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 [...]
