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Title:
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China survey ships spotted at Benham Rise
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Author:
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Jaime Laude
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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March 10, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines - Chinese survey ships have not only conducted oceanographic research at Recto or Reed Bank in the West Philippine Sea but also at Benham Rise in the Pacific, which has been recognized by the United Nations as part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana bared yesterday.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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China-Philippines Relations: Beijing Rejects Manila’s Concerns Over Chinese Ships Incident
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Author:
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Vishakha Sonawane
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Source:
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International Business Times
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Date:
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March 10, 2017
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Description:
- China rejected Friday claims made by the Philippines that Beijing sent survey ships into the latter’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone. On Thursday, the Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Chinese ships were found in recent months near its coast and a warship was spotted 70 miles off its western coast in the South China Sea. Lorenzana said satellite images showed Chinese ships for three months in 2016 in Benham Rise, an area the United Nations has declared a territory of the Philippines' continental shelf.
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Title:
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Bank of China vows to help enhance PH global trade ties
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Author:
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Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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March 10, 2017
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Description:
- Bank of China, Ltd. (BOC), the fourth largest bank in the world, is looking to strengthen economic ties between the Philippines and China as part of the “Belt and Road Initiative.”
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Title:
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ASEAN economic ministers eye RCEP to shape trade and economic liberation in Asia
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Author:
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Xinhua
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Source:
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China Daily
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Date:
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March 10, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA — Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ended their meeting on Friday, vowing to deepen and expand trade integration through regional trade partnership.
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Title:
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China commits $1 B agri imports from Phl
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Author:
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Richmond Mercurio
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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March 9, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines - China has committed to significantly boost its imports from the Philippines as it seeks to buy $1 billion worth of local agriculture products following a recent meeting between the trade ministers of the two countries.
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Title:
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U.S. stopped China's plan to build on Scarborough
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Author:
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Carmela Fonbuena
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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March 9, 2017
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Description:
- China was set last year to build on Scarborough Shoal but the US was able to stop the plan, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed on Thursday, March 9.
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Title:
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Philippines' Duterte appoints new acting foreign secretary after top diplomat dumped
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Author:
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Kyodo
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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March 9, 2017
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Description:
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte named a seasoned diplomat as the country’s new acting foreign minister on Thursday, replacing Perfecto Yasay Jr. whose appointment was rejected a day earlier by a constitutional body over an issue regarding his citizenship.
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Title:
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Philippine defense minister suspicious of Chinese ship activities
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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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March 9, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippine defense minister on Thursday said he was "disturbed" by what he believes are survey missions by Chinese ships deep into its 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and in an area designated as its continental shelf.
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Title:
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Duterte thanks China for lightening up Philippine economic life
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Author:
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Editor: zhangrui
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Source:
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CCTV
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Date:
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March 9, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that he made the right decision to rekindle ties with neighboring China and expressed his gratitude toward the Chinese people.
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Title:
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Chinese Ministry of Agriculture
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Author:
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Julian Ku, Chris Mirasola
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Source:
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Lawfare
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Date:
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March 7, 2017
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Description:
- Last week, Chinese media reported that the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has promulgated a summer fishing moratorium that includes many parts of the South China Sea. An arbitral tribunal formed pursuant to the UN Convention for the Law of the Sea decided this past July that a substantially similar 2012 fishing moratorium disregarded the Philippines’ sovereign rights to manage the living resources of its EEZ. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture’s decision to promulgate a fishing moratorium this summer with these same legal defects confirms that China continues to violate important elements of international maritime law generally and the arbitral tribunal’s award in particular. This moratorium also threatens to undermine the budding China-Philippines rapprochement over their South China Sea disputes.
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Title:
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Trump leaves Southeast Asian treaty partner guessing
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Author:
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Maria Eloisa I. Calderon
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Source:
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BusinessWorld Online
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Date:
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March 7, 2017
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Description:
- Mr. Trump assured the United States’ allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and “partners in the Middle East, or the Pacific” that his new administration will continue to respect his country’s treaties.
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Title:
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China, Philippines reactivates Joint Commission on Economic and Trade Cooperation
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Author:
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PNA
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Source:
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Update Philippines
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Date:
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March 7, 2017
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Description:
- After a five-year hiatus, the Philippines and China have revived the Joint Commission on Economic and Trade Cooperation (JCETC) – the bilateral mechanism for trade, investments, and economic discussions between the two countries.
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Title:
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China commits $3.4B for Philippine infra projects
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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March 7, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA - China has committed to finance at least three infrastructure projects in the Philippines worth $3.4 billion, two of which could be rolled out in the first half of this year, trade officials from both countries said on Tuesday.
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Title:
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China hikes defence budget to a whopping USD 152 billion
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Author:
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PTI
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Source:
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The New Indian Express
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Date:
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March 6, 2017
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Description:
- BEIJING: China has hiked its military spending by seven percent to USD 152 billion, about three times higher than that of India, as Beijing braced for countering America's push into the disputed the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Beijing Is Changing Its Tone In South China Sea Disputes
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Author:
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Panos Mourdoukoutas
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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March 6, 2017
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Description:
- Beijing is softening its tone in South China Sea disputes, adapting to the American position -- freedom of navigation, that is.
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Title:
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DFA think tank: Philippines wants to enhance bilateral talks with China
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Author:
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Sammy Martin
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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March 5, 2017
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Description:
- The think tank of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippines and China are concentrated in enhancing bilateral talks to promote trade, investment and security.
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Title:
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Philippines must assert Hague ruling on South China Sea: US think tank
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Author:
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The Straits Times
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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March 5, 2017
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Description:
- Senior officials of a Washington-based think tank group stressed the importance of asserting the arbitral tribunal’s ruling on the South China Sea, expressing skepticism over a code of conduct being pursued by Asean.
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Title:
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Philippine official visits US ship in S. China Sea
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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March 5, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA • The Philippines' defence secretary yesterday visited a United States aircraft carrier patrolling the South China Sea, hailing the "strong relationship" with Washington despite President Rodrigo Duterte's pivot away from Manila's traditional ally.
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Title:
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China's 2017 defense budget rise to slow again
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Author:
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Michael Martina and Philip Wen
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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March 4, 2017
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Description:
- Defying pressure for a strong increase in defense spending, China said on Saturday its military budget this year would grow about 7 percent, its slowest pace since 2010. Last year, with China's economy slowing, the defense budget recorded its lowest increase in six years, 7.6 percent, the first single-digit rise since 2010, following a nearly unbroken two-decade run of double-digit increases.
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Title:
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Indo-Russian supersonic missile threatens China’s security
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Author:
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EMANUELE SCIMIA
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Source:
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The Asia Times
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Date:
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March 2, 2017
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Description:
- During security consultations held in Beijing on February 21, China and Russia agreed on enhancing communication and collaboration on arms control and non-proliferation and reinforcing their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination – the highest level of diplomatic engagement for China.