including M1A2 Abrams tanks and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
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Title:
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DFA chief accepts Beijing’s terms as ‘superior’
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Author:
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Dona Pazzibugan
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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July 8, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines has accepted the terms of reference proposed by China for an agreement on the joint exploration for oil and gas in the West Philippine Sea, according to Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. “I accepted China’s version of the Terms of Reference (TOR) as superior to our own. Everything going well,” Locsin posted on Twitter on Sunday.
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Title:
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China’s Ballistic Missile Tests in the South China Sea Stoke Sino-US Tensions
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Author:
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Ian Storey
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Source:
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ISEAS Yushof Ishak Institute
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Date:
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July 8, 2019
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Description:
- Reports that China conducted one or more ballistic missile tests in the South China Sea in early July highlights the growing strategic rivalry between Washington and Beijing in maritime Southeast Asia. The tests run counter to China’s narrative that the situation in the South China Sea is stable and calm. Prior to the five-day test period, China declared two areas of the South China Sea—one north of the Paracel Islands and one north of the Spratly Islands—off-limits to ships and aircraft.
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Title:
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China-Myanmar cooperation seminar held in Yangon
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Author:
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Xinhua
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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July 8, 2019
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Description:
- A seminar on China-Myanmar sustainable development and cooperation under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor was held in Myanmar’s Yangon Monday. The seminar was jointly hosted by the Center for Myanmar Affairs Studies, Myanmar and the Institute of Myanmar Studies, China’s Yunnan University.
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Title:
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Laos highway projects to boost Asean travel
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Author:
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THODSAPOL HONGTONG
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Source:
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Bangkok Post
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Date:
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July 7, 2019
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Description:
- Travelling across Asean is likely to get easier thanks to the Lao government’s plan to build an expressway and three motorways covering more than 1,700 kilometres which will link the country with China and Vietnam. The country needs at least 283 billion baht to fulfil its ambition, said Pheng Douangngeun, chief of the Lao Department of Roads.
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Title:
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Duterte dares US: Declare war on China and we will join you
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Author:
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Joey Gabieta
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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July 7, 2019
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Description:
- In another rant against the United States and critics of his handling of the maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte dared Washington to declare war on China.
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Title:
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Cyber Warfare Threat Rises As Iran And China Agree 'United Front' Against U.S
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Author:
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Zac Doffman
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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July 6, 2019
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Description:
- "The Islamic Republic of Iran and China are standing in a united front," claimed Iran’s ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi last week, "to confront U.S. unilateralism and hegemony in the field of IT." For confront read "offensive actions," and for IT read "cyber."
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Title:
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USS Montgomery Arrives in Singapore
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Author:
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MC1 Greg Johnson
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Source:
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Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet
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Date:
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July 6, 2019
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Description:
- SINGAPORE (NNS) – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore July 6 as part of a rotational deployment to the Indo-Pacific area of operations. Montgomery’s arrival in Singapore marks the fourth deployment of littoral combat ship to Southeast Asia, which include USS Freedom (LCS 1), USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and USS Coronado (LCS 4).
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Title:
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China denies US accusations of South China Sea missile tests
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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July 6, 2019
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Description:
- China’s Defence Ministry on Friday denied US accusations that the Chinese military had recently carried out missile tests in the disputed South China Sea, saying instead that they had held routine drills that involved the firing of live ammunition.