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Bajo de Masinloc crucial to China’s claim of whole South China Sea
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS, VERA Files (Conclusion) The permanent stationing of three of its ships in Bajo de Masinloc is part of China’s “creeping invasion” of disputed territories in the South China Sea, a high-ranking Philippine government official said. Bajo de … Continue reading
Rebuilding damaged ties with China
Chito Sta. Romana, considered a China expert having lived in China for more than 30 years and worked as Beijing Bureau chief of ABC News, said Philippines-China relations are now at their lowest ebb since the establishment of diplomatic ties … Continue reading
Philippines alone in ASEAN vs China
DFA explains why there was no ASEAN communique: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/44771/why-there%E2%80%99s-no-asean-joint-communique Update:Southeast Asian summit breaks up in acrimony Agence France-Presse Posted at 07/13/2012 2:52 PM | Updated as of 07/13/2012 3:02 PM PHNOM PENH – Days of heated diplomacy ended in failure … Continue reading
Has Aquino thought of PH sovereignty in plan for U.S. spy plane over SCS?
President Aquino committed a major blunder when he disclosed to Reuters his plan to ask the United States to deploy spy planes over the Spratlys in South China Sea to help monitor the area which is being claimed by the … Continue reading
Lessons from Scarborough shoal standoff
Adverse weather situation provided a face-saving exit for both the Philippines and China in the more than two-month standoff over Scarborough shoal, also referred to as Panatag shoal or Bajo de Masinloc by Filipinos and Huangyan island by the Chinese. … Continue reading
Mag rally kaya ang Pilipinong mangingisda sa Scarborough shoal
Sabi ni retired Commodore Rex Robles, sa usapan daw ng mga opisyal ng Philippine Navy, may nagpanukala na total mahilig tayo mag rally, bakit hindi magrally ang mga mangingisda sa Scarborough o Panatag shoal kun saan nag-gigirian ngayon ang Pilipinas … Continue reading
Who will PNoy send to Beijing?
There are two positive things that resulted in the ongoing standoff in the Scarborough Shoal. One is the decision of President Aquino recall the appointment of family friend Domingo Lee as ambassador to China and two, the raising of the … Continue reading
No need to invite China,PHL should bring case to UN
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario is in New York now. The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday released his statement saying,” In pursuing a peaceful settlement of the Scarborough Shoal issue, we fully intend to humbly invite our Chinese friends to … Continue reading
Scarborough shoal again
Update on Scarborough shoal: Statement of Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario April 14, 2012, 6:50 pm.: “As I said earlier, my meeting with Amb. Ma last night resulted in a stalemate. Notwithstanding, Amb. Ma has asked if we could commit … Continue reading
China’s 9-dash line: map without coordinates
Although the two Chinese speakers in the recent forum on the South China Sea organized by the prestigious Carlos P. Romulo Foundation with the Institute of Asian Studies ,did not specifically mentioned their country’s nine-dash-line map in asserting the supremacy … Continue reading
