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Title:
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Xi Jinping Sends Message to Congratulate Rodrigo Duterte on His Inauguration as President of the Philippines
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Author:
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FMPRC
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Source:
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FMPRC
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Date:
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June 30, 2016
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Description:
- On June 30, 2016, President Xi Jinping sent a message to Rodrigo Duterte, congratulating him on his inauguration as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines.
China Relations
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Title:
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China Focus: "A to Z" of China's diplomacy under Xi's leadership
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Author:
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Editor: Tian Shaohui
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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June 28, 2016
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Description:
- A "major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics" has taken shape since Xi Jinping became the top leader in late 2012. Following are 26 key words or phrases that relate to this new style of diplomacy.
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Title:
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Arbitration not answer to S. China Sea disputes: experts
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Author:
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Editor: huaxia
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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June 28, 2016
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Description:
- The disputes over the South China Sea between China and the Philippines are not appropriate for a judicial settlement or arbitration, experts said Monday.
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Title:
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China could ‘drag away’ Philippine atoll base, but is showing ‘restraint’: Communist Party newspaper
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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, 2016
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Description:
- China is fully capable of removing a Philippine naval vessel set up as a permanent base on a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, but has so far shown restraint, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece newspaper said on Monday.
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Title:
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China cuts official contact with Taiwan over new president
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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June 25, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING, China – China said Saturday that communications with Taiwan had been suspended after the island's new government failed to acknowledge the concept that there is only "one China".
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Title:
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China to launch cruises to disputed Spratly islands
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Author:
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Agence France-Presse
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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June 22, 2016
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Description:
- Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by 2020, reports said Wednesday, as tensions mount in the region.
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Title:
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Beijing: Japanese Judge Means South China Sea Tribunal Is Biased
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Author:
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
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Source:
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Foreign Policy
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Date:
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June 21, 2016
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Description:
- Tensions over competing territorial claims in the resource-rich South China Sea have spiked in recent months as claimant countries, including China and the Philippines, await an upcoming decision by an international tribunal. That body, located at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, is widely expected to rule in the Philippines’ favor. But China has repeatedly stated that it will not accept the upcoming ruling, and has recently engaged in a public relations blitz to gain international support for its position. Now, Beijing is raising an objection unique in the history of arbitration cases of this type: the nationality of the person who oversaw the tribunal’s formation.
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Title:
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Will China accept a verdict favorable to the Philippines?
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Author:
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Mauro Samonte
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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June 18, 2016
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Description:
- ON May 7, 2009, China issued a note verbale to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, of the United Nations, which, in sum, sought to dismiss the Submission by Vietnam to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf regarding Vietnamese claim of certain portions of the South China Sea.
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Title:
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China thanks countries for supporting it on PH case over South China Sea
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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June 15, 2016
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Description:
- China expressed thanks on Tuesday for the dozens of countries it says have offered support for its position on a case brought by the Philippines over Chinese claims in the South China Sea, saying they are speaking out to uphold justice.
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Title:
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Arab countries support China's stance on S. China Sea
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Author:
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Zhang Pengfei
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Source:
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CCTV
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Date:
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June 13, 2016
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Description:
- China has Arab nations' support in its position on the South China Sea, said experts and scholars from Arab countries when commenting on the unilateral arbitration initiatives by the Philippines.
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Title:
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China urges Philippines to withdraw arbitration case
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Author:
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Roee Ruttenberg
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Source:
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CCTV.com
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Date:
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June 9, 2016
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Description:
- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei has said the Philippines' unilateral initiation of an arbitration case that involves territorial claims in the South China Sea, meant it had closed the door on settling disputes through dialogue and negotiation. He has called for Manila to settle disputes through bilateral negotiations.
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Title:
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China says Philippines ‘closed the door’ on territory talks
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Author:
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Clifford Coonan
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Source:
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The Irish Times
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Date:
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June 9, 2016
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Description:
- As international arbitration over China’s claims in areas of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines looms closer, Beijing has accused Manila of “closing the door” to talks aimed at settling their differences through negotiation. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is expected to rule at the end of June or early July on a unilateral arbitration case submitted by the Philippines on its territorial disputes with Beijing in the region.
