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Title:
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US provides drones to help Philippines fight pro-IS militants
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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August 7, 2017
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Description:
- The United States has been providing the Philippines with surveillance capabilities, training, information and aircraft to help it fight a months-long siege of a southern city by pro-Islamic State group militants, the top US diplomat said Monday as he prepared to meet the country’s polarising president.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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CHINA'S MILITARY LAUNCHES WAR GAMES AS WARNING TO U.S., NORTH KOREA AMID NUCLEAR MISSILE CRISIS
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Author:
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Tom O'Connor
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Source:
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Newsweek
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Date:
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August 7, 2017
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Description:
- China has entered the tense seas off the Korean Peninsula with guns blazing, showing its military might at a time when Beijing has warned two belligerent rivals, the U.S. and North Korea, from further escalating their nuclear standoff. After closing off a 15,000-square-mile stretch of the East China Sea, the Chinese navy launched live-fire exercises Monday involving dozens of ships and submarines, more than 10 aircraft and a number of coastal troops in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. The drill, which reportedly included both offensive and defensive maneuvers against targets in the air as well as on land and at sea, come during a season of anticipated heightened military activity from the U.S. and its regional allies, and less than two weeks after North Korea conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. Both developments have frustrated Beijing's calls for peace in the region.
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Title:
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http://appfi.ph/infoArchiveGen.html
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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 7, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA (Reuters) - 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”. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should establish a set of rules that were “legally binding, meaningful, effective, and consistent with international law”, the foreign ministers of the three countries said in a statement following a meeting in Manila.
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Title:
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MVP: Oil, gas exploration in SCS could resume soon
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Author:
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Helen Flores and Danessa Rivera
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines - Oil and gas exploration in the disputed South China Sea by PXP Energy Corp. could resume soon, owing to the “more open and friendlier” relations between the Philippines and China, according to company chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan. “I can just describe the general context under which we can move forward and the environment looks pretty positive,” Pangilinan told reporters after attending the “ASEAN at 50: The Way Forward” forum in Makati City yesterday
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Title:
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Apec miracle: how the US and China can look beyond TPP and RCEP for Asia-Pacific trade harmony
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Author:
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Zha Daojiong
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- As diplomats and negotiators quicken their pace to put together the annual gathering of heads of state under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation framework, one question is inevitable: can the meeting this year deliver progress on rules for region-wide trade and investment?
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Title:
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Duterte Wants to Pivot to China—but the Law May Prevent This
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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August 6. 2017
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Description:
- Under President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines continues its pivot to China in earnest. In his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24 , the firebrand Filipino leader lashed out yet again at Western countries, namely the European Union and the United States, for criticizing his controversial war on drugs, which has been condemned by human rights groups at home and around the world.
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Title:
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Framework of South China Sea code skirts thorny issues with China
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Author:
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Raul Dancel
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Source:
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Straits Times
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- A two-page "framework" of a code of conduct (COC) meant to prevent conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea from erupting into violent confrontations will neither guarantee a legally binding arrangement nor raise specific issues that have provoked Beijing. The final document, seen by reporters, envisions a code that is "rules-based", with "a set of norms to guide the parties and promote maritime cooperation" in disputed waters.
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Title:
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UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea
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Author:
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Richard Roth
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- The United Nations Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its continued intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing and violations of UN resolutions. With 15 votes in favor, Resolution 2371 was passed unanimously.
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Title:
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ASEAN, China approve framework for code of conduct
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Author:
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PNA
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Source:
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Sun Star
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Date:
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August 6, 2017
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Description:
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China on Sunday, August 6, approved the framework for a code of conduct in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea and targeted to start the negotiations on the actual code by the end of the year.
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Title:
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Duterte: I’m not trying to please Chinese leader
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Author:
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Philip Tubeza
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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August 4, 2017
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Description:
- President Duterte has assured that he wasn’t “trying to please” Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the South China Sea row, but admitted Manila has gained from its friendly relations with Beijing. The President recalled that he had insisted on the Philippine claim to the West Philippine Sea before Chinese leaders when he last visited Beijing in May.
