"China's dangerous and reckless behaviour in the West Philippine Sea shall be resisted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines," Gilberto Teodoro, Manila's defence minister, said in a statement. "China's actions are the true obstacles to peace and stability in...
In the latest incident, a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday. China’s coast guard said a Philippine supply ship entered waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands that’s p...
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Philippine officials will meet to discuss the South China Sea issue later this week, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told a daily press briefing on Tuesday. The third meeting of the China-Philippines Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM) on the S...
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong and Philippine Foreign Undersecretary Maria Theresa Lazaro co-chaired the meeting. The two sides had a candid and constructive exchange of views on the situation in the South China Sea.At the meeting, China lodged solemn representations with the Philippines...
PRAGUE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Vojtech Filip, vice speaker of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and leader of the Czech Communist Party, said Philippine position is self-contradictory on the South China Sea case. "I am convinced that in this respect the proposed arbitration is extremely premat...
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"The PCG maintains its unwavering commitment to safeguarding maritime security, safety and the marine environment in the course of protecting the territorial integrity, sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea," it sai...
official of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs made it clear that the Philippines had no intention of building any facility on Ren'ai Jiao and it doesn't want to and will not be the first country to violate the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC)...
Mao made the remarks at a regular news briefing when asked to comment on the collision between Chinese and Philippine boats in the South China Sea. Mao said that on March 5, two supply vessels and two Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines, without permission from the Chinese government, intr...
The South China Sea is asemienclosed seain the western Pacific Ocean, spanning an area of almost 3.5 million square kilometers. The South China Sea lies to the south of China, to the west of the Philippines, to the east of Vietnam, and to the north of Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and...