13 July 2019/ Originally Posted at APPFI Pathways President and CEO Prof. Aileen Baviera, Ph.D. was among the two guest speakers in the 2nd Prof. Benito Lim Memorial Lecture Series held last July 13, 2019 at the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center in Intramuros, Manila. The event was organized by the Philippine Association of Chinese Studies (PACS), [...]
Understanding the security threats between the Philippines and China and its different facets were underscored in the 3rd lecture of the Carlos Chan Lecture Series (CCLS). PACS organized two lectures attended by representatives from different government offices and agencies on the topics of “Philippines-China Law Enforcement Cooperation: Achievements and Challenges” and “The Rise of Chinese Maritime [...]
By: Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ / INQUIRER.net / 08:35 AM July 15, 201 MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Sunday responded to President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to propose a plan to enforce the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in favor of the Philippines in its maritime dispute with China in the South China [...]
By Scott Kennedy/ Originally Posted at Washinton Post/ July 2 Minutes after a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, President Trump declared, “I think we’re going to be strategic partners.” This was quite a turnaround from the Trump administration’s standard posture on China. The administration’s National Security [...]
Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com) - June 4, 2019 - 4:20pm MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines could benefit from the escalating US-China tariff battle, as the Southeast Asian country is likely to be among the recipients of trade and investment opportunities as the world’s two largest economies divert imports away from each other to other nations, a global [...]
by Paterno Esmaquel II / Originally Posted at Rappler /10:14 AM, June 21, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Hours before he was held at the Hong Kong airport, former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario slammed the proposed joint Philippines-China investigation of the sinking of a Filipino boat in the West Philippine Sea. "The plan for a joint probe by [...]
by Jerome TAYLOR, Elaine YU /Originally Posted at AFP /June 24, 2019 Hong Kong (AFP) - Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush -- Hong Kongers have displayed a characteristically riotous embrace of satire during their huge anti-government protests. Anger has punctuated much of the historic rallies roiling [...]
BY GREGORY POLING / Originally Posted at Foreign Policy| JUNE 25, 2019, 9:47 AM The Spratly Islands, occupied by five different claimants, are the most hotly contested part of the South China Sea. Thanks to the harbors and supporting infrastructure Beijing constructed on its outposts there over the last five years, most vessels operating around the Spratlys are Chinese. [...]
by Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News Posted at Jun 23 2019 02:59 PM BANGKOK, Thailand -- Southeast Asian leaders have committed to fast-track the completion of an effective code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, in the wake of the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto (Reed) Bank. They made the [...]
by Ivy Ganadillo, Originally published on the StratJournal of Office of Naval Strategic Studies, Philippine Navy China’s gray zone tactics enable China to challenge the existing status quo and rules-based system without employing coercive methods When the lines of aggression blur, maritime agencies should be prepared to operate and respond to different conditions and use to [...]
