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Title:
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US warship sails close to Mischief Reef
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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August 10, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA – A U.S. warship sailed close to a Chinese man-made island in the disputed South China Sea in an operation that challenged China’s vast territorial claims in busy international waters, a U.S. Navy official said Thursday.
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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PH-China economic ties likely the reason behind ASEAN ministers’ “weak” stance on South China Sea – Golez
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Author:
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Joyce Balancio
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Source:
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UNTV
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Date:
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August 8, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano forefronts economic progress as the reason why the ASEAN foreign ministers, in their statement on Tuesday, did not highlight the arbitral ruling favoring Philippines over China in the West Philippine Sea dispute.
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Title:
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Vietnam wins U.S. defense pledges as tension with China grows
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Author:
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Eric Beech
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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August 9, 2017
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Description:
- WASHINGTON/HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has won the promise of a visit from a U.S. aircraft carrier and deeper defense cooperation from the United States as strains show with China over the disputed South China Sea. Within Southeast Asia, Vietnam has become an increasingly lonely voice in challenging Chinese claims to the vast majority of the waterway and was forced to suspend some offshore oil drilling last month after pressure from Beijing.
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Title:
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Japan, China in testy exchange over Tokyo's South China Sea remarks
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Author:
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Audrey Morallo
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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August 8, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Japan and China had a tension-filled meeting following Tokyo’s critical remarks at the East Asia Summit over Beijing’s island-building and military activities in the West Philippine Sea, an exchange confirmed by a Japanese government spokesperson.
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Title:
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U.S., Australia, Japan to PH: Follow the ruling you won
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Author:
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Paterno Esmaquel II
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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August 7, 2017
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Description:
- The United States, Japan, and Australia urged the Philippines on Monday, August 7, to abide by its own legal victory against China over the disputed South China Sea.
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Title:
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Australia, Japan, U.S. call for South China Sea code to be legally binding
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Author:
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Manuel Mogato and Christian Shepherd
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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August 7, 2017
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Description:
- Australia, Japan and the United States on Monday urged Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draw up will be legally binding and said they strongly opposed "coercive unilateral actions".
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Title:
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US provides drones to help Philippines fight pro-IS militants
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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August 7, 2017
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Description:
- The United States has been providing the Philippines with surveillance capabilities, training, information and aircraft to help it fight a months-long siege of a southern city by pro-Islamic State group militants, the top US diplomat said Monday as he prepared to meet the country’s polarising president.
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Title:
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http://appfi.ph/infoArchiveGen.html
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Author:
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Manuel Mogato
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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August 7, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA (Reuters) - Australia, Japan and the United States on Monday urged Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draw up will be legally binding and said they strongly opposed “coercive unilateral actions”. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should establish a set of rules that were “legally binding, meaningful, effective, and consistent with international law”, the foreign ministers of the three countries said in a statement following a meeting in Manila.
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Title:
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Framework of South China Sea code skirts thorny issues with China
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Author:
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Raul Dancel
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Source:
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Straits Times
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- A two-page "framework" of a code of conduct (COC) meant to prevent conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea from erupting into violent confrontations will neither guarantee a legally binding arrangement nor raise specific issues that have provoked Beijing. The final document, seen by reporters, envisions a code that is "rules-based", with "a set of norms to guide the parties and promote maritime cooperation" in disputed waters.
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Title:
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UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea
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Author:
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Richard Roth
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- The United Nations Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its continued intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing and violations of UN resolutions. With 15 votes in favor, Resolution 2371 was passed unanimously.
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Title:
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ASEAN, China approve framework for code of conduct
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Author:
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PNA
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Source:
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Sun Star
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China on Sunday, August 6, approved the framework for a code of conduct in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea and targeted to start the negotiations on the actual code by the end of the year.
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Title:
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IS in Philippines , missiles, SCS top US Pacific concerns
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Author:
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Jose Katigbak, STAR Washington bureau
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 30, 2017
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Description:
- WASHINGTON – Islamic State (IS) terrorists making inroads in the Philippines, Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and North Korea’s nuclear capabilities are three major challenges facing US forces in the Pacific, the chief of the US Pacific Command, Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr., said.
