Tag: South China Sea

China’s actions in South China Sea patently illegal, Philippine Defence Ministry says

August 26, 2024 admin

This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on August 25, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows a Chinese coast Guard ship (right) in a collision with the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday, near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea….

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China says it rescued ‘personnel’ after Philippines collision

August 25, 2024 admin

Representational image of a fisherman raising a Philippine flag on his boat in the South China Sea | Photo Credit: | Photo Credit: AP China’s coast guard said it rescued Filipino “personnel” who fell overboard on Sunday (August 25, 2024) after a Philippine vessel collided with one of its ships near a disputed shoal in…

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Philippine Vessel “Deliberately” Collided With Chinese Vessel: Beijing

August 19, 2024 admin

Two Philippine Coast Guard vessels “illegally intruded” into waters adjacent to Sabina Shoal (file) Beijing, China: China’s Coast Guard said a Philippine vessel that had ignored its repeated warnings “deliberately collided” with a Chinese vessel in an “unprofessional and dangerous” manner in the disputed South China Sea, according to statements on Monday. A short video…

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Philippines protests Chinese air force jets’ firing of flares in the path of patrol plane

August 13, 2024 admin

The Chinese air force jets’ hostile actions against the Philippine military’s transport plane on Thursday (August 8, 2024) over the Scarborough Shoal was the first such aerial encounter since high-seas hostilities between Beijing and Manila | Photo Credit: AFP The Philippine government said Tuesday (August 13, 2024) it has filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing…

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Philippines says China air force harassed its plane over disputed reef

August 10, 2024 admin

“We sternly warn the Philippines to immediately stop its infringement, provocation, distortion and hype,” Southern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army statement said. File | Photo Credit: AP The Philippine military on Saturday accused China’s air force of “dangerous and provocative actions” against one of its planes patrolling over a disputed South China Sea…

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Lines Of Communication Through South China Sea Critical For Peace In Indo-Pacific Region: S Jaishankar

July 27, 2024 admin

China claims most of the South China Sea as its own. Vientiane (Laos): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday stressed the need for a substantive and effective code of conduct to secure sea lines of communication in the South China Sea which he said are critical for peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific region,…

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Top diplomats from ASEAN , U.S., China meet to discuss Myanmar crisis, maritime disputes

July 27, 2024 admin

Top officials pose for a group photo at the 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Saturday, July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Top diplomats from Southeast Asia convened on July 27 in the Laotian capital with their powerful dialogue…

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Top China, U.S. diplomats to meet at SE Asia Foreign Minister talks

July 23, 2024 admin

Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers gather in Laos this week for talks on the disputed South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar, with top diplomats from China and the United States slated to meet on the sidelines. The three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starts in the capital Vientiane on…

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Philippines ‘cannot yield’ in territorial disputes: Marcos

July 22, 2024 admin

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. | Photo Credit: AP The Philippines “cannot yield” in territorial disputes, President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday, after a series of escalating confrontations with Beijing in the South China Sea. Manila is locked in a longstanding territorial row with Beijing over parts of the strategic waterway through which trillions of…

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China and the Philippines reach deal in effort to stop clashes at fiercely disputed shoal

July 21, 2024 admin

China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said Sunday. The Philippines occupies Second Thomas Shoal but China also claims it, and increasingly hostile clashes at sea have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the…

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