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Title:
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Philippines resumes coast guard patrols at disputed shoal
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Author:
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Kyodo News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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November 8, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines has resumed patrols at disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the country's coast guard said Monday.
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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China-led Asia Pacific trade deal nears completion
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Author:
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Richmond Mercurio
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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November 7, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – A China-led trade deal in Asia-Pacific said to rival the US-chaired Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is nearing completion and is targeted to be completed next year.
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Title:
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Australia-Indonesia joint patrol plan may end up coming to nothing
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Author:
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Du Jifeng
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Source:
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Global Times
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Date:
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November 7, 2016
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Description:
- At the Indonesia-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting on October 27, Indonesia made an immediate proposal to conduct a joint patrol with Australia in the South China Sea, the Jakarta Post reported. As a non-claimant in the maritime disputes and a bystander to the proposed US-led joint patrols in the South China Sea, Indonesia's wave-making deserves particular attention.
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Title:
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Scarborough Shoal: A Chinese Noose around the Philippines' Neck
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Author:
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Koh Swee Lean Collin
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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November 7, 2016
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Description:
- The past few weeks have seen a kind of whirlwind for the Rodrigo Duterte administration. “Rody,” as the Philippine president is affectionately called, made a historic trip to Beijing, where he met President Xi Jinping and returned with multiple billion dollars’ worth of Chinese investments. One of the things he promised to disaffected fishermen was to seek the restoration of their access to the Scarborough Shoal: the issue at the heart of a Chinese-Philippine conflict that has simmered for years—from April 2012, when the fishermen’s incident took place, to Manila’s filing of a legal suit against Beijing in the Permanent Court of Arbitration—characterized by recurring tensions in the waters around the disputed shoal.
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Title:
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Vietnam supports Duterte’s policy shift in South China Sea dispute
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Author:
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AP
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Source:
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Business Mirror
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Date:
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November 7, 2016
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Description:
- A former Vietnamese diplomat says he and his country agree with Philippine President Duterte’s policy shift toward China and the disputes in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Philippines’ Duterte cancels US order for 27,000 rifles
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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November 7, 2016
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Description:
- Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would cancel an order for about 27,000 American-made assault rifles, in his latest display of defiance against the United States.
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Title:
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THAAD Mad Bad, Part I: US-China Rivalry in the South China Sea
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Author:
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DR. MATTHEW CROSSTON
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Source:
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Modern Diplomacy
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Date:
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November 6, 2016
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Description:
- The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is a US Army anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down short, medium, and long-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase, utilizing a hit-to-kill approach. THAAD missiles carry no warheads whatsoever, rather relying on the kinetic energy of impact to destroy any incoming missile.
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Title:
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Malaysia, China sign defense deal
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Author:
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AFP and AP
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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November 3, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING—Malaysia has agreed to buy four Chinese naval vessels and pledged with China to handle South China Sea disputes bilaterally, a Chinese official said on Tuesday, in what could be China’s latest counter to US influence in the region.
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Title:
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Abe vies with China for influence over ASEAN gateways
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Author:
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Nikkei
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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November 3, 2016
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Description:
- TOKYO -- The warm welcome afforded Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, here Wednesday underscores Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's eagerness to counter Chinese overtures to a country, like the Philippines, of great geopolitical importance in Southeast Asia.
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Title:
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Malaysian PM Najib also tilts toward China
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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November 2, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING—Malaysia’s premier on Tuesday began an official visit to China where he is expected to sign a “significant defense deal,” in a potential strategic shift as his ties with the United States fray over a corruption scandal.
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Title:
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Photos show China blocking access to Panatag Shoal
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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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November 2, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Newly-released photos suggest that China is still blocking Filipino fishermen's access to Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a think tank said Wednesday, November 2.
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Title:
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Philippine fishermen put Duterte diplomacy to test, visit disputed shoal
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Author:
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Karen Lema
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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November 2, 2016
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Description:
- On his first voyage as captain, Philippine fisherman Joel Banila was more worried about being battered by Chinese coastguard ships than he was about the impending storm on the horizon in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Philippines’ Deal With China Pokes a Hole in U.S. Strategy
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Author:
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Jane Perlez
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Source:
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The New York Times
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Date:
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November 2, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING — For years, the United States and its allies have struggled to contain China’s ambitions in the South China Sea, even as China steadily seeded the waters with artificial islands and military installations.
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Title:
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Why Indonesia Is Chasing China's Billions
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Author:
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Bloomberg News
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Source:
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Bloomberg
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Date:
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November 1, 2016
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Description:
- China’s investment in Indonesia has more than doubled since 2015 as President Joko Widodo’s five meetings with Xi Jinping in the past two years start to pay off.
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Title:
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'A most welcome development' in the South China Sea may not be all that it seems
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Author:
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Christopher Woody
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Source:
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Business Insider
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Date:
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November 1, 2016
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Description:
- Philippine fishermen returned to the waters around Scarborough Shoal earlier this week, access they have been denied by Chinese vessels for much of the last four years after Beijing took control of the rocky outcropping in 2012.
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Title:
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FVR resignation letter as special China envoy submitted to Palace
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Author:
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CNN Philippines Staff
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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November 1, 2016
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Description:
- Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella on Tuesday said that former President Fidel V. Ramos has submitted to the Palace his letter of resignation as special envoy to China.
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Title:
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On Duterte’s heels, Malaysia is the next Asian country to embrace China
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Author:
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Simon Denyer
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Source:
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The Washington Post
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Date:
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October 31, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING — Malaysia’s prime minister arrived in China on Monday with warm words for his hosts, a thirst for Chinese money and, for the first time, a promise of significantly closer defense ties with the purchase of Chinese naval coastal patrol ships.
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Title:
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Esperon: China, Philippines in 'friendly' understanding on Scarborough
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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November 1, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines and China have reached a "friendly" understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.
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Title:
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China, Philippines in 'friendly' understanding on shoal
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Bangkok Post
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Date:
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October 31, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA - The Philippines and China have reached a "friendly" understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.
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Title:
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Philippines says China ships still at shoal, but fishermen unhindered
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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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October 30, 2016
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Description:
- China has scaled down its presence at a disputed South China Sea shoal but has not interfered with Filipino fishermen, the Philippine president's security adviser said on Sunday, after the administration had said China had withdrawn completely.