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Title:
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Chinese report says South China Sea islands expanded 'reasonably'
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Author:
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Reuters Staff
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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December 25, 2017
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Description:
- China has “reasonably” expanded its islands in the disputed South China Sea and this year construction projects there including radar facilities covered about 290,000 square meters (72 acres), according to a new government report. The number was broadly similar to one provided by a U.S. think tank earlier this month.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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India’s Act-East policy can deter Chinese aggression
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Author:
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Vinod Anand
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Source:
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DNA India
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Date:
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December 22, 2017
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Description:
- Recently the ASEAN India Connectivity Summit (AICS) on the theme of “Powering Digital and Physical Linkages” for Asia in the 21st century was held in New Delhi. Since the unveiling of India’s Look East Policy in 1992 and then its transformation into “Act East Policy” in 2014, India has endeavoured to strengthen connectivity to ASEAN in a variety of ways.
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Title:
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Trump and China: 2018 could get nasty
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Author:
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Jethro Mullen
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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December 21, 2017
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Description:
- The United States vs. China was the 2017 trade battle that never materialized. But 2018 could be a different story.
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Title:
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Duterte's deflecting skills will soon not be enough
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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December 21, 2017
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Description:
- The year 2017 was a particularly auspicious one for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in many ways. The controversial Filipino leader, who was elected just a year ago (mid-2016), leveraged Manila's turn as the Asean chair to project himself as a regional power broker.
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Title:
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China donates P5.1 million for Urduja-hit areas
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Author:
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Rappler.com
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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December 20, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – The Chinese government on Wednesday, December 20, donated $100,000 or P5.1 million for those affected by Tropical Depression Urduja (Kai-tak), which battered Eastern Visayas as a tropical storm.
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Title:
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China and Russia slam new US national security strategy
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Author:
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Aljazeera News
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Source:
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Aljazeera News
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Date:
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December 20, 2017
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Description:
- China and Russia have criticised the United States for its new national security strategy that labels both countries as "competitors" challenging American interests. China said on Tuesday the new strategy outlined by US President Donald Trump demonstrated a "Cold War mentality".
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Title:
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Five Takeaways From Trump’s National Security Strategy
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Author:
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Peter Feaver
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Source:
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Foreign Policy
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Date:
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December 18, 2017
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Description:
- President Donald Trump unveils his National Security Strategy (NSS) today in a big set-piece speech at the Reagan Center. There is a lively debate about the utility of these documents among experts and I am squarely on the side of those who argue that they provide an important window into the thinking of an administration. As I explain below, such windows may be especially important for this administration and so this is a document worth studying. Such deeper reflection may change my assessment, but I have a more-positive-than-expected reaction, however, as reflected in five quick takeaways...
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Title:
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US hits China on new SCS structures
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Author:
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Pia Lee-Brago
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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December 18, 2017
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Description:
- Even as the Philippines has belied new Chinese activity in the oil-rich South China Sea, the United States last week called China’s continuing development of islands in the disputed waters “unacceptable.” US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US now has an active mechanism through which Washington and China can put complex issues on the table including the South China Sea row. “And we have differences, such as the South China Sea and China’s building of structures, militarization of these structures, and how that affects our allies in the region as well in terms of free and open trade,” Tillerson said at the 2017 Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum in Washington.
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Title:
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China dismisses ‘hype’ over military buildup
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Author:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Source:
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Inquirer.Net
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Date:
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December 17, 2017
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Description:
- China has defended its construction on disputed islands in the South China Sea as “normal,” after a US think tank released new satellite images showing deployment of radar and other equipment.
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Title:
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In Asia, Trump again finds success overseas easier than at home
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Author:
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James Griffiths
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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November 15, 2017
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Description:
- US President Donald Trump flies home Tuesday after an Asia trip that went off without major incident and generally met critics' low expectations. If the primary purpose of Trump's visits to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines was to shore up relations with those countries and their leaders, the trip can be judged a success, even though actual policy wins were in scant supply.
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Title:
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National Security Strategy of the United States of America
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Source:
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The White House
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Date:
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December 2017
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Description:
- "An America First National Security Strategy is based on American principles, a clear-eyed assessment of U.S. interests, and a determination to tackle the challenges that we face. It is a strategy of principled realism that is guided by outcomes, not ideology. It is based upon the view that peace, securi , and prosperity depend on strong, sovereign nations that respect their citizens at home and cooperate to advance peace abroad. And it is grounded in the realization that American principles are a lasting force for good in the world..."
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Title:
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China angered as U.S. considers navy visits to Taiwan
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Author:
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Michael Martina, Jess Macy Yu
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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December 14, 2017
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Description:
- BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Thursday of interfering in its internal affairs and said it had lodged a complaint after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law an act laying the groundwork for possible U.S. navy visits to self-ruled Taiwan.
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Title:
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Why did Chinese investment in the Philippines stagnate?
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Author:
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Alvin Camba
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Source:
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East Asia Forum
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Date:
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December 12, 2017
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Description:
- Pundits and international relations scholars have often argued that territorial disputes in the South China Sea have prevented increased Chinese investment in the Philippines. But while inter-state relations do matter, the political relations between Beijing and Manila do not solely shape the rise or fall of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Title:
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China's Once Impossible Friendship With The Philippines Hits Another New High
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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December 12, 2017
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Description:
- It looked like harmless progress on the surface, but Manila’s deal this month with Taipei symbolized a broader victory. On December 7, the two Asian governments renewed a bilateral investment agreement. The deal fits with Taiwan’s policy of steering investment toward the booming markets of Southeast Asia and the Philippine goal of bringing in more foreign capital. It’s designed to protect capital from one side parked on the other and forms a “foundation” to “continue strengthening cooperation,” Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement in Taipei.
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Title:
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China Calmed Asian Maritime Dispute in 2017 Without Ceding Sovereignty
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Voice of America
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Date:
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December 11, 2017
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Description:
- China calmed Asia's biggest maritime sovereignty dispute in 2017 by offering aid, investment and the pledge of negotiations with weaker Southeast Asian countries as Beijing's chief nemesis, the United States, kept quiet.
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Title:
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Expert: PH should explore more VFA-type pacts
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Author:
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Roy Mabasa
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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December 10, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines should explore more Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)-type pacts with other countries in Asia Pacific to counter China’s continuing expansion in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS), a security and international studies expert said over the weekend.
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Title:
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Lorenzana wants to reactivate self-reliant defense program
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Author:
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Priam Nepomuceno/PNA
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Source:
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PTV News
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Date:
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December 12, 2018
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Description:
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday underscored the urgent need for the country to revive its Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP) program, given the variety of security threats it is facing.
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Title:
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Duterte's Philippines Economy Beats China's
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Author:
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Panos Mourdoukoutas
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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December 9, 2017
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte may receive poor marks for his human rights record, but he’s doing really well when it comes to the economy, which beats China’s.
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Title:
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Sri Lanka joins China's Belt and Road with operations of Hambantota Port: PM
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Author:
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Editor: pengying
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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December 9, 2017
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Description:
- COLOMBO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that Sri Lanka had joined China's Belt and Road Initiative with the launch of operations at the Hambantota Port through a joint venture between China and Sri Lanka.
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Title:
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China 'gravely concerned' after Philippines inks investment deal with Taiwan
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Author:
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Ian Nicolas Cigaral
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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December 9, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — China on Friday expressed “grave concern” over the recent signing of an investment protection agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China considers a breakaway province with no right to establish diplomatic ties.