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Title:
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Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China on Settling Disputes Between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea Through Bilateral Negotiation
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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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June 8, 2016
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Description:
- China and the Philippines are neighbors facing each other across the sea, and the two peoples have enjoyed friendship over generations. Before the Philippines' unilateral initiation of the South China Sea arbitration on 22 January 2013, the overall situation in the South China Sea had remained stable despite certain disputes between China and the Philippines therein. Thanks to China's efforts, China and the Philippines carried out friendly consultations on, among others, establishing dialogue mechanisms and engaging in practical cooperation and joint development, and have achieved positive outcomes in this regard. However, ever since its initiation of the arbitration, the Philippines has unilaterally closed the door of settling the South China Sea issue with China through negotiation, and has, while turning its back on the bilateral consensus regarding managing differences, taken a series of provocative moves that infringed upon China's legitimate rights and interests. This has led to dramatic deterioration of China-Philippines relations as well as of peace and stability in the South China Sea. China is firmly opposed to the Philippines' unilateral actions. China adheres to the solemn position of non-acceptance of and non-participation in the arbitration, and will stay committed to settling the relevant disputes with the Philippines in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation.
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Title:
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei's Regular Press Conference on June 8, 2016
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Author:
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei's Press Conference
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Source:
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Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Sydney
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Date:
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June 8, 2016
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Description:
- Q: This morning, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement on settling disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation. What is the consideration behind the statement? A: The Philippines closed the door of settling relevant disputes in the South China Sea through negotiation with China by unilaterally initiating the arbitration in 2013, which led to deterioration of China-Philippines relations. In order to properly deal with maritime disputes, China and the Philippines have on many occasions agreed to resolve relevant disputes through bilateral negotiation. However, the two sides have by far never engaged in any bilateral negotiation on the subject-matters of the arbitration. The South China Sea arbitration was unilaterally initiated by the Philippines. In doing so, the Philippines has turned its back on the agreement reached and repeatedly reaffirmed by China and the Philippines on settling the relevant disputes in the South China Sea through negotiation and violated its own solemn commitment in the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). This is an abuse of the UNCLOS dispute settlement procedures. It goes against international law, including UNCLOS. The door of China-Philippines bilateral negotiation is always open. China will remain committed to settling through negotiation the relevant disputes with the Philippines in the South China Sea on the basis of respecting historical facts and in accordance with international law. China urges the Philippines to immediately cease its wrongful conduct of pushing forward the arbitral proceedings, and return to the right path of settling the relevant disputes in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation with China.
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Title:
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China urges Philippines to withdraw arbitration case over South China Sea
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Author:
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Roee Ruttenberg
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Source:
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CCTV America
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Date:
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June 8, 2016
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Description:
- China is urging the Philippines to withdraw an international arbitration case over the South China Sea. Beijing said the decision violates a bilateral agreement between the two countries, and has called Manila’s actions illegal.
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Title:
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Chinese FM statement on settling disputes between China, the Philippines in South China Sea through bilateral negotiation
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Author:
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Editor: An
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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June 8, 2016
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Description:
- The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a statement on settling disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation.
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Title:
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All China Lawyers Association issues statement on S. China Sea arbitration initiated by the Philippines
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Author:
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Editor: Gu Liping
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Source:
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ECNS
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Date:
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June 7, 2016
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Description:
- The All China Lawyers Association issued on Tuesday a statement on the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines.
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Title:
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Xi hopes China, Philippines work together to get bilateral relations back on track
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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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May 31, 2016
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Description:
- The leaders of China and the Philippines share responsibility to maintain and deepen their good neighborly and friendly relations as well as the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday.
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Title:
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China's Xi says hopes to get Philippines ties back on track
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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May 31, 2016
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Description:
- China hopes to get relations with the Philippines back on track, President Xi Jinping has told new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, after ties were affected by an increasingly bitter spat over territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Senior Chinese Military Officer Visited Disputed Island
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Author:
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Jeremy Page and Gordon Lubold
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Source:
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The Wall Street Journal
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Date:
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April 15, 2016
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Description:
- China’s top military officer led a high-level delegation on a visit to a cluster of Chinese-built artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea in recent days, underlining the strategic importance of the structures at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington.