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Title:
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Open Letter To: H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
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Author:
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Albert del Rosario
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Source:
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Business World
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Date:
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November 19, 2018
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Description:
- Excellency, In recalling our bilateral meeting years ago in Beijing, please allow me to extend to you our warm welcome to the Philippines.
Political Security
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Title:
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Open up a New Future Together for China-Philippine Relations
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Author:
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Xi Jinping
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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November 19, 2018
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Description:
- I will soon pay a state visit to the Republic of the Philippines at the kind invitation of President Rodrigo Duterte. I am full of expectations as I am about to set foot on this beautiful land, an ever-growing nation and home to an honest and friendly people. I wish to convey my cordial greetings and best wishes to the people of the Philippines.
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Title:
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Chinese leaders ‘recognize WPS is ours’
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Author:
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DJ Yap
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Source:
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Inquirer.Net
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Date:
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November 8, 2018
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Description:
- In a startling claim, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said China’s leaders intimated during top-level talks recently that “they do agree that those areas” in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) “are ours.”
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Title:
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Construction begins on floating nuclear plant in Shandong
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Author:
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Leng Shumei
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Source:
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Global Times
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Date:
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November 5, 2018
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Description:
- Construction has begun on a floating nuclear power plant in the city of Yantai, East China's Shandong Province. A floating nuclear power plant is a site with one or more nuclear reactors, located on a platform at sea that can provide electricity and heat to areas with difficult access, such as cold northern territories.
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Title:
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Philippines hints at compromise on South China Sea dispute pact
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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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October 29, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippines on Monday said a set of rules intended to prevent conflict in the South China Sea need not legally compel countries to follow it -- an issue of importance for the Chinese government.
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Title:
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PH, Vietnam leaders talk on delineation of maritime boundaries
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Author:
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Jelly Musico
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Source:
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Philippine News Agency
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Date:
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October 12, 2018
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Description:
- BALI, Indonesia -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc discussed the delineation of maritime boundaries when the two leaders met on Thursday on the sidelines of the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting here.
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Title:
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Volatile political culture a challenge to Philippines’ Duterte
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Author:
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Ge Hongliang
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Source:
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Global TImes
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Date:
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September 21, 2018
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Description:
- Assassinations and coups have been frequent in Philippine politics in the past few decades. Now the country is going through a situation that reflects instability with several local officials assassinated and a coup attempt crushed by President Rodrigo Duterte. The Philippine president recently made remarks on television about his anti-narcotics operations and anti-corruption campaigns as well as rumors about the coup.
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Title:
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Lorenzana, Pompeo talk South China Sea militarization
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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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September 20, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — China's expanding militarization in the disputed South China Sea was on the agenda in Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana's meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Title:
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New Coast Guard ship sent to patrol 'southern backdoor'
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Author:
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Roel Pareño
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 18, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed one of its newest patrol vessels to fight terrorism, piracy and armed robbery at sea in the southern Philippines.
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Title:
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Chinese foreign minister set to visit Philippines
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Author:
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Anna Gabriela A. Mogato
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Source:
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Business World
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Date:
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September 12, 2018
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Description:
- CHINESE State Council and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be visiting the country from Sept. 16 to 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The agenda: To improve relations between Philippines and China.
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Title:
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China should be 'Big Uncle' to ASEAN, says Arroyo
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Author:
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Mara Cepeda
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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September 9, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – China should consider itself a "Big Uncle" to smaller countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a speech Saturday, September 8, at the Chinese city of Nanning.
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Title:
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US, Philippines floating back together again
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Author:
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RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN
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Source:
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The Asia Times
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Date:
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September 6, 2018
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Description:
- After a period of strategic estrangement, the Philippines and United States are getting back together again.
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Title:
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Duterte says he’ll buy only Israeli weapons… because there are no restrictions
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Author:
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TOI STAFF
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Source:
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Times of Israel
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Date:
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2018-09-04
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Description:
- Meeting President Rivlin, Philippines leader says US, Germany, and China impose limitations on arms sales; Rivlin tells him ‘Hitler was the devil himself’
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Title:
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US will be ‘good ally’ to Philippines if China invades, defence official promises
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Author:
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Agence France-Presse
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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August 17, 2018
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Description:
- Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defence for Asian and Pacific security affairs, gave the vow when asked about the countries’ mutual defence treaty
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Title:
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Importance of the rules-based international system
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Author:
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Amanda Gorely, Daniel Pruce
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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August 16, 2018
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Description:
- Like all countries, the Philippines, Australia and the UK benefit from an international system founded on strong and credible rules. Without these rules, we would all be poorer and less secure.
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Title:
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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It's Time for the United States to Counter It.
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Author:
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Patrick M. Cronin and Hunter Stires
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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August 6, 2018
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Description:
- The rule of international law will stand or fall on the confidence of civilian mariners to operate where and how they please within the boundaries of their international legal rights.
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Title:
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Philippines Raises Concern Over Chinese Radio Warnings
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Author:
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The Associated Press
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Source:
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New York Times
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Date:
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July 30, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippines has expressed concern to China over an increasing number of Chinese radio messages warning Philippine aircraft and ships to stay away from newly fortified islands and other territories in the South China Sea claimed by both countries, officials said Monday.
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Title:
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Defense chief apologizes for calling West PH sea ruling an 'empty victory'
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Author:
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Chad de Guzman
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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July 27, 2018
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Description:
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized for saying the ruling favoring the Philippines over disputes in the West Philippine Sea is an "empty victory."
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Title:
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Duterte’s vow to defend West Philippine Sea lauded, supported
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Author:
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The Philippine Star
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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:
- Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has lauded President Duterte’s vow to protect the sovereignty of the nation in the West Philippine Sea during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday.
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Title:
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Why Duterte should heed Filipinos on China
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Author:
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Justice Antonio T. Carpio
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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July 25, 2018
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Description:
- Remarks delivered during the July 24, 2018 launch of Marites Vitug's Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won its Arbitration Case against China, at the Ateneo de Manila University.