China Asserts Right To Deploy Defense Facilities In Spratlys Island

China

The Government of China spoke on the issue regarding the building of defense in Spratlys Island. CHINA – The Chinese Government expressed its side on the issue regarding the deployment of defense facilities in Spratlys Island. Recently, a news report in Manila Bulletin stated that the government of China asserted its right to deploy defense facilities needed on … Read more

Philippines Ready To Share Oil With China, President Duterte Says

Oil

President Duterte: The Philippines Is Ready To Share Oil Deposits With China On Monday (December 19, 2016), President Rodrigo Duterte said that the Philippines is open in sharing its oil resources with China. The president said that the country is willing to share its oil natural oil resources in the disputed area with China. Duterte … Read more

Duterte Open to Joint Exploration in South China Sea With China

President Rodrigo Duterte has clarification on being open to joint exploration in South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte said he is open to having joint oil exploration with China in the South China Sea, considered as the disputed maritime territories. However, the president clarified on Monday he is not setting aside the ruling on the … Read more

South China Sea Reef Started To Dig Up By Vietnam

South China Sea

Vietnam Started To Dig Up Reefs Of South China Sea Vietnam has started to clean and dig up the reefs of the disputed waters in the South China Sea, which claimed by China as their own. The communist state started move claiming the disputed water in a strategic waterway. The activity of Vietnam on the … Read more

China Is Allegedly Conducting Research On Scarborough Shoal’s Seabed

Research

Oceanographic Research Allegedly Conduct By China On Scarborough Shoal’s Seabed Filipino fishermen said that China was allegedly conducting an oceanographic research on the seabed of Scarborough Shoal. Fishermen have to leave their fishing vessels and transfer to a small service boat to enter the Scarborough shoal at the back, where no Chinese Coast Guard can … Read more

Chinese Vessels Sails Near Disputed Islands, Japan Coast Guard Says

Chinese Vessels

Japan Coast Guard Reports Intrusion Of Chinese Vessels Near Territorial Waters Chinese vessels sailed near into the territorial waters around the disputed island in the East China Sea, reported by Japan’s coast guard. On Saturday (November 12, 2016), Japan’s coast guard reported that it was the second incident where Chinese vessels entered the disputed waters. … Read more

Donald Trump To Meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Next Week

The new US President and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet in New York City. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with Donald Trump in New York City on Thursday before the Japanese official goes to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. According to a security adviser to Trump, the U.S. President-elect … Read more

China Complies Arbitration Rules, New Philippine Ambassador Says

Arbitration Rules

Arbitration Rules Complied By China According To New Philippine Ambassador The new Philippine ambassador to Beijing said that the China complies the Permanent Court arbitration rules on Scarborough Shoal. President Rodrigo Duterte’s academic and political appointee, Jose Santiago Santa Romana said that Beijing ends its blockade of the South China and complies the arbitration rule … Read more

Why Do Filipino Fishermen Keep Going Back To Scarborough Shoal?

Filipino Fishermen

What’s On The Scarborough Shoal That Attracts Filipino Fishermen? Scarborough Shoal is the disputed waters between China and Philippines. What is it in the shoal, why do Filipino fishermen keep going back at the Panatag? Panatag shoal is a rich fishing ground where high-value fish species such as lapu-lapu (grouper), maya-maya (red snapper), and tanigue … Read more