China lashes out at G7 over statements on maritime security

Associated Press 03/16/2025

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has lashed out at accusations it is endangering maritime safety made by top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies in a joint statement, saying the G7 members are “filled with…

Defense chief warns allies will fight if China restricts flights over South China Sea

Associated Press 03/07/2025

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines and its security allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea, Defense Secretary…

WPS chopper incident: US hits China, vows support to PH

Joyce Ann L. Rocamora 02/20/2025

  MANILA – The United States on Thursday described China’s recent dangerous flight maneuvers against a Filipino aircraft as “reckless” and a “threat” to navigation and overflight in the West Philippine Sea. A People’s Liberation Army Navy…

PH launches comic book to counter China’s ‘disinformation’ in the disputed South China Sea

Associated Press 01/25/2025

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea. The 40-page comic book,…

Vietnam condemns China’s ‘brutal behavior’ in fisher attack

Agence France Presse 10/03/2024

  HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s foreign ministry condemned on Wednesday China’s “brutal behaviour” during a violent attack on Vietnamese fishers in the disputed South China Sea. The 10 fishermen were reportedly beaten with iron bars and robbed…

China pushes rivals’s limits in regional disputes

Agence France Presse 08/31/2024

BEIJING, China — China’s campaign of confrontation, from remote reefs in Southeast Asia to Taiwan and far-flung Japanese islands, is designed to wear down regional rivals competing with it for contested territories, analysts say. Beijing in recent…

Filipino sailors hold the line at flashpoint South China Sea reef

Agence France Presse 08/30/2024

SOUTH CHINA SEA — Sailors aboard two Philippine Coast Guard boats crashed through South China Sea waves, shadowed by Chinese vessels as they attempted to bring desperately needed supplies to colleagues holed up on a ship inside…

Chinese, Philippine ships ‘collided’ in disputed South China Sea, Beijing says

08/19/2024

Beijing, China–Chinese and Philippine vessels “collided” Monday, August 19, 2024,  during a confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing’s state media said, citing the Chinese coast guard. “Despite multiple warnings from the Chinese side,…

Philippines ‘to assert our rights’ after China sea deal

Agence France Presse 07/22/2024

Manila insisted Monday it will continue to “assert our rights” over a hotspot South China Sea reef, after reaching a deal with Beijing for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a grounded warship. The Philippine foreign ministry also…

Philippines, China reach ‘arrangement’ for reef resupply missions

Agence France Presse 07/22/2024

The Philippines and China have agreed on an “arrangement” for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a South China Sea reef, Manila said Sunday, after a series of escalating confrontations in the disputed waters. A remote outpost on…

Philippines won’t invoke mutual defense treaty with US after Chinese confrontation at disputed shoal

06/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines said Friday it has no plan to invoke its mutual defense treaty with the United States after the Chinese coast guard reportedly rammed, boarded and used machetes and axes to damage…

Philippines seeks UN confirmation of its vast continental seabed in the disputed South China Sea

06/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has asked a United Nations body to formally recognize the extent of its undersea continental seabed in the South China Sea, where it would have the exclusive right to exploit resources,…

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