Title:

 Military threat? Envoy says concern over Chinese military plane in PH 'non-sense'

Author:

Dharel Placido

Source:

ABS CBN News

Date:

 June 12, 2018

Description:

MANILA - China’s ambassador to the Philippines on Tuesday dismissed as "non-sense" concern over the landing of a Chinese military plane in the Philippines as critics warned of its implications on Manila’s sovereignty. Malacañang on Sunday confirmed that a plane of China's People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force was cleared for landing at the Davao International Airport after photos spread on social media last week.

Title:

 China says it's allowing Pinoy fishermen in Panatag 'out of goodwill'

Author:

ABS-CBN News

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

June 12, 2018 

Description:

MANILA - Beijing on Tuesday said it was allowing Filipinos to fish in Panatag shoal in the West Philippine Sea "out of goodwill." China's foreign ministry made the statement on Monday after a GMA 7 television report last week showed a cellphone video of Chinese coast guard seizing the catch of fishermen passing by Panatag shoal, located only 124 nautical miles off Zambales province.

Title:

 France challenges Beijing in South China Sea

Author:

Daphné Benoit, Agence France-Presse

Source:

ABS CBN News

Date:

 June 12, 2018

Description:

PARIS - France is increasing its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, sending warships through the South China Sea and planning air exercises to help counter China's military build-up in disputed waters. In late May, the French assault ship Dixmude and a frigate sailed through the disputed Spratly Islands and around a group of reefs that China has turned into islets to push back against Beijing's claim to own most of the resource-rich South China Sea.

Title:

 In surprise summit concession, Trump says he will halt Korea war games

Author:

Steve Holland, Soyoung Kim, Jack Kim

Source:

Reuters

Date:

 June 12, 2018

Description:

U.S. President Donald Trump made a stunning concession to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday about halting military exercises, pulling a surprise at a summit that baffled allies, military officials and lawmakers from his own Republican Party.

Title:

 Malaysia should 'make best use' of Belt and Road, Mahathir says

Author:

YUKAKO ONO

Source:

Nikkei Asian Review

Date:

June 11, 2018

Description:

The new government of Malaysia will continue its "friendly" relationship with China and "make best use" of its initiative to create a 21st-century Silk Road to connect East Asia with Europe, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday.

Title:

 China is Buying Up Ports and Influence Across Europe

Author:

Ronald H. Linden

Source:

The National Interest

Date:

June 10, 2018

Description:

Roughly three thousand years ago, the eastern Mediterranean was dominated by the Mycenaeans, Hittites and the Egyptian empire of Rameses III. Then, in several places at once, an aggressive people of mysterious origins referred to as "the sea peoples," attacked the territories held by these empires. The invaders were defeated, but the reigning powers saw their dominance fatally weakened.

Title:

 Xi, Putin agree to promote greater development of China-Russia ties at high level

Author:

Xinhua

Source:

en.people.cn

Date:

 June 9, 2018

Description:

President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday agreed to promote greater development of China-Russia relations at a high level. The two leaders reached the consensus during talks in Beijing. Putin is on a state visit to China, and he will also attend the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao on Saturday and Sunday.

Title:

 Mahathir builds new order and fresh boundaries a month after victory

Author:

CK TAN

Source:

Nikkei Asian Review

Date:

June 8, 2018 

Description:

A month after sweeping into power, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has moved swiftly to dismantle the legacy of scandal left by the previous government and build a new order for Malaysia, but in doing so, he faces enemies new and old. As his government sinks its teeth into corruption probes, meeting election promises and reducing debt, it has also ventured into unfamiliar territory: wrestling with an increasingly influential China.