New naval base is Philippine military's top priority: armed forces chief
By Manuel Mogato PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippine military's top priority is to build a naval base on the country's western coastline, opposite the disputed Spratly islands,...
View ArticleNew naval base is Philippine military's top priority - armed forces chief
By Manuel Mogato PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippine military's top priority is to build a naval base on the country's western coastline, opposite the disputed Spratly islands,...
View ArticleTesting Beijing, Japan eyes growing role in South China Sea security
TOKYO (Reuters) - Seventy years after its imperial forces were kicked out of the South China Sea, Japan is quietly moving back into the region, forging security ties with the Philippines and Vietnam as...
View ArticleFilipino officials: Despite statements, China island-building in full swing
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — China is pressing ahead with the construction of artificial islands on at least two reefs that are also claimed by the Philippines in an increasingly tense territorial...
View ArticleJapan, Philippines fly planes over disputed waters
Japan and the Philippines flew patrol aircraft near disputed South China Sea waters for a second straight day yesterday, despite Chinese criticism of this week’s air and sea exercises. A Japanese P-3C...
View ArticleJapan, Philippines make second flight near disputed waters
Japan and the Philippines flew patrol planes near disputed South China Sea waters for a second straight day on Wednesday, despite Chinese criticism of this week's air and sea exercises. A Japanese P-3C...
View ArticleJapanese navy drill in the South China Sea may lead to larger role in the region
A tiny military exercise in the Philippines this week may presage something much bigger: the entry of Japan into the tussle for control of the South China Sea. A Japanese surveillance plane and about...
View ArticleJapan navy drill in South China Sea may lead to larger role
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — A tiny military exercise in the Philippines this week may presage something much bigger: the entry of Japan into the tussle for control of the South China Sea. A Japanese...
View ArticleJapan-Philippines drill puts China on notice
By Yuko Mukai / Yomiuri Shiimbun Staff Writer PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — The Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Philippine Navy have carried out a joint exercise using the MSDF’s P-3C patrol...
View ArticleJapan and Philippines defy China by flying patrol planes over disputed waters
Japan and the Philippines flew patrol planes near disputed South China Sea waters for the second straight day today, defying Chinese warnings. A Japanese P-3C Orion and a Philippine navy islander flew...
View ArticlePhilippines holds drills with US, Japan near disputed sea
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AP) The Philippines launched separate naval exercises with the United States and Japan on Monday on an island province facing the disputed South China Sea, displaying...
View ArticlePhilippines steps up drills with U.S., Japan forces near South China Sea
By Manuel Mogato PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippines will hold separate naval exercises with U.S. and Japanese forces this week on a Philippine island that is not far from the...
View ArticleJapan, Philippines monitor China by air in the South China Sea
This week, a Japanese surveillance plane with crew from the Philippines flew over areas of the South China Sea that the two countries are in dispute with China over, Reuters reported. China's expansion...
View Article'We have short memories': Japan unites with former foes to resist China's...
Japan, Philippines and the US are sending a signal to Beijing that they will challenge any attempt to dominate the South China Sea by reclaiming land on Spratley Islands ...
View ArticleJapanese plane circles over disputed S China Sea islands
A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea yesterday at the start of an exercise with the Philippine military that has irked China. According to Japanese and...
View ArticleJapanese plane circles over China-claimed region in South China Sea
By Manuel Mogato PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the...
View ArticleJapanese plane circles over China-claimed region in S.China Sea
By Manuel Mogato PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the...
View ArticleJapan may give planes to Manila for South China Sea patrols: sources
By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan wants to give planes to the Philippines that Manila could use for patrols in the South China Sea, sources said, a move that would deepen Tokyo's...
View ArticlePhilippines to Build New Seaport in the South China Sea
The Philippines will build a new seaport in the South China Sea next year in a bid to push its claim over part of the waters, Philippine officials said, a move that analysts say is likely to provoke...
View ArticleU.S. flies most advanced surveillance plane from Philippines
By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The United States has begun flying its most advanced surveillance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, out of the Philippines for patrols over the South China Sea, the U.S....
View ArticleJust Where Exactly Did China Get the South China Sea Nine-Dash Line From?
First the dotted line on Chinese maps lost two of its hyphens in 1952, when, in a moment of socialist bonhomie with Vietnam, Chairman Mao Zedong abandoned Chinese claims to the Gulf of Tonkin. Then, on...
View Article“License to Kill”
Summary On the afternoon of October 14, 2016, four masked gunmen stormed the Manila home of Paquito Mejos, a 53-year-old father of five who worked as an electrician on construction sites. An occasional...
View ArticleFishing in Troubled Waters: the U.S. “Pushback” Against China’s Claims in the...
On Tuesday, October 27, the U.S. dispatched the USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, into waters China claims as its own in the Spratly Islands archipelago, in the South China Sea. The warship,...
View ArticleChina proceeds with building artificial islands on reefs claimed by Philippines
Despite Beijing saying some work would end soon, construction continues in an increasingly tense territorial dispute near Subi Reef...
View ArticlePhilippine navy describes mysterious buoys with Chinese markings in South...
The Philippine navy recently found a large steel marker bearing Chinese inscriptions and hundreds of yellow buoys in waters near the Reed Bank, an area of the South China Sea where Manila has long...
View ArticleFlying close to Beijing's new South China Sea islands
Last year the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes travelled across the South China Sea in a fishing boat and became the first journalist to observe close-up how China is constructing new islands on coral...
View ArticleAn isolated island watches China’s military ambition with worry
MANILA, Philippines (Tribune News Service) — On a clear night, the Filipinos who live on Pagasa Island — a speck in the vast South China Sea — can see the floodlights from giant Chinese cranes working...
View ArticlePhilippines in US, Japan naval drills amid China sea row
The Philippines Monday began separate but simultaneous naval exercises with the United States and Japan, amid shared and growing concern at Chinese island-building in the disputed South China Sea....
View ArticlePhilippine officials say China island-building in full swing
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AP) — China is pressing ahead with the construction of artificial islands on at least two reefs that are also claimed by the Philippines in an increasingly tense...
View ArticleManila finds marker with Chinese writing, buoys in disputed waters: sources
By Manuel Mogato PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippine navy recently found a large steel marker bearing Chinese inscriptions and hundreds of yellow buoys in waters near the Reed Bank,...
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