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Title:
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China-Singapore ties will withstand the test of time
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Author:
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Lee Boon Yang
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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July 27, 2017
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Description:
- Differences of views are to be expected, even between good friends. These can be overcome by nurturing mutual understanding and cooperation, Singapore Press Holdings chairman Lee Boon Yang said in a speech yesterday to thought leaders from both countries at the inaugural Lianhe Zaobao Singapore-China Forum. Singapore and China officially established diplomatic relations in 1990. But our bilateral relations go back much further. Chinese Singaporeans, most of whom emigrated from various parts of China to Singapore, share common cultural roots with the Chinese people. Although I was born in Singapore, my parents and several siblings were among the waves of immigration more than 70 years ago. Our businessmen and entrepreneurs had long before 1990 established strong trade and other ties with China.
Title:
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Wang Yi tells ASEAN to reject 'non-regional forces' in South China Sea
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Author:
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Cliff Venzon
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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July 25, 2017
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Description:
- Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China on Tuesday called on Southeast Asian nations to reject unnamed "non-regional forces" that he said are out to create trouble over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Speaking in the Philippine capital, Wang said the situation in the contested waters is "trending towards stability" with improving China-Philippines ties playing a key part in this.
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Title:
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Manila should learn from Vietnam – Golez
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Author:
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Jarius Bondoc
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 24. 2017
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Description:
- Filipinos and Vietnamese descended from the ancient Malays. The race also brought forth the Indonesians, Malaysians, and Bruneians. The Malays were daring seafarers. Around the first millennium they crossed the Indian Ocean in boats of 300 warriors, and conquered Madagascar off Africa. There they introduced plants and animals, like banana and carabao, and rice paddy agriculture – all nowhere found in mainland Africa. For a time the Cham region of southern Vietnam served as the capital of the Malay realm.
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Title:
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China Funded 70% of Cambodian Roads, Bridges: Minister
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Author:
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Janelle Retka
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Source:
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The Cambodia Daily
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- About 70 percent of roads and bridges in Cambodia have been funded by China, with loans for their financing adding up to about $2 billion, government-aligned Fresh News reported the transport minister as saying on Friday.
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Title:
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China ends Hanoi’s maritime drilling
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Author:
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Taylor MacDonald
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Source:
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ASEAN Economist
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- Vietnam has reportedly terminated a gas-drilling expedition in the contested South China Sea, following threats from Beijing, as it embeds its grip on the region by opening a cinema on an island claimed by Hanoi. Vietnamese diplomatic sources and an oil industry insider told the BBC that the Spanish-owned drilling company, Repsol, was forced to leave the area. It was confirmed this month that a major gas field is below the water with some observers surprised at Hanoi’s immediate U-turn.
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Title:
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Oil: The Philippines Is Challenging China Again Over A Disputed Sea
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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July 23, 2017
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Description:
- More than two years ago Philippine energy officials called off drilling for oil and natural gas in a sensitive part of the South China Sea that Beijing claims as its own. The Southeast Asian country’s Department of Energy froze that ambition because the Philippines was preparing for world court arbitration with China over who has the more rightful rights to the tract of sea. The location is called Reed Bank, an 8,866 square-kilometer table mount 80 kilometers from the Philippine island of Palawan.
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Title:
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Hypocrisy in the South China Sea
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Author:
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MARK J. VALENCIA
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Source:
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The Japan Times
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Date:
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July 21, 2017
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Description:
- HAIKOU, CHINA – There is a big difference between reasoning and rationalization. Reasoning is the use of facts and logic to derive a conclusion regarding a given issue. Rationalization is the use of reasoning to justify a preconceived conclusion. Many countries have rationalized their positions regarding their claims and actions in the South China Sea. Indeed there are no “innocents” — only degrees of rationalization.
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Title:
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Trump’s Pentagon Plans Challenge Chinese Claims in South China Sea
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Author:
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Kristina Wong
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Source:
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Breitbart
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Date:
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July 20, 2017
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Description:
- President Trump approved a Pentagon plan this year that will require regular challenges to China’s excessive maritime claims in the South China Sea, Breitbart News has learned. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sent the plan to the White House in April that outlines a schedule for the whole year of when U.S. Navy ships will sail through international waters China illegally claims, according to a U.S. official.