Title:

 China drills again near Taiwan as island warns of threat

Author:

Ben Blanchard and J.R. Wu, Reuters

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

 March 2, 2017

Description:

BEIJING/TAIPEI - Chinese jets and warships carried out exercises near Taiwan and into the Western Pacific on Thursday, as the self-ruled island's defense minister warned of a growing threat from its giant neighbor.
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Title:

 PXP Energy seeks revival of exploration talks with China

Author:

Report from Michelle Ong

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

 March 1, 2017

Description:

MANILA - PXP Energy has sent "feelers" to China National Offshore Oil Corp to resume negotiations on possible joint exploration in the disputed South China Sea, its chairman said Wednesday.
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Title:

 Sino missile sites don’t alarm Duterte!

Author:

Federico D. Pascual, Jr.

Source:

The Philippine Star

Date:

 February 28, 2017

Description:

WHY the deafening silence of President Rodrigo Duterte over disclosures of updated satellite images showing Chinese missile sites in advanced stages of completion on several areas that it has militarized in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone?

Title:

 Economic Coercion, with a Chinese Twist

Author:

Eric B. Lorber

Source:

Foreign Policy

Date:

 February 28, 2017

Description:

During the campaign and through the early days of the Trump administration, policymakers and pundits have zeroed in on the U.S. economic relationship with China, in particular whether Beijing artificially manipulates its currency and whether the terms of America’s economic engagement are “fair.”

Title:

 US envoy stresses peaceful resolution in South China Sea

Author:

Tricia Aquino and Jose Bimbo Santos

Source:

Interaksyon

Date:

 February 28, 2017

Description:

MANILA - While United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim was noncommittal on what specific action his country will take in the event China proceeds to build structures on disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea just west of Zambales Province, he nevertheless stressed US interest in the peaceful resolution of issues among all claimant states in the disputed waters.

Title:

 China donates 450 radios to PH

Author:

ABS-CBN News

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

 February 27, 2017

Description:

The Chinese government on Monday turned over 450 digital transistor radios to the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), as part of a cooperation agreement between Beijing and Manila.

Title:

 DUTERTE PLAYS A DANGEROUS GAME IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Author:

Raissa Robles

Source:

South China Morning Post

Date:

 February 27, 2017

Description:

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Rodrigo Duterte’s family home in Davao City last month, it was more than just the shared durian that suggested the Philippine president’s radical new “independent foreign policy” was bearing fruit.

Title:

 Driven away from Scarborough Shoal, Filipino fishermen now train in China

Author:

Purple S. Romero

Source:

Rappler

Date:

 February 27, 2017

Description:

MANILA, Philippines – Leonardo Cuaresma, leader of a fisherfolk organization in Masinloc, Zambales, spent the beginning of 2017 surveying the fishing sites in the province of Guangdong in China, at one point even riding a Chinese coastguard ship along with 15 other Filipino fishermen.

Title:

 Philippines needs clarity on China ties before lifting South China Sea exploration halt - minister

Author:

Reporting by Martin Petty and Enrico dela Cruz; Writing by Manolo Serapio Jr.; Editing by Christian Schmollinger

Source:

Reuters

Date:

 February 27, 2017

Description:

The Philippines is waiting for clarity on its relations with China before lifting a suspension on exploration in disputed areas in the South China Sea, its energy minister said on Monday.

Title:

 'China finishing West Philippine Sea buildings that could house missiles'

Author:

Idrees Ali, Reuters

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

 February 22, 2017

Description:

China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters.