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Defense chief plans to visit Filipino soldiers in West PH Sea
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Author:
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ABS CBN News
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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January 9, 2017
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Description:
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is planning to visit soldiers manning military outposts in Philippine-occupied areas in the West Philippine Sea amid improved relations with China. "One of the plans of our SND (secretary of national defense) is to visit our troops there, in his convenient available time," Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Eduardo Año told reporters in an interview in Camp Aguinaldo on Sunday.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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PH defense partnership with Russia won’t affect US ties—Lorenzana
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Author:
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Frances Mangosing
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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January 9, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines will soon start to work on a memorandum of understanding for its enhanced defense relations with Russia but it will not affect its alliance with the United States.
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Defense chief eyes to visit PH outposts in South China Sea Read more: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/151329/defense-chief-eyes-visit-ph-outposts-south-china-sea#ixzz4VJvN0c3h Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
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Author:
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Frances Mangosing
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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January 9, 2017
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Description:
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is planning to visit the troops manning the Philippine military outposts in the South China Sea this year amid warming relations between Philippines and China.
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Title:
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AIIB: China Is Faced With a Number of Challenges
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Author:
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Bloomberg News
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Source:
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Bloomberg News
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Date:
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January 9, 2017
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Description:
- Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, discusses China's economy and the inclusion of the yuan in its SDR basket. He speaks exclusively to Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie.
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Title:
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AIIB’s Jin Says Bank’s Door Still Open to Trump After Obama Snub
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Author:
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Bloomberg News
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Source:
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Bloomberg News
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Date:
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January 9, 2016
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Description:
- One year after opening with 57 charter members, the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank remains open to the U.S. joining, President Jin Liqun said.
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Title:
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PH, Japan navies hold war games
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Author:
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Allan Macatuno
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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January 8, 2016
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Description:
- SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Philippine and Japanese navies on Friday engaged in maritime exercises in waters off Subic to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Duterte asks Russia: Be PH ally and protector
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Author:
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Leila B. Salaverria
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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January 7, 2017
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Description:
- With Cabinet officials in tow, Mr. Duterte toured the Admiral Tributs, a Russian antisubmarine vessel that together with a sea tanker, the Boris Butoma, is on a goodwill visit to Manila.
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Title:
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China in our future
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Author:
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Cielo Habito
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Source:
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Inquirer.Net
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Date:
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January 6, 2017
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Description:
- In a recent visit to our public market in Los Baños, Laguna, I decided to explore the shops surrounding the market itself. I found myself in a store surprisingly much larger inside than its unassuming facade would suggest, selling various kinds of cheap China-made goods including foodstuffs, clothes, personal articles and household fixtures. There seem to be numerous such stores in various parts of the country now, selling almost exclusively those cheap, everyday China-made goods. Some of them are rather large establishments that appear to be part of a chain of large variety stores. I’ve seen a few of these in different cities around the country, and have shopped in at least a couple of them. There are actually good buys to find in these places, especially items for which quality is not critical.
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Title:
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Russia wants joint ‘war games’ with PH navy
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Author:
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Cynthia D. Balana
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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January 4, 2017
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Description:
- The Russian Navy wants to hold maritime drills with the Philippine Navy to help combat terrorism and piracy, sending two of its warships to Manila as President Duterte moves to bolster ties, including a possible weapons deal.
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Title:
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Enhanced China-ASEAN security cooperation builds on long-term progress
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Author:
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Ge Hongliang
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Source:
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Global Times
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Date:
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January 3, 2017
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Description:
- As people are debating over whether "Dutertism" will set off a chain reaction in Southeast Asia in recent months, China made new progress in its security cooperation with the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. Some scholars believe that China will take this opportunity to promote its agenda in Southeast Asia, change the regional security framework and play the role of a security provider. They consider this an inevitable result of China's economic development.
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Philippines no longer seen as ‘Trojan horse of the US’ – envoy to China
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Author:
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RT.com
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Source:
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RT.com
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Date:
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January 3, 2017
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Description:
- Despite warming relations between the Philippines and China, Manila will not sever ties with its long time ally the United States, Philippines new envoy to China has said. The Philippines are undertaking “a strategic shift in foreign policy,” according to the country’s new ambassador to China Jose "Chito" Sta. Romana. The assurance comes despite the harsh, sometimes crude statements from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, which led many to believe that the Philippines leader had turned away from the US and was looking toward China.
