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...
The Philippines has sought support from the United States, which appears to be distancing itself from regional tensions to avoid jeopardising the trust between Washington and Beijing. China's attitude towards maritime issues has changed, allowing room for discussion. The author opines that China's ...
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...
"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...
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 Indonesia. The South China Sea is a crucial shipping lane, a rich fishing ground, home to a highly biodiverse coral reef ...
"Calling China coast guard vessel. You are transiting inside Philippine territorial sea," the Philippine pilot radios back. "Request identify yourself and state your intention to prevent misunderstanding," he said. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China ...
A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s response, including new international lawsuits.
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...
Within just a few hours, the window of one Philippine boat would be shattered by water cannon and four sailors aboard would be injured. China’s determination to assert its disputed sovereignty over the entirety of the vast South China Sea has sparked increasing clashes with its neighbors i...