Manila's 'wake-up call' is a lullaby back to polarized past
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Manila's 'wake-up call' is a lullaby back to polarized past

China Daily  

This photo taken on May 16, 2024 shows a view at dusk in the South China Sea. The Philippines' recent provocations against China in the South China Sea—amplified by Manila's "transparency strategy" of publicizing every maritime encounter—are framed as "lawful maritime activities". Teodoro's plea for ASEAN to "resist coercion" echoes Washington's playbook of casting China as a hegemon and Southeast Asia as a battleground for ideological camps. Teodoro's lament about the bloc's "absence of unanimity" reveals a fundamental misunderstanding: ASEAN unity is not synonymous with unanimity on every issue, especially those as complex as maritime disputes. The "wake-up call" isn't waking anyone up—it's a lullaby to drag ASEAN back to a polarized past.

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Manila's 'wake-up call' is a lullaby back to polarized past
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Manila's 'wake-up call' is a lullaby back to polarized past

China Daily  

This photo taken on May 16, 2024 shows a view at dusk in the South China Sea. The Philippines' recent provocations against China in the South China Sea—amplified by Manila's "transparency strategy" of publicizing every maritime encounter—are framed as "lawful maritime activities". Teodoro's plea for ASEAN to "resist coercion" echoes Washington's playbook of casting China as a hegemon and Southeast …

Manila should be wary of being a play piece: China Daily editorial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Manila should be wary of being a play piece: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

On Saturday, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army said in an official release that it had warned off a Philippine aircraft, which had illegally entered the airspace over China's Huangyan Island in the South China Sea. That four-nation military exercise, one among a slew of exercises the Philippines conducted with non-regional countries in 10 days near disputed …

Philippines will only be catalyst for crisis acting as a proxy for US' troublemaking: China Daily editorial
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Philippines will only be catalyst for crisis acting as a proxy for US' troublemaking: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr directly felt the backlash from his government's provocative moves in the South China Sea at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on the weekend. In the question-and-answer session after his keynote address at the security forum on Friday, the great lengths Marcos went to in a bid to prevaricate on questions raised by the People's Liberation …

Philippines says it will forge security alliances and stage combat drills despite China’s opposition
10 months ago

Philippines says it will forge security alliances and stage combat drills despite China’s opposition

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Friday, dismissing China’s criticisms of such moves as paranoia. Since territorial hostilities with China surged last year in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration has taken steps …

Provocations at sea: Philippines' intention and approach
1 year ago

Provocations at sea: Philippines' intention and approach

China Daily  

Ren'ai Reef Recently, China and the Philippines have engaged in communication on properly managing the situation at Ren'ai Jiao, but the Philippines has once again reneged on its commitments and complicated the maritime situation. In an interview with reporters a few days ago, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. once again declared that the Philippines' actions in the South China Sea …

Manila's brinkmanship risks overstepping mark
1 year, 1 month ago

Manila's brinkmanship risks overstepping mark

China Daily  

The Philippines' reneging on its recently reached agreement with China that the two sides should properly manage their maritime disputes shows that Manila has no sincerity in saying it seeks to resolve the disputes through negotiations with Beijing. Having claimed it wanted to create favorable conditions for the sound and stable development of China-Philippines relations and expressed its willingness to …

New dawn for Philippine-China relations?
8 years, 9 months ago

New dawn for Philippine-China relations?

Al Jazeera  

When it comes to China, what matters is development and bilateral diplomacy rather than confrontation and deterrence. After three decades of relatively stable bilateral relations, President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines made the unprecedented decision to take China to international court over maritime disputes in the South China Sea. Unlike the outgoing administration, Duterte has openly called for direct talks …

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