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Title:
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Japan to ease visa requirements for Filipinos beginning August
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Author:
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CNN Philippines
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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August 1, 2018
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Description:
- Japan is easing visa requirements for Filipinos traveling for business or cultural reasons beginning this month.
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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‘Chinese navy using Jackson Atoll as docking area’
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Author:
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Jaime Laude
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 28, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese navy has reportedly transformed Jackson Atoll into a “parking space” for its ships deployed for operations in the disputed South China Sea.
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Title:
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US, Australia reaffirm right to pass through South China Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 25, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Top American and Australian officials reaffirmed their commitment to freedom of navigation and overflight in the disputed South China Sea in response to China's expanded militarization in the region.
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Title:
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Trump threatens to hit all $505bn of Chinese imports with tariffs
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Author:
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Edward Helmore
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Source:
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The Guardian
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Date:
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July 20, 2018
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Description:
- Donald Trump escalated economic global tensions on Friday, lashing out a range of targets that included the European Union, the Federal Reserve and China, indicating that he is prepared to raise tariffs on Chinese imports from $34bn to cover the entire $505bn of Chinese imports.
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Title:
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Chinese research ship docks in Davao City
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Author:
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With a report from Chrislen Bulosan, ABS-CBN News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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July 17, 2018
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Description:
- A Chinese research vessel docked in Davao City on Monday night, the fourth vessel from China to visit the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte came into power.
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Title:
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US-Philippines Maritime Security Cooperation in the Spotlight with Expanded Exercise
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Author:
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Prashanth Parameswaran
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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July 16, 2018
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Description:
- Last week, the United States and the Philippines carried out the latest iteration of a new maritime training activity between the two sides that has taken place under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The interaction highlights the continuing cooperation between the two longtime treaty allies despite the challenges the relationship has faced thus far under Duterte.
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Title:
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How Beijing is winning control of the South China Sea
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Author:
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SIMON ROUGHNEEN
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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June 13, 2018
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Description:
- Even by his outspoken standards, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s account of a conversation he had with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was startling.
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Title:
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China’s Hainan invites ‘individuals’ to develop idle islands in South China Sea — report
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Author:
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Ian Nicolas Cigaral
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 7, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — China’s southern province of Hainan, which oversees the country’s territorial claims in South China Sea, has allowed “any entity or individual” to develop uninhabitated islands in the disputed waters in a bid to discourage rival claimants from occupying idle features, Chinese state media reported.
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Title:
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Two US Navy warships sail through Taiwan Strait
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Author:
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LUIS MARTINEZ
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Source:
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ABC News
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Date:
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July 7, 2018
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Description:
- Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait this weekend, the body of water separating China and Taiwan. The transit of American warships through the Strait are always sensitive because of China's claims over Taiwan, which it regards as a breakaway province.
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Title:
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Xi Jinping tweaks his diplomacy and tones down the bravado
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Author:
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KATSUJI NAKAZAWA
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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July 5, 2018
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Description:
- TOKYO -- Six years into his presidency, China's Xi Jinping has promoted one diplomatic goal to the forefront of his foreign policy. During the Chinese Communist Party's Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs -- held for the first time in four years on June 22-23 in Beijing -- Xi repeatedly talked about building "a community with a shared future for mankind."
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Title:
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Japan will deploy a helicopter carrier to the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. How will Beijing respond?
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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 4, 2018
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Description:
- Japan’s growing visibility in those waters reflects concern it shares with the United States over China’s military presence in a region through which trade routes pass that are vital to the Japanese and US economies
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Title:
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Myanmar will ask China to downsize project, minister says
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Author:
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YUICHI NITTA and THUREIN HLA HTWAY
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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July 4, 2018
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Description:
- Myanmar will seek to reduce the scale of a China-led special economic zone project in its western state of Rakhine, Planning and Finance Minister Soe Win said in an exclusive interview.
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Title:
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China issues U.S. travel warning amid trade tensions
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Author:
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Reuters Staff
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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July 3, 2018
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Description:
- China’s embassy in Washington has issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals traveling to the United States, the latest such warning as trade tensions escalate between the two countries.
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Title:
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China places coast guard under military command
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 2, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — In a move seen as a warning to other countries, China has placed its coast guard under the country's army.
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Title:
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Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy Meets the US Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy
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Author:
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Chen-Sheng Hong and Logan Pauley
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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June 28, 2018
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Description:
- On May 11, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the “Indo-Pacific Affairs Section” as a component of its New Southbound Policy (NSP). This section aims to help Taiwan form meaningful relationships with countries in the Indo-Pacific that are predicated on arenas in which Taipei has a comparative advantage over Beijing, ultimately aiming to foster and preserve favorable geopolitical relationships at a time when China appears to be ever-expanding and increasingly bellicose. Taiwan’s NSP has potential convergences with the United States’ Free and Open Indo Pacific (FOIP) strategy. By aligning with FOIP, Taiwan has an opportunity to gain an important seat at the multilateral and international table, one that may help to preserve its autonomy and territorial sovereignty, but may also lead to the island functioning as a bargaining chip for U.S. counterbalances against China.
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Title:
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China won’t concede an inch, Xi Jinping tells US defence chief Jim Mattis on South China Sea and Taiwan
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Author:
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Liu Zhen
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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June 27, 2018
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Description:
- Chinese president stands firm over disputed waters while advocating stronger inter-military relations to ‘lower scepticism and prevent misunderstanding’
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Title:
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Mattis becomes first U.S. defense chief to visit China under Trump
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Author:
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Phil Stewart, Ben Blanchard
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 26, 2018
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Description:
- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations.
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Title:
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USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippines after South China Sea patrol
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Author:
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Rambo Talabong
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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June 26, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – After patrolling unimpeded in the disputed South China Sea, nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan docks for the first time in the waters of longtime US ally Philippines.
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Title:
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China puts missiles back on contested South China Sea island as United States pushes allies for bigger military presence in waters
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Author:
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Catherine Wong
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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June 12, 2018
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Description:
- Israeli intelligence firm ImageSat International (ISI) said images taken on Friday indicated that China had returned its surface-to-air missile systems on Woody Island, known in China as Yongxing Island, in the Paracels “exactly to the positions they were”.
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Title:
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Shifting US policy leaves Asian allies at sea
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Author:
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SIMON ROUGHNEEN
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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June 13, 2018
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Description:
- SINGAPORE -- China has long bristled at the U.S. Navy’s “freedom of navigation operations” in the South China Sea, which challenge Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed waters. So when Zhao Xiaozhuo, a senior colonel in the Chinese army, found himself with a chance to complain about them directly to U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis recently, he took it.