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Title:
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China's top diplomat visits PH, urges joint development
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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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July 25, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pushed for joint development in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) as he made a rare overnight trip to Manila at the invitation of the Philippine government.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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Manila should learn from Vietnam – Golez
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Author:
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Jarius Bondoc
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 24. 2017
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Description:
- Filipinos and Vietnamese descended from the ancient Malays. The race also brought forth the Indonesians, Malaysians, and Bruneians. The Malays were daring seafarers. Around the first millennium they crossed the Indian Ocean in boats of 300 warriors, and conquered Madagascar off Africa. There they introduced plants and animals, like banana and carabao, and rice paddy agriculture – all nowhere found in mainland Africa. For a time the Cham region of southern Vietnam served as the capital of the Malay realm.
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Title:
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China Funded 70% of Cambodian Roads, Bridges: Minister
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Author:
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Janelle Retka
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Source:
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The Cambodia Daily
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- About 70 percent of roads and bridges in Cambodia have been funded by China, with loans for their financing adding up to about $2 billion, government-aligned Fresh News reported the transport minister as saying on Friday.
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Title:
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China ends Hanoi’s maritime drilling
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Author:
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Taylor MacDonald
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Source:
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ASEAN Economist
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- Vietnam has reportedly terminated a gas-drilling expedition in the contested South China Sea, following threats from Beijing, as it embeds its grip on the region by opening a cinema on an island claimed by Hanoi. Vietnamese diplomatic sources and an oil industry insider told the BBC that the Spanish-owned drilling company, Repsol, was forced to leave the area. It was confirmed this month that a major gas field is below the water with some observers surprised at Hanoi’s immediate U-turn.
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Title:
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Interview: China's soft power accumulated in several aspects: U.S. scholar
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Author:
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Editor: Song Lifang
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- LOS ANGELES, July 23 (Xinhua) -- "China has been accumulating greater soft power in several aspects," Clayton Dube, executive director of the University of Southern California (USC)'s U.S.-China Institute, told Xinhua here on Sunday.
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Title:
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China’s challenging neighborhood diplomacy
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Author:
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Li Yincai
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Source:
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Global Times
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- There have been remarkable changes in China's neighborhood diplomacy in recent years. Taking active steps, China has endeavored to guide and shape the environment around it. But it faces increasing risks and challenges.
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Title:
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Duterte: PH, China to do joint exploration in West PH Sea
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Author:
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Pia Ranada
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos can soon expect joint exploration for oil in the West Philippine Sea between the Philippines and China, said President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 24.
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Title:
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China says it wants to 'maintain stability' in the disputed South China Sea
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Author:
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Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
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Source:
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Business Insider
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Date:
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July 24, 2017
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Description:
- BANGKOK (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday Beijing wanted to maintain stability in the South China Sea as it seeks alliances in the region amid tensions in the disputed waters.
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Title:
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Oil: The Philippines Is Challenging China Again Over A Disputed Sea
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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July 23, 2017
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Description:
- More than two years ago Philippine energy officials called off drilling for oil and natural gas in a sensitive part of the South China Sea that Beijing claims as its own. The Southeast Asian country’s Department of Energy froze that ambition because the Philippines was preparing for world court arbitration with China over who has the more rightful rights to the tract of sea. The location is called Reed Bank, an 8,866 square-kilometer table mount 80 kilometers from the Philippine island of Palawan.
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Title:
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US-Phl relations: The bigger picture
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Author:
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Babe Romualdez
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 23, 2017
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Description:
- What is really worrisome for the United States, and in fact in this part of the globe as well, is North Korea. This was emphasized by former US State Secretary Madeleine Albright when we met with her at a small private dinner hosted by US Ambassador Sung Kim
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Title:
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China's foreign minister to visit Manila on Tuesday
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Author:
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Kyodo News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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July 22, 2017
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Description:
- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Manila on Tuesday next week for talks with his Filipino counterpart ahead of regional meetings slated for early August, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday
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Title:
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Del Rosario anti-China ‘think tank’ allied with US lobby group, and backed by Philex Salim/MVP
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Author:
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Rigoberto Tiglao
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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July 21, 2017
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Description:
- FORMER President Aquino’s foreign affairs secretary, Alberto del Rosario, who pushed for the international suit against China over the South China Sea disputes, is now openly linked to a US think tank and lobby group, the Washington-based Bower Group Asia. Del Rosario in May set up his pompously named “Albert del Rosario Institute for Strategic and International Studies” (ADRI) supposedly to undertake research on “issues affecting the Philippines and East Asia.” So far, it has been Del Rosario’s venue for defending Aquino and his move to pursue the arbitration case against China over the South China Sea issue and to paint China as an expansionist bully in the region.