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Title:
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PH to push for interests in crafting of sea code of conduct - DFA
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Author:
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Dharel placido
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Source:
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ABSCBN News
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Date:
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August 1, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said the Philippines will push for its interests when it negotiates a binding code of conduct in the South China Sea with its regional neighbors, including major sea claimant China. DFA acting Spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said ASEAN and China’s foreign ministers are expected to endorse the framework on the code of conduct when they meet in Manila on August 6.
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Title:
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Demand for Filipino workers increases in Beijing, Shanghai as China-Philippines ties improve
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Author:
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Noel Tarrazona
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Source:
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International Business Times
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Date:
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July 31, 2017
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Description:
- With the strengthening of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines, the Asian giant is now considering hiring Filipino household service workers (HSWs) and plans to offer an attractive salary worth USD 2,000 a month. The announcement was made by the Department of Labor of Employment (DOLE) who informed Philippine media that Chinese embassy representatives visited the DOLE office to discuss future arrangements to open job opportunities for HSWs.
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Title:
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US donates more guns vs terror
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Author:
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Dona Z. Pazzibugan
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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July 30, 2017
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Description:
- The United States military has donated more weapons to boost the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ counterterrorism capabilities.
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Title:
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IS in Philippines , missiles, SCS top US Pacific concerns
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Author:
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Jose Katigbak, STAR Washington bureau
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 30, 2017
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Description:
- WASHINGTON – Islamic State (IS) terrorists making inroads in the Philippines, Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and North Korea’s nuclear capabilities are three major challenges facing US forces in the Pacific, the chief of the US Pacific Command, Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr., said.
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Title:
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China energy investors show interest in Philippine market
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Author:
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Noel Tarrazona
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Source:
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International Business Times
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Date:
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July 29, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced that a China-based business group has manifested interest in investing in the energy sector in the Philippines. The Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce representatives have acquired updates on the Philippine investment atmosphere and planned for the possible business partnerships with local investors.
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Title:
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Chinese foreign ministry affirms anew ties with PHL under Duterte
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Author:
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Ian Cigaral
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Source:
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BusinessWorld Online
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Date:
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July 29, 2017
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Description:
- CHINA’s top diplomat conveyed his “staunch” support for President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s decision to chart an independent foreign policy during the two officials’ meeting at Malacañang early this week, Beijing’s foreign ministry said.
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Title:
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These Days, All Roads Lead To Beijing
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Author:
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Peter Frankopan
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Source:
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The Huffington Post
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Date:
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July 28, 2017
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Description:
- When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, at the beginning of September 2013, few thought it was anything but another ordinary visit. Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao, had been to the Kazakh capital several times and usually talked about how he welcomed good relations with one of China’s neighbors to the west. But when Xi began his speech, it was obvious that something new was afoot. The Chinese president was offering more than the usual banal platitudes. He was talking about the future, and he was talking about a plan.
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Title:
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China-Singapore ties will withstand the test of time
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Author:
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Lee Boon Yang
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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July 27, 2017
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Description:
- Differences of views are to be expected, even between good friends. These can be overcome by nurturing mutual understanding and cooperation, Singapore Press Holdings chairman Lee Boon Yang said in a speech yesterday to thought leaders from both countries at the inaugural Lianhe Zaobao Singapore-China Forum. Singapore and China officially established diplomatic relations in 1990. But our bilateral relations go back much further. Chinese Singaporeans, most of whom emigrated from various parts of China to Singapore, share common cultural roots with the Chinese people. Although I was born in Singapore, my parents and several siblings were among the waves of immigration more than 70 years ago. Our businessmen and entrepreneurs had long before 1990 established strong trade and other ties with China.
Title:
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Wang Yi tells ASEAN to reject 'non-regional forces' in South China Sea
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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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July 25, 2017
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Description:
- Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China on Tuesday called on Southeast Asian nations to reject unnamed "non-regional forces" that he said are out to create trouble over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Speaking in the Philippine capital, Wang said the situation in the contested waters is "trending towards stability" with improving China-Philippines ties playing a key part in this.
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Title:
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Chinese gov’t to participate in major infra projects in PH
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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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July 25, 2017
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Description:
- The Chinese government announced that it would actively participate in several major infrastructure projects in the Philippines to support President Duterte’s “Build, Build and Build” program.