Title:

 China offers to talk, but PH will wait

Author:

Estrella Torres

Source:

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Date:

 April 11, 2016

Description:

CHINA said it would initiate “friendly consultations” with neighboring countries to avoid confrontations over fishing activities in disputed portions of the South China Sea, but the Philippines said it would await the ruling of an international tribunal on China’s maritime claims.
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Title:

 China says opens South China Sea tsunami alert center

Author:

Reuters

Source:

News Daily

Date:

March 15, 2016

Description:

China has set up a tsunami alert center in the South China Sea, the head of the country’s maritime regulator said on Wednesday, in Beijing’s latest effort to bolster its jurisdiction in the disputed waters.

Title:

 China state news agency criticizes US-Philippines base deal

Author:

Christopher Bodeen

Source:

Yahoo News

Date:

 January 13, 2016

Description:

BEIJING (AP) — China harshly criticized the Philippine Supreme Court's backing of a defense pact allowing American forces, warships and planes to be based temporarily in local military camps, with an editorial in state media Wednesday calling the move "stupid" and warning of consequences.

Title:

 China to establish international maritime judicial center

Author:

Agence France-Presse

Source:

Rappler Philippines

Date:

 March 13, 2016

Description:

BEIJING, China – China will establish an international maritime judicial center, a report from the country's top court said Sunday, March 13, as it seeks to shore up territorial claims to the South and East China Sea at the center of a growing regional dispute.

Title:

 China rejects Philippines' South China Sea arbitration

Author:

People’s Daily

Source:

People’s Daily

Date:

 March 9, 2016

Description:

BEIJING, March 8 (People’s Daily) –“China is acting fully in line with law while not accepting the South China Sea arbitration filed by the Philippines”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.
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Title:

 China slams Philippines' Zhongye Island plans

Author:

CNTV

Source:

CNTV

Date:

 January 20, 2016

Description:

Chinese foreign ministry says plans by the Philippines to build on Zhongye Dao Island in the South China Sea are illegal. The Philippines says it intends to install a civil aviation satellite tracking system on the island to monitor civil and commercial flights in the region.

Title:

 Will China take the 'Cues'?

Author:

Mergawati Zulkafar

Source:

Tha Star/Asia News Network

Date:

 March 7, 2016

Description:

The Asean Foreign Ministers retreat, an annual event normally held early in the year, is usually a quiet affair but there was something in the air at the recent meeting in Laos.

Title:

 China's non-participation lawful

Author:

Chen Xiaodong

Source:

The Strait Times

Date:

 March 5, 2016

Description:

The arbitration case filed unilaterally by the Philippines on its disputes with China in the South China Sea is drawing wide attention. Some Western politicians and pundits are already second-guessing the outcome of this case and calling for the award to be legally binding and observed by all parties.

Title:

 China: Ships have left disputed Spratlys atoll

Author:

Jaime Laude and Pia Lee-Brago

Source:

The Philippine Star

Date:

March 3, 2016 

Description:

MANILA, Philippines – Chinese vessels have left Quirino (Jackson) Atoll near Palawan after completing their mission to remove a grounded Filipino fishing vessel in the area, Beijing’s foreign ministry said yesterday as it reiterated China’s indisputable sovereignty over the atoll.

Title:

 Wang blunt on misperceptions of South China Sea

Author:

Chen Weihua

Source:

China Daily USA

Date:

February 29, 2016

Description:

When Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Washington last week, US news media were reporting on Chinese military facilities spotted in some islands and reefs in the South China Sea. The news was leaked by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Title:

 China Retools its Military With First Overseas Outpost in Djibouti

Author:

Jane Perlez & Chris Buckley

Source:

The New York Times

Date:

November 26, 2015

Description:

China announced on Thursday that it would establish its first overseas military outpost and unveiled a sweeping plan to reorganize its military into a more agile force capable of projecting power abroad. The outpost, in the East African nation of Djibouti, breaks with Beijing’s longstanding policy against emulating the United States in building military facilities abroad.