China asserts its claim in the contoroversial artificial island, the Fiery Cross Reef located in the Spratlys by allowing the first group of tourists to visit the island which was reclaimed by China for the past few years. According to a Hong Kong news outlet, a Hainan Airlines plane carried the civilian visitors to the … Read more
The Philippine national government will protest China’s landing a plane on an airstrip it has built on an artificial island, the Fiery Cross Reef (Kagitingan Reef), which was claimed by China, Philippines, and Vietnam. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed the activities of China in an artificial island in the hotly contested Spratly archipelago. … Read more
One of the country’s leading authority in international laws, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio called on the nation Thursday to make the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China an issue in next year’s national elections. According to the revelations made by Justice Carpio, China continued to build a “triangle of military bases,” in the … Read more
China completes their first-ever airstrips in the disputed South China Sea and may soon carry out military air patrols over the West Philippine Sea following the completion of its airstrip at Fiery Cross Reef. The news was revealed to the media by IHS Jane’s Defense. According to IHS Jane’s Defense, surveillance photos taken by Airbus Defense … Read more
The Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command revealed on Tuesday that there is no truth to China’s earlier statement that it has stopped its reclamation activities over the disputed West Philippine Sea. According to an official statement released by Western Command head Vice Admiral Alexander Lopez said that China is still conducting construction activities … Read more
The powerful China national government claimed that they already halted their land reclamation in the hotly-contested South China Sea on their bid to defuse the escalating war of words over Asia’s most controversial islands. They insisted on efforts to promote peace and stability in the area. In an interview with international reporters during the sidelines … Read more
