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Title:
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No instant reprisal under Phl-US pact
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Author:
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Federico D. Pascual, Jr.
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 23, 2016
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Description:
- THE AMERICAN ambassador himself has dashed the illusion of many Filipinos that the United States would instantly hit back at China if hostilities erupted between Manila and Beijing over territorial disputes in surrounding waters.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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EU calls for free passage through South China Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 23, 2016
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Description:
- The European Union stressed Tuesday that countries must be free to pass through the disputed South China Sea. This pronouncement comes a month after Chinese fighter jets flew out to intercept a United States Navy reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the disputed waters.
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Title:
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Philippine fishermen’s South China Sea hopes buoyed ahead of U.N. tribunal ruling
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Author:
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AFP-JIJI
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Source:
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Japan Times
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Date:
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June 22, 2016
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Description:
- Jonathan Almandrez was chased away from the rich fishing grounds of a South China Sea lagoon by a Chinese patrol — something he hopes will stop happening if the Philippines wins an international legal case against Beijing.
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Title:
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South China Sea Dispute: Rodrigo Duterte Lured By China’s Money?
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Author:
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Jereco Palma
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Source:
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Morning News USA
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Date:
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June 22, 2016
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Description:
- Following the contradicting statements issued by the incoming President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte over the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, speculations that China has been trying to lure the new chief executive with its money are growing. China has been trying to continue its dominance in the highly contested territory by rallying support from other nations in its position to ignore the case filed by the Philippines in the United Nations tribunal in The Hague.
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Title:
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China Nickel Ore Lifeline at Risk as Philippines Talks Tough
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Author:
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Bloomberg News
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Source:
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Bloomberg
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Date:
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June 22, 2016
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Description:
- Nickel ore shipments from the Philippines may be jeopardized by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of an anti-mining crusader to head the country’s environment department, a move that may potentially disrupt supplies to Chinese buyers.
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Title:
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China to launch cruises to disputed Spratly islands
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Author:
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Agence France-Presse
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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June 22, 2016
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Description:
- Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by 2020, reports said Wednesday, as tensions mount in the region.
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Title:
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Duterte to United States: Are you with us or not with us?
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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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June 21, 2016
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Description:
- If an international court deems the Philippines is right to claim the disputed South China Sea, will the United States help the Philippines exercise its rights? President-elect Rodrigo Duterte voiced out this concern during a business forum on Tuesday, June 21, in Davao City.
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Title:
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Duterte: China offering to build Manila-Clark railway in 2 years
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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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June 21, 2016
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Description:
- China can build the Philippines a railway from Metro Manila to Clark, Pampanga in two years. This was the offer made recently by Chinese diplomats to Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. “The ambassador said, ‘We will do the railway immediately and we will solve your Clark-Manila railway. We’ll use the shortest way.' I don’t know how they’ll do it. But we will complete it in two years,” Duterte said during a speech on Tuesday, June 21.
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Title:
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Beijing: Japanese Judge Means South China Sea Tribunal Is Biased
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Author:
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
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Source:
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Foreign Policy
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Date:
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June 21, 2016
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Description:
- Tensions over competing territorial claims in the resource-rich South China Sea have spiked in recent months as claimant countries, including China and the Philippines, await an upcoming decision by an international tribunal. That body, located at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, is widely expected to rule in the Philippines’ favor. But China has repeatedly stated that it will not accept the upcoming ruling, and has recently engaged in a public relations blitz to gain international support for its position. Now, Beijing is raising an objection unique in the history of arbitration cases of this type: the nationality of the person who oversaw the tribunal’s formation.
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Title:
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No Philippines-China talks on sea row in 2 years
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Author:
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Estrella Torres
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Source:
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The Jakarta Post
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Date:
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June 20, 2016
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Description:
- Former Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Friday said President-elect Rodrigo Duterte had given assurance that there would be no bilateral talks with China to resolve the territorial dispute in the South China Sea in the next two years. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio also said the Philippine panel in the arbitration proceedings against China had received the same assurance from Duterte.
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Title:
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U.S. ‘hypocrisy’ and Chinese cash strengthen Beijing’s hand in South China Sea
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Author:
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Simon Denyer
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Source:
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The Washington Post
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Date:
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June 19, 2016
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Description:
- The latest was Kenya. Before that: Lesotho, Vanuatu and Afghanistan. The list of countries backing Beijing’s stance in the South China Sea just keeps growing — China’s Foreign Ministry boasted last week that nearly 60 had swung behind the country’s rejection of international arbitration in a case brought by the Philippines.
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Title:
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Will China accept a verdict favorable to the Philippines?
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Author:
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Mauro Samonte
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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June 18, 2016
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Description:
- ON May 7, 2009, China issued a note verbale to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, of the United Nations, which, in sum, sought to dismiss the Submission by Vietnam to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf regarding Vietnamese claim of certain portions of the South China Sea.
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Title:
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South China Sea row: Where countries stand
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Author:
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Levi A. So
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 17, 2016
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Description:
- A decision is expected soon on the case filed by the Philippines against China before the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, contesting the latter’s nine-dash line claim over the disputed waters.
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Title:
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China blamed for Asean U-turn
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Author:
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Michael Joe T. Delizo and AFP
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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June 16, 2016
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Description:
- Chinese pressure was blamed on Thursday for a stunning diplomatic U-turn by Southeast Asian nations that saw them retract a statement sounding alarm over Beijing’s island-building in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
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Title:
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China thanks countries for supporting it on PH case over South China Sea
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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June 15, 2016
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Description:
- China expressed thanks on Tuesday for the dozens of countries it says have offered support for its position on a case brought by the Philippines over Chinese claims in the South China Sea, saying they are speaking out to uphold justice.
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Title:
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China thanks countries for supporting it on PH case over South China Sea
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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June 15, 2016
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Description:
- China expressed thanks on Tuesday for the dozens of countries it says have offered support for its position on a case brought by the Philippines over Chinese claims in the South China Sea, saying they are speaking out to uphold justice.
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Title:
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ASEAN retracts South China Sea criticism: Malaysia
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Channel NewsAsia
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Date:
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June 14, 2016
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Description:
- Southeast Asian countries have reversed course on a statement that expressed deep concern over events in the South China Sea, where Beijing is embroiled in territorial rows, Malaysia said on Tuesday, adding that "urgent amendments" would be made.
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Title:
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Asean, China in crucial meet
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Author:
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Estrella Torres
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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June 14, 2016
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Description:
- FOREIGN ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China are holding a two-day emergency meeting in Kunming, the capital and largest city in Yunnan province, to enforce the code of conduct and reduce the level of tensions in the disputed waters of South China Sea that raised concerns in the international community.
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Title:
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China ships stop Panatag flag planting
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Author:
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Evelyn Macairan and Pia Lee-Brago
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 14, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines - Chinese coast guard vessels prevented members of a Filipino nationalist youth group from planting a Philippine flag on a rocky outcrop at the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal last Sunday.
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Title:
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Arab countries support China's stance on S. China Sea
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Author:
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Zhang Pengfei
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Source:
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CCTV
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Date:
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June 13, 2016
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Description:
- China has Arab nations' support in its position on the South China Sea, said experts and scholars from Arab countries when commenting on the unilateral arbitration initiatives by the Philippines.