‘Might is right’ vs ‘Right is might’

Artemio V. Panganiban - @inquirerdotnet 04/25/2021

By swarming the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with more than 200 militia and coast guard ships and by prohibiting our people from fishing in our exclusive economic zone (EEZ), China is imposing the old adage of “Might…

A grave threat to world peace

Antonio T. Carpio - @inquirerdotnet 02/04/2021

What has prevented a third world war are two provisions in the 1945 United Nations Charter. The first provision outlaws the threat or use of force to settle disputes between or among states, while the second provision…

China: Countries outside region should keep off sea row

Julie Aurelio 01/31/2021

MANILA, Philippines — China on Saturday said countries not directly involved in the maritime dispute it had in the South China Sea should “respect” efforts by Beijing and its neighbors to peacefully settle the conflict by themselves…

China unleashes another deadly virus

Antonio T. Carpio - @inquirerdotnet 01/28/2021

China has unleashed another deadly virus into the world—this time a legal virus that can only roil even more the seething dispute in the South China Sea. Last week China approved a new law, to take effect…

China’s hegemony and expansion in SCS

Antonio T. Carpio - @inquirerdotnet 10/15/2020

Last Sept. 22, 2020, China’s President Xi Jinping spoke before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) via video broadcast and declared, “We will never seek hegemony, expansion, or sphere of influence.” Forty-six years earlier on April 10,…

Gov’t must turn into reality Duterte’s assertion of arbitral award

09/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, said the government should “put into reality” President Rodrigo Duterte’s assertion in the United Nations that the Philippines will not compromise its arbitral…

Citing Duterte order, Lorenzana says PH won’t join other navies in South China Sea drills

Frances Mangosing 08/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines—Citing an order by President Rodrigo Duterte, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday (Aug. 3) said that the Philippines would not join the navies of other countries, like the United States, in maritime drills in the…

Scarborough Shoal—a redline

Antonio T. Carpio - @inquirerdotnet 07/23/2020

The core issue of the South China Sea dispute is China’s unlawful claim to maritime areas beyond what the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) allows. Under China’s nine-dash line, five Asean coastal…

In slap on face of PH, China replies to Locsin on tribunal ruling: It’s invalid

Frances Mangosing - Inquirer.net 07/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines—China rejected a Philippine government appeal for compliance with an international ruling that invalidated Beijing’s mythical nine-dash line claim to the entire South China Sea in an act akin to a slap on the face of…

2 carriers in South China Sea, US bares

Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The US Navy revealed on Saturday that two aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea as China staged naval drills that drew “interest and some concern” from the Department of…

Resumption of South China Sea Code of Conduct negotiations to be determined soon—Vietnamese diplomat

06/24/2020

HANOI — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China are expecting to set the time and date for resumption of delayed negotiations on the highly anticipated Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea…

US, Australia navies ‘team up’ in South China Sea amid unrelenting Chinese aggression

Frances Mangosing 04/22/2020

MANILA, Philippines—American and Australian warships have come together in the South China Sea for joint drills, as China continued to aggressively assert its claim of owning the entire area. America Expeditionary Strike Group and @Australian_Navy team up…

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