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Title:
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Backgrounder: Facts about Philippines' illegal occupation of China's Nansha Islands
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Author:
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Huaxia
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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May 3, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines has long pinned its hopes on the international community to woo sympathy for its groundless claim for some of China's islands in the South China Sea.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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Factbox: Facts about China's Ren'ai Reef, Philippines' lies on warship grounding on
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Author:
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Huaxia
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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April 30
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Description:
- The Ren'ai Reef, a ring reef among China's Nansha Islands, is 15 kilometers long from north to south, and 5.6 kilometers wide from west to east. As part of the South China Sea, the Ren'ai Reef has been part of the Chinese territory since ancient times.
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China trains 'fishing militia' to sail into disputed watershttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-fishingboats-idUSKCN0XS0RS
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Author:
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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April 30
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Description:
- The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into the disputed South China Sea.
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Title:
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South China Sea: Itu Aba Might Be Key to Philippines v. China
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Author:
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John Ford
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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Description:
- A decision is expected next month in the case of Philippines v. China, currently before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. While we do not know what the court will rule it does seem how the Court decides to dispose of the issue of Itu Aba will be critical in deciding what the real world impact of the case is.
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Title:
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Asia’s New Battlefield: The Philippines’ South China Sea Moment of Truth
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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April 29, 2016
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Description:
- A specter is haunting Asia—the specter of full Chinese domination in the South China Sea. Latest reports suggest that China could soon move ahead with building military facilities on the Scarborough Shoal, a contested land feature it has occupied since 2012. This would allow China, according to a Mainland source, to “further perfect” its aerial superiority across the contested waters.
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Title:
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One President Away From Disaster
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Author:
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Greg Rushford
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Source:
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Foreign Policy
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Date:
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April 29, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines offers one of the world’s most heartening economic success stories. Once the “sick man” of Southeast Asia, the country has recently become one of the fastest-growing economies in the region. Over the past six years its annual GDP growth rate has been above six percent.
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Title:
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China denies U.S. aircraft carrier Hong Kong port visit
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Author:
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Jennifer Rizzo, Brad Lendon, Adam Levinne, and Zahra Ulah
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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April 29, 2016
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Description:
- China has denied a U.S. aircraft carrier entry into a Hong Kong port, according to Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban.
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Title:
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Philippine presidential front-runner could hinder US military ties
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Author:
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Wyatt Olson
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Source:
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Stars and Stripes
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Date:
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April 28, 2016
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Description:
- U.S.-Philippines military relations that have flourished under President Benigno Aquino III would likely weaken if Philippine presidential front-runner Rodrigo Duterte is elected.
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Title:
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Nansha Islands, Huangyan Island have never been Philippine territory
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Author:
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Zhang Tao
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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April 27, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Historical records have proved that the Nansha Islands and the Huangyan Island have never been Philippine territory.
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Title:
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South China Sea dispute 'not a China-ASEAN problem'
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Author:
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Lindsay Murdoch
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Source:
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Sydney Morning Herald
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Date:
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April 25, 2016
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Description:
- Bangkok: Chinese diplomatic pressure has forced a formal split in the Association of South-East Asian Nations over how the 10-member group responds to Beijing's claim to almost all of the South China Sea. The announcement by China's foreign ministry that it has reached a four-point consensus with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos follows a flurry of Chinese moves that appear aimed at pre-empting a ruling expected within weeks by a United Nations-backed tribunal on Beijing's claims in the flashpoint waters expected within weeks.
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Title:
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The AIIB and the NDB: The End of Multilateralism or a New Beginning?
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Author:
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Jonathan Dove
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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April 26, 2016
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Description:
- Multilateral cooperation over the past decade has taken a steep downward turn. From the final demise late last year of the World Trade Organization’s protracted Doha Round of multilateral talks, to the growing proliferation of regional and sectoral trade deals, world powers seem either unable or unwilling to seek common ground like they used to. Indeed, there appears to be a growing universal aversion to the post-World War II forums for negotiation and agreement, which seem mired in bureaucracy and stasis.
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Title:
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SCARBOROUGH SHOAL: A RED LINE?
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Author:
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Jay Batongbacal
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Source:
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Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
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Date:
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April 25
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Description:
- As U.S. defense secretary Ashton Carter visited the Philippines at the end of the annual Balikatan military exercises between the Philippines and the United States, anxiety was quietly building over the possibility that China would create a new artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, very close to Manila. Such an undertaking would come as the Philippines experiences a transition in political leadership via presidential elections in May.
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Title:
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ASEAN Is Looking Like A 'China 2.0 Play'
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Author:
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Harry G. Broadman
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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April 25, 2016
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Description:
- Even before the Chinese economy’s long-standing serious structural problems were exposed over the last couple of years, investors started to wake up to the reality that other countries in East Asia are increasingly attractive destinations—perhaps, in some cases, as alternatives to China.
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Title:
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PH fishermen put up fight vs China
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Author:
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Allan Macatuno
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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April 24, 2016
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Description:
- SUBIC, Zambales—Filipino fishermen last week fought off a Chinese Coast Guard vessel that was driving them away from the Scarborough Shoal, according to a crew member of a fishing vessel that had just arrived from the shoal.
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Title:
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China to build floating nuclear power plants in South China Sea
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Author:
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L. Todd Wood
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Source:
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Washington Times
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Date:
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April 24, 2016
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Description:
- China is planning to construct up to 20 floating nuclear power plants for remote locations, including the South China Sea, where China has been building man-made islands that could threaten freedom of navigation in the area. Although the build up of infrastructure in these vital shipping lanes is ostensibly for civilian purposes, the projects could easily mask a military agenda.
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Title:
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New air contingent in Philippines will bolster relations but could aggravate China
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Author:
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Phillip Swarts
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Source:
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Air Force Times
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Date:
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April 23, 2016
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Description:
- Amid heightened tensions with China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the Air Force sent an air contingent to Clark Air Base in the Philippines April 16.
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Title:
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Chinese FM: 'Dual-track' approach offers practical solution to South China Sea issue
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Author:
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CCTV.com
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Source:
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CCTV.com
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Date:
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April 22, 2016
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Description:
- Homepage > China Video Chinese FM: 'Dual-track' approach offers practical solution to South China Sea issue CCTV.com 04-22-2016 12:40 BJT Share this: Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on sinaweiboShare on email Font size: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has spoken on the South China Sea at a press conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. Wang said that both China and Brunei are the littoral states of the South China Sea, and that ensuring stability in the region is in the interests of both countries.
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Title:
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China Edging Closer to Accepting TPP Reality
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Author:
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Saibal Dasgupta
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Source:
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Voice of America
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Date:
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April 22, 2016
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Description:
- After nearly three years of concentrated efforts to counter the U.S.-sponsored Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and build an alternative trade block, China is now seriously considering the possibility of joining the TPP regime.
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Title:
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China dissatisfied with British South China Sea comment
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Author:
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China.org
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Source:
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China.org
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Date:
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April 21
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Description:
- China is strongly dissatisfied with senior British official Hugo Swire's comment on the South China Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Wednesday.
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Title:
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Phl Deputy Speaker Calls For Peaceful Resolution Of South China Sea Issue In Moscow Conference Of Parliamentarians; Cites Role Of Legislature In Building Closer Ties
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Author:
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DFA
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Source:
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DFA
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Date:
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April 21, 2016
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Description:
- Deputy Speaker Giorgidi B. Aggabao told a gathering of parliamentary leaders from Europe and Asia that the Philippines is committed to the peaceful settlement of the conflicting claims in the South China Sea in accordance with international law at the First Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments in Moscow on April 19.