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Title:
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Duterte won’t fight China over Sandy Cay
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Author:
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Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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August 22, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would not confront China over the reported presence of Chinese ships in Sandy Cay, a geological feature near the Philippine-held Pag-asa Island (Thitu Island) in the West Philippine Sea.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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China, Philippines pledge to enhance media cooperation
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Author:
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Guo Xiaohong
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Source:
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China.org.cn
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Date:
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August 20, 2017
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Description:
- China hopes to enhance media exchanges and build pragmatic cooperation with the Philippines to help create a bridge between the two countries and peoples, Vice Minister Guo Weimin of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) stated in his meeting with the Philippine Communications Operation Office (PCOO) Secretary, Martin Andanar, in Manila on August 18.
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Title:
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US wants India, China to have direct dialogue to reduce tensions
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Author:
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Economic Times
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Source:
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Economic Times
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Date:
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August 16, 2017
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Description:
- WASINGTON: The US said today that it wants India and China to engage in a direct dialogue to reduce tensions. The US' remarks came a day after Indian border guards foiled an attempt by Chinese soldiers to enter Indian territory along the banks of the famous Pangong lake in Ladakh.
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Title:
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Philippines says China agrees on no new expansion in South China Sea
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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 15, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA (Reuters) - China has assured the Philippines it will not occupy new features or territory in the South China Sea, under a new “status quo” brokered by Manila as both sides try to strengthen their relations, the Philippine defense minister said.
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Title:
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Manila's pivot to pragmatism on the South China Sea
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Author:
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Editorial Board, East Asia Forum
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Source:
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East Asia Forum
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Date:
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August 14, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines is at the frontline of China’s entry into a strategic theatre in Asia that has been dominated by the United States since World War II. Its experience of China’s rise is a sometimes fraught daily reality.
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Title:
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Chance played a role in Rodrigo Duterte's China policy shift
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Author:
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Aileen S P Baviera
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Source:
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Financial Review
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Date:
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August 13, 2017
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Description:
- Departing from the Aquino government's opposition to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has downplayed maritime disputes in favour of pursuing close economic and political ties with China.
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Title:
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South China Sea situation has stabilized – China
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Author:
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Roy Mabasa
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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August 13, 2017
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Description:
- From Beijing’s perspective, the real progress made during the recently concluded 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings hosted by Manila is that under the joint efforts of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-countries, the situation in the South China Sea has been stabilized. This was pointed out by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he expressed his views on the outcome of the meetings attended by foreign ministers and senior officials from the 10 ASEAN member-countries and its dialogue partners which include China.
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Title:
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Japan said to offer chopper parts to Philippines as counter to China
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Author:
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TIM KELLY AND NOBUHIRO KUBO
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Source:
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The Japan Times
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Date:
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August 11, 2017
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Description:
- Japan will give thousands of helicopter parts to the Philippines to keep its military choppers airborne, helping Tokyo gain clout with Manila in a contest with China to secure influence over the strategic South China Sea nation, four sources said.
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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.
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Title:
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Mandarin language subject offered in Ilocos Norte school
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Author:
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Leilanie Adriano-PNA
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Source:
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PNA
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Date:
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August 10, 2017
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Description:
- number of learners of Mandarin language at the Paoay National High School (PNHS) has been increasing since it was introduced here in 2011. “From 35 students last year, our current enrollees are now 326,” said PNHS school administrator Marcelina Andres, citing the abrupt jump in the number of students this year compared to past school years. Formerly known as the Paoay Lake National High School-Poblacion Campus, PNHS launched its foreign language subject as a result of the continuing friendly relations between the Philippines and China, said the school administrator in an interview on Friday.
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Title:
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Duterte backs China’s RCEP
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Author:
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Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
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Source:
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BusinessWorld
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Date:
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August 9, 2017
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Description:
- PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday called on Southeast Asia to fight protectionism as he endorsed a China-backed free trade agreement widely viewed as a rival to the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
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Title:
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China wanted non-legally binding South China Sea code – Philippines
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Interaksyon
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Date:
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August 9, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA – China pushed for a maritime code of conduct with Southeast Asian countries that would not be legally binding, the Philippine foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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Title:
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Don't tell us what to do, PH tells countries on sea dispute
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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 9, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines criticized the United States, Japan, and Australia for releasing a joint statement that urged both Manila and Beijing to heed a 2016 international ruling on the South China Sea.
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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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PH admits not pushing ASEAN to hit China island building
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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 8, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines admitted on Tuesday evening, August 8, that it did not push the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to include China's island building activities in their recently issued statement.
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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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China claims ASEAN statement not hitting them
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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 8, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – China claimed that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was not criticizing them when the regional bloc issued a statement raising concerns about the island building and militarization in the disputed South China Sea.
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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".