Scarborough Shoal

23 May 2013

Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It has become a familiar sight...

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Philippines expects to get Japanese patrol boats

12 Feb 2013

The Philippines said on Tuesday it expected to get 10 new Japanese patrol boats within 18 months, as it seeks to boost its maritime defence capabilities amid a deepening territorial row with China...

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Japan to give patrol boats to Manila amid China tensions

11 Feb 2013

Japan plans to donate patrol boats costing US$11 million each to the Philippines, ramping up regional efforts to monitor China’s maritime activity in disputed waters, a newspaper said on Monday....

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Philippines takes China to UN over territorial dispute

22 Jan 2013

Manila has taken China to a UN tribunal to challenge its claim to most of the South China Sea including Philippine territory, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said.

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Philippines to get five French patrol boats

30 Oct 2012

The Philippines will buy five patrol boats from France for about 90 million euros (US$116 million), partly to guard disputed areas in the South China Sea, the coastguard said on Tuesday.

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Chinese minister to start talks with Philippines over disputed island

19 Oct 2012

Vice-Foreign Minister Fu Ying will arrive in Manila today for talks on the territorial dispute over Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, amid rising tension between Beijing and Tokyo over...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Southeast Asian nations tackle maritime security issues

Senior Southeast Asian foreign ministry officials met in the Philippines on Wednesday to try to improve maritime co-operation amid sea disputes that threaten regional stability.

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China urges Philippines to mend relations after island row

Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has told a visiting Philippine envoy that he hopes ties hurt by a territorial row can recover, Xinhua said yesterday.

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Rift in Philippine government over secret China talks in shoal row

A politician once jailed for plotting a military coup has held secret talks with China over a territorial row - a tactic that appears to have backfired amid bitter infighting.

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Heritage zones in Paracels to Protect relics

Heritage protection zones will be set up along the reefs of the Paracel Islands, Hainan's provincial government said yesterday.

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SOUTH CHINA SEA

Preparing for the main event

Amid the manoeuvring and megaphone diplomacy between Beijing and Manila over the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a potential legal time-bomb remains for China - even if the dispute eases.

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Beijing needs to flex its muscles

I am writing concerning the international issue about the Chinese-Filipino diplomatic conflict about the sovereignty of the Scarborough Shoal - Huangyan Island for Chinese.

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