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Title:
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Hypocrisy in the South China Sea
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Author:
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MARK J. VALENCIA
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Source:
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The Japan Times
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Date:
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July 21, 2017
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Description:
- HAIKOU, CHINA – There is a big difference between reasoning and rationalization. Reasoning is the use of facts and logic to derive a conclusion regarding a given issue. Rationalization is the use of reasoning to justify a preconceived conclusion. Many countries have rationalized their positions regarding their claims and actions in the South China Sea. Indeed there are no “innocents” — only degrees of rationalization.
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Title:
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Philippine politicians to learn CPC methods
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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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July 20, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines' ruling political party is working with the Communist Party of China (CPC) to learn from the latter's experience in training and managing Party members, media reported. The Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is in discussions with the CPC for cooperation on party building, including having the members of PDP-Laban learn the ways and ideology of the CPC, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Title:
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Trump’s Pentagon Plans Challenge Chinese Claims in South China Sea
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Author:
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Kristina Wong
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Source:
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Breitbart
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Date:
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July 20, 2017
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Description:
- President Trump approved a Pentagon plan this year that will require regular challenges to China’s excessive maritime claims in the South China Sea, Breitbart News has learned. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sent the plan to the White House in April that outlines a schedule for the whole year of when U.S. Navy ships will sail through international waters China illegally claims, according to a U.S. official.
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Title:
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What Are China's Military Ambitions?
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Author:
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Robert Bateman
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Source:
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Esqurie
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Date:
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July 20, 2017
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Description:
- Russia, we noted last month, is boxed in by the tyranny of hydrography. They really have no way to get out onto the surface of the deep blue sea that is not constrained by land, ice, or NATO. China, on the other hand, does have a long oceanic and ice-free coastline. But for similar reasons, has a bit of a problem, ocean-wise.
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Title:
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No debt trap in PH dealings with China — Pernia
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Author:
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CATHERINE S. VALENTE
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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July 20, 2017
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Description:
- CONTRARY to a claim by former president Benigno Aquino 3rd, the Philippines is not falling into China’s debt trap, the country’s chief economist said on Thursday.
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Title:
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Philippines’ Duterte will keep close ties with China
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Author:
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Xue Li
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Source:
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Global Times
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Date:
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July 19, 2017
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Description:
- After taking power in June 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte quickly adjusted his country's strategy toward China, normalizing relations and warming up bilateral economic ties within a very short period of time. In just one year, the Philippines has reversed its marginalized position on the road map for China's Belt and Road initiative. From past experience, many Chinese scholars worry that Duterte's current China policy may change again and thus disapprove of spending too many strategic resources on the country.
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Title:
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Indonesia is protecting its South China Sea territory against 'foreign' threats
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Author:
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Nyshka Chandran
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Source:
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CNBC
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Date:
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July 19, 2017
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Description:
- Southeast Asia's largest economy is defending its maritime rights within the disputed South China Sea in a perceived act against Chinese encroachment.
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Title:
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China is helping redevelop what was once the US’s largest overseas military base
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Author:
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Therese Reyes
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Source:
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Quartz
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Date:
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July 19, 2017
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Description:
- It has been 26 years since the US military, prodded by a volcanic eruption, left Clark Air Base in the Philippines. But signs of its stay, which lasted over eight decades, remain. The site follows city planning established by Americans, complete with barn-style houses lining some roads. Still present are old barracks, the parade grounds, and a veterans’ cemetery for US and Filipino soldiers and their families.