Title:

 Long-term benefit

Author:

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Source:

Inquirer.net

Date:

 January 11, 2016

Description:

AS 2015 came to a close, the Aquino administration did one act that will benefit the Philippine economy in the long term: It decided to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) despite the protracted territorial dispute with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea.

Title:

 • Chinese developers continue ‘economic invasion’ in key Philippine urban areas

Author:

Tessa R. Salazar

Source:

Inquirer.net

Date:

 January 9, 2016

Description:

Last week, Inquirer Property revealed pundits’ forecast that the 2016 presidential and national elections would freeze any major real estate activity in the first two quarters of the year. So, with the country going bananas over the ballots in the year of the monkey, what other real estate activities are we to expect?

Title:

 What Type of Great Power Does China Want to Be?

Author:

Robert A Manning

Source:

Yahoo! News

Date:

January 6, 2016 

Description:

For world powers such as the United States, Japan, and their allies, concerns about the rise of China can be traced to one trend: that even as it has integrated itself into the global economy and existing institutions, China has tried to define its role as a major power by creating alternative organizations that challenge the existing regional and global order. A chain of developments in recent months, however —a new Chinese diplomatic activism in the Middle East not least among them — has complicated any judgment of Beijing’s global strategy.

Title:

 2015: A Year of Flying Colors for Pursuing Major-Country Diplomacy with Distinctive Chinese Features

Author:

Speech by Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Source:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Date:

December 12, 2015 

Description:

On 12 December 2015, Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered a speech entitled 2015: A Year of Flying Colors for Pursuing Major-Country Diplomacy with Distinctive Chinese Features at a symposium on international developments and China's diplomacy in 2015 jointly hosted by China Institute of International Studies and China Foundation for International Studies. The full text of the speech is as follows:

Title:

 China and Brunei Decide to Strengthen Maritime Cooperation to Promote Joint Development

Author:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Source:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Date:

 October 11, 2013

Description:

From Oct. 9 to 11, local time, during Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Brunei, the two countries issued the Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and Brunei Darussalam. The two sides decided to further deepen bilateral relations, and agreed to enhance maritime cooperation to promote joint development.

Title:

 Vietnam, Philippines moving toward strategic partnership

Author:

Tuoi Tre News

Source:

Tuoi Tre News

Date:

October 22, 2015 

Description:

Seniors officials of Vietnam and the Philippines have consented to take bilateral relations to the strategic partnership level later this year. Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert Del Rosario made the agreement after the eighth meeting of the Vietnam-Philippines Bilateral Cooperation Committee in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Title:

 • ADB to work with China-backed AIIB: Nakao

Author:

AFP

Source:

Manila Bulletin

Date:

 January 8, 2016

Description:

Manila, Philippines | AFP – The US-backed Asian Development Bank will cooperate with a major new Chinese-led multilateral lending institution and they plan to co-finance projects this year, the ADB’s president said Friday.

Title:

 Joint drills with ASEAN proposed

Author:

Zhang Yunbi

Source:

China Daily

Date:

October 17, 2015 

Description:

State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Chang Wanquan said on Friday that China is willing to hold a joint drill with ASEAN countries to better fulfill the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a major initiative that analysts said will help avoid potential miscalculations on the South China Sea.

Title:

 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China on the Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility of the South China Sea Arbitration by the Arbitral Tribunal Established at the Request of the Republic of the Philippines

Author:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Source:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Date:

October 30, 2015 

Description:

The award rendered on 29 October 2015 by the Arbitral Tribunal established at the request of the Republic of the Philippines (hereinafter referred to as the "Arbitral Tribunal") on jurisdiction and admissibility of the South China Sea arbitration is null and void, and has no binding effect on China.