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Duterte vows to act if China 'siphons minerals' from South China Sea
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Author:
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Claire Jiao
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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December 30, 2016
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Description:
- Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The government is prepared to assert its rightful claim if China moves to mine resources in parts of the South China Sea where the country has economic rights, President Rodrigo Duterte has said. In a one-on-one interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday, the President said he is ready to raise the arbitral ruling recognizing the country's economic rights over the potentially mineral-rich contested waters. "[I will bring up the ruling] during my time. I cannot let it pass na balewala na lang," Duterte said.
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Philippines will address South China Sea issue as chair of ASEAN
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Author:
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Cliff Venzon
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Source:
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Nikkei
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Date:
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December 28, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA -- The Philippines will keep the contentious South China Sea territorial issue on the agenda at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year, but will also use its chairing of the 10-nation bloc to promote a major regional trade deal initiated by Beijing. "The South China Sea issue is always a concern that can be raised by any ASEAN member in light of the joint communique that we have already made," Perfecto Yasay, the Philippine foreign secretary, told the Nikkei Asian Review on Wednesday. "These issues can be brought up and we will be addressing them."
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Title:
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Will Duterte Really Abandon the U.S. for China?
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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National Interest
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Date:
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December 28, 2016
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Description:
- The year 2016 has been a watershed for Philippine-American relations, in particular, and, in broader terms, for the Sino-American showdown in the South China Sea. At the center of this geopolitical hiccup is no less than the Philippines’ controversial and tough-talking leader Rodrigo Duterte, who has repeatedly threatened to end his country’s century-old military alliance with America. Disagreements over Duterte’s “war on drugs” stand at the heart of a deepening rift, which threatens to upend Washington’s relations with its oldest Asian ally.
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Title:
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Taiwan fears getting caught between US and China
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Author:
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Ben Bland
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Source:
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Financial Times
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Date:
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December 27, 2016
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Description:
- Taiwan fears getting caught between the US and China as president-elect Donald Trump threatens a tougher approach towards Beijing and the Chinese government intensifies its sabre-rattling in the region.
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Title:
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The Constitution and the West Philippine Sea
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Author:
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Florin T. Hilbay
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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October 26, 2016
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Description:
- Prior to Philippines v. China, we had claims under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) about our maritime entitlements in the West Philippine Sea. So did China. The arbitration resulted in an overwhelming validation of the Philippines’ arguments, and an emphatic rejection of China’s. The four corners of every page of Philippines v. China determines with finality our specific rights in the West Philippine Sea.
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AFP welcomes military aid from China despite West PHL Sea dispute
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Author:
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Joseph Tristan Roxas
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Source:
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GMA News
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Date:
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December 22, 2016
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Description:
- Despite Chinese activities in Philippine-claimed territories in the South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said it welcomes the more than P700 million ($14 million) in military aid being offered by China. "Bilang isang bansa kinikilala po natin ang ating pakikipagkapit-bansa. Kung meron pong naghahatid ng tulong o naghahandog ng tulong sa atin base sa ating pangangailangan, wala naman po sigurong masama kung ito ay ating titingnan at ating tatanggapin bilang isang kapwa bansa," AFP Public Affairs Office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said.
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Title:
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PH and US: who needs whom more?
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Author:
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Conrad Calalang
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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December 21, 2016
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Description:
- As one of America’s closest allies, the Philippines has long provided U.S. forces with a strategic staging ground for its operations within the Pacific region, but for as long as this partnership has existed, Filipinos have repeatedly called into question its end of the bargain.
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Title:
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ASEAN to Keep on Dialogue With Beijing to Resolve South China Sea Dispute
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Author:
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Sputnik News
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Source:
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Sputnik News
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Date:
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December 20, 2016
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Description:
- MOSCOW (Sputnik) — While ASEAN as an organization does not take sides in the territorial claims in South China Sea, there are two instruments that help it promote security and stability in the Sea — the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC).
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Title:
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Philippines won't 'deviate from' arbitration ruling on China: minister
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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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December 19, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines said on Monday it will not "deviate from" an international tribunal ruling that rejected China's extensive claims in the South China Sea but it must build trust with China before discussing "sensitive" bilateral issues. China rejected the July ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague after the tribunal determined that China had breached the Philippines' sovereign rights by endangering its ships and fishing and oil projects.