By: Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ INQUIRER.net / 08:33 PM January 16, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, an accord which seeks to prevent the escalating of tensions in the disputed waterway, “has been steadily moving forward,” China’s top diplomat to the Philippines said. Speaking before guests [...]
Originally Posted at NISCS On 11 November 2019, the 5th program of China-ASEAN Academy on Ocean Law and Governance kicked off in Haikou, Hainan Province. The Academy is co-organized by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS), China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea(CSARC) and International Ocean Institute-Canada (IOI-Canada). The ten-day program [...]
by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III/ November 15, 2019/ Originally Posted at the Diplomat Growing aid, trade, and diplomatic outreach and rumored interest in securing bases heighten worries about China’s expanding footprint in the Pacific. But while Pacific island states are not naïve to growing great power competition, they do not necessarily share the same level of [...]
By Sherisse Pham and Jill Disis, CNN Business November 5, 2019 Hong Kong (CNN Business)China's central bank on Tuesday trimmed a key interest rate for the first time since it was introduced three years ago, a move that could pave the way for more policy action as the country tries to protect its slowing economy. Meanwhile, Asian markets broadly advanced as [...]
Published October 8, 2019 8:58pm By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News The Philippine government will keep its hands off of the political crisis in Hong Kong, a geopolitical analyst said on Tuesday In a public forum, Dr. Rommel Banlaoi said the Philippines would only focus on protecting the estimated 150,000 OFWs and business interests of Filipino entrepreneurs [...]
Duterte's latest visit to China will look to accelerate cooperation on infrastructure As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte embarks on his fifth visit to China, analysts expect the countries will speed up their cooperation, especially on infrastructure development. China remains a crucial source of funding for the Philippines' flagship infrastructure projects, a key component in the Southeast [...]
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 [...]
