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Title:
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Palace: PH-Japan ties stronger after Duterte trip
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Author:
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Christine Avendaño and Julie M. Aurelio
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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June 2, 2019
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte returned home early on Saturday with the Palace saying his working visit in Japan was successful and placed Manila and Tokyo’s strategic partnership “on an even stronger footing.”
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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Japan vows to support Duterte admin's infra program
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 1, 2019
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Description:
- Japan has vowed to continue supporting the Duterte administration's infrastructure and peace and development efforts and to further strengthen its ties with the Philippines. Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said Japan is proud to be the largest partner of 'Build, Build, Build, the Philippines' P8 trillion multi-year infrastructure program.
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Title:
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The Department of Defense’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy
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Author:
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USNI News
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Source:
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USNI News
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Date:
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May 31, 2019
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Description:
- The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific in which all nations, large and small, are secure in their sovereignty and able to pursue economic growth consistent with accepted international rules, norms, and principles of fair competition.
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Title:
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K Street Festival, concerts mark PH-Korea ties
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Author:
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Jonathan Hicap
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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May 30, 2019
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Description:
- Six Korean cultural events are being held in Metro Manila to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and South Korea.
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Title:
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Rival South China Sea visions in spotlight as Washington, Beijing front Shangri-La Dialogue
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Author:
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Brad Lendon
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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May 30, 2019
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Description:
- With China-US relations already strained amid an escalating trade war, attention is about to turn to a familiar arena -- the South China Sea. After years of stand-offs and brinkmanship in the hotly contested region, acting US Defense Secretary Michael Shanahan is expected to unveil the Pentagon's new Indo-Pacific strategy at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday.
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Title:
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ICC studying jurisdiction in communication filed by PH ex-officials vs Xi
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Author:
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ABS CBN News
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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May 30, 2019
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Description:
- The International Criminal Court is studying whether or not it has jurisdiction over a communication filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping by former Philippine officials, a lawyer from their camp said Thursday.
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Title:
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Filipino airline chases commercial dreams chartering Chinese tourists
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Author:
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Jessica Fenol
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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May 30, 2019
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Description:
- Chinese tourists wanting to escape to Boracay's beaches brings "good money" to chartered flight operator Royal Air Philippines, enough for it to jump start a commercial aviation business, its CEO said.
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Title:
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China-ASEAN music week opens in Nanning
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Author:
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Vietnam Plus
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Source:
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VNA
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Date:
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May 29, 2019
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Description:
- The China-ASEAN music week 2019 opened in Nanning, the capital of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on May 28. The event brought together 256 musicians and experts from 25 countries and territories, including 110 musicians from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Title:
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PH YOUNG COCONUTS SET TO ENTER US MARKET
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Author:
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Embassy of the Philippines, Washington DC
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Source:
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Embassy of the Philippines, Washington DC
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Date:
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May 29, 2019
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Description:
- “The US Government has confirmed that young coconuts from the Philippines may now be exported through all ports in the USA,” Dr. Josyline Javelosa, the Philippine Agriculture Attaché to the United States, reported.
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Title:
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Chinese tourism to U.S. drops for first time in 15 years
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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LA Times
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Date:
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May 28, 2019
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Description:
- After more than a decade of rapid growth, Chinese travel to the U.S. is falling. And that has cities, malls and other tourist spots scrambling to reverse the trend. Travel from China to the U.S. fell 5.7% in 2018 to 2.9 million visitors, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office, which collects data from U.S. Customs forms. It was the first time since 2003 that Chinese travel to the U.S. slipped from the prior year.
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Title:
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Taiwan and US officials hold rare meeting amid China tension
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Author:
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Aljazeera
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Source:
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Aljazeera
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- Senior national security officials from the United States and Taiwan have held their first meeting in four decades this month, with the aim of deepening cooperation, the government in Taipei has said.
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Title:
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US takes aim at Chinese surveillance as the trade war becomes a tech war
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Author:
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Arjun Kharpal
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Source:
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CNBC
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- China and America’s trade war looks more and more like a tech war, and the United States appears to be widening its focus on to another category of Chinese technology: surveillance.
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Title:
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Trump Says U.S. ‘Not Ready’ to Make a Trade Deal With China
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Author:
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Shannon Pettypiece and Iain Marlow
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Source:
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Bloomberg
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- The U.S. isn’t ready to make a trade deal with China, President Donald Trump said while on a state visit to Japan. “I think they probably wish they made the deal that they had on the table before they tried to renegotiate it,” Trump said Monday at a joint press conference in Tokyo alongside Japanese leader Shinzo Abe. “They would like to make a deal. We’re not ready to make a deal.”
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Title:
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Philippines to get nearly P300 B worth of deals in Duterte’s Japan trip
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Author:
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Nestor Corrales
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte’s third trip here would give the Philippines nearly P300 billion worth of investment deals, which would create 80,000 jobs for Filipinos, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said Monday. Duterte will attend the Nikkei’s 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia on May 30 to 31 as Manila continues to strengthen its economic ties with Tokyo.
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Title:
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South China Sea dispute on agenda in Duterte, Abe meeting in Japan
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Author:
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Nestor Corrales
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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May 24, 2019
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will reassert the country’s commitment of upholding freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea during his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Japan next week.
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Title:
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IMF warns US-China trade war will 'jeopardise' 2019 global growth
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Author:
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Channel News Asia
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Source:
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Channel News Asia
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- The IMF sounded the alarm on Thursday (May 23) about the escalating US-China trade war, warning it will "jeopardise" 2019 global growth, undermine confidence and raise prices for consumers.
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Title:
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U.S.-China Asia Pacific Security Dialogue
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Author:
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US Department of Defense
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Source:
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US Department of Defense
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- Defense officials from the United States and China met in Washington D.C., for the third Asia Pacific Security Dialogue on May 21. Mr. Randall Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, led the U.S. delegation in talks with Chinese Major General Ci Guowei, Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation. The dialogue emphasized a constructive, results-oriented military relationship with a focus on maintaining open and clear communication, especially in times of crisis.
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Title:
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US Senate bill proposes sanctions for involvement in ‘illegal’ activities in South and East China seas
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Author:
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Owen Churchill
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- US senators from both political parties will reintroduce legislation on Thursday committing the government to punish Chinese individuals and entities involved in what they call Beijing’s “illegal and dangerous” activities in the South and East China seas. If it becomes law, the “South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act” would require the government to seize US-based financial assets and revoke or deny US visas of anyone engaged in “actions or policies that threaten the peace, security or stability” of areas in the South China Sea that are contested by one or more members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)
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Title:
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U.S. Navy again sails through Taiwan Strait, angering China
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Author:
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Idrees Ali
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- The U.S. military said it sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, its latest transit through the sensitive waterway, angering China at a time of tense relations between the world’s two biggest economies
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Title:
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South China Sea: Tensions to ERUPT as disputed waters ‘on verge of collapse’, expert warns
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Author:
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Claire Anderson
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Source:
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Express.co.uk
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- Greg Poling, of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, explained the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia rely on fishing and fishing-related industries. He said the decreasing fish stocks would “accelerate the disputes”, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) reported. His warning comes after Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte accused China of fishing within their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).