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Philippines-China WPS Dispute
Topic Started: Jul 15 2012, 02:28 PM (105,115 Views)
Sgt.JCOP
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Omg. History is repeating itself.
During GMA's term, she allowed China to take control of WPS. She followed China's request not to put ships and fighter planes (F-5 decommissioning without replacement). She followed China's call to stop any construction on island.

Now, with Du30, all the same things happening.
It is not simmering the tension. It is re-selling the PH and making us look stnp!d and an laughing stock.
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Defense chief: China militarization in West PHL Sea 'very troubling'

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January 17, 2017

Lorenzana added that some islands reclaimed by China are within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, where China is also a signatory.

He also cited the arbitral case won by the Philippines in July at the Permanent Court of Arbitration that invalidated China's nine-dash claim covering a large portion of the South China Sea.

You said it, Mr. Secretary! :thumbsup:

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MANILA, Jan. 17 (PNA)

"Notwithstanding the warming of relations between our countries, the Philippine Government would be remiss in its duty to protect its national interest if it does not protest, question and seek clarification from China on the presence of weapons in the Spratlys specially so that some of those reclaimed islands are within the Philippine EEZ (exclusive economic zone) according to UNCLOS, which China is a signatory and affirmed by the PCA ruling of July 12, 2016," he noted.

"They (putting of weapons in Spratlys) do not square with the Chinese government's rhetoric that its purpose is peaceful and friendly," he added.

Philippines News Agency
Edited by raider1011, Jan 17 2017, 08:27 PM.
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Most Pinoys want govt to assert rights over West PH Sea, distrust China and Russia - survey
By: Tricia Aquino, InterAksyon.com
January 27, 2017 1:27 PM


MANILA, Philippines -- Most Filipinos believe the government should assert its rights over the West Philippine Sea, in the same way many of them do not trust either China or Russia.

On the other hand, traditional allies United States and Japan still enjoy a lot of trust from Filipinos.

This is according to a Pulse Asia survey conducted from December 6 to 11, 2016 among 1,200 adult respondents across the country. It has a ± 3 margin of error.


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PH reconciliation with China reduced tension in South China Sea, is good for ASEAN
By: Charmaine C. Deogracias, VERA Files
January 31, 2017 12:21 PM


President Rodrigo Duterte’s conciliatory approach toward China has reduced tensions in the South China Sea and is a positive development for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, two foreign policy experts said.

The de-escalation of tensions in the SCS comes as the Philippines assumes chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017, coincidentally also the organization’s 50th anniversary. This de-escalation is likely to have a positive effect on the country’s ASEAN chairmanship and on ASEAN-China ties, said Dr. Tang Siew Mun and Prof. Wang Gungwu.

Tang heads the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore; Wang is a historian and chair of the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore. VERA Files interviewed the two experts separately during a recent visit to Singapore.

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Duterte says China misunderstood Yasay's remarks on South China Sea
By: Martin Petty and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
February 24, 2017 7:30 PM

MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he was not sure why China's commerce minister had canceled a trip to his country, and that Beijing misunderstood his foreign minister's comments about its militarization in the South China Sea.

Duterte said he wanted solid ties with China and there was no urgency in pressing it to abide by last year's arbitration ruling on the Philippines' maritime boundaries and sovereign rights, which went in favor of Manila and infuriated Beijing.

On Tuesday, Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay, the chairman of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), said the region had "grave concerns" about China putting weapons installations on its manmade islands in the Spratlys.

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Excerpts from DND Secretary Lorenzana's speech at the 2017 National Security Outlook posted by rhk111: rhk111 (Twitter)

2017 National Security Outlook

Lorenzana: The very concerning thing is that [China has] several survey ships, surveying for months. One of these was plying Benham Rise

Lorezana: There was a plan by the Chinese in June to reclaim Scarborough Shoal, there were barges already. USA told the Chinese, don't do it

Lorenzana: Balikatan exercises will continue. What was stopped was PHIBLEX in the West PH Sea (and CARAT)

Lorenzana: The problem with the Chinese is that they are cherrypicking the laws that they will follow. For them, might is right.

Lorenzana: I'd like to thank the previous administration for jumpstarting AFP odernization. Now we are using jets, choppers in the South
Edited by raider1011, Mar 9 2017, 01:10 PM.
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Duterte to China: Thank you for loving us
Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 2017 08:17 PM


MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday expressed admiration for China for its help in uplifting the Philippine economy.


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They love you so much that they're checking out Benham Rise now - for free.:lollol:












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Anyone who is a DU30 fanatic, is duty bound to understand other thieves and appreciate what they do. like Bank robbers, they only steal from banks because they LOVE money, Car nappers, they only steal your car because they LOVE it, or Rapist, they only rape your daughters to express their LOVE. So any DU30 fanatic should no longer complain when they are robbed or raped, just let go, and feel the sincerest form of expressing LOVE. If anyone close to you questions this, just remind them, that it is the teaching of your God DU30, and should be taken as Gospel Truth, and therefore should not be questioned. Just Followed.
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China dismisses PH concerns over maritime activities
By: Reuters
March 11, 2017 9:45 AM


China on Friday dismissed concerns expressed by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana over what he believed to be survey missions by its ships deep into the Philippines’ 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

Amid a warming relationship, President Rodrigo Duterte has frequently praised China, but Lorenzana has remained openly suspicious, saying it has continued its fortification of manmade islands inside the Philippine EEZ.

Lorenzana said Chinese ships were monitored in recent months at locations near the Philippines, with a warship spotted 70 miles off its western coast in the South China Sea and survey ships seen to the north and south of its eastern seaboard.

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Activists praise Shahani, who stood vs foreign intervention, China incursion into West PH Sea
By: InterAksyon.com
March 20, 2017 10:14 AM


MANILA, Philippines – Members of the multi-sectoral left-leaning organization Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) has offered its “deepest condolences” to the family of former Sen. Leticia Ramos-Shahani, who passed away early Monday morning after suffering from colon cancer.

Bayan said “Manang Letty was a staunch advocate of an independent foreign policy and what she described as "people's diplomacy" in the assertion of our national interest.”

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