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China tightening grip on Spratlys; merge threads, updates
Topic Started: Jun 25 2012, 06:46 PM (30,267 Views)
asianobserve
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Andres Boning
Sep 7 2016, 05:40 PM
@asianobserve,

I agree with you Bro! But the problem is our Leader, he would rather assert PH Sovereignty to Pres. Obama than to China, he is not into antagonizing China, he would rather curse our No.1 ally, than China.. Don't you think it's odd? :dunno:

So, braise yourself, I don't think we'll see any kind of movements here.. the only movements that we may see most likely are China's dredging, in Scarborough Shoal.. :headbang:
As you can see, they are much more busy with their Insurgency and Anti-Drug Play.
I'm 100% with you. He is a very dangerous communist sympathizer and a diplomatic train wreck.

He is a walking and cursing study of a confused character, or worse a sociopath or psychopath. He does not know where our strategic interest lies. He insults our closest ally and bow to our worst enemy. His craziness knows no bounds. And we have to live with him for the next 5+ years? It's a slow motion national nightmare!
Edited by asianobserve, Sep 8 2016, 08:59 AM.
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pachador
Sep 7 2016, 03:04 PM

well, none of my neighbors or officemates are angry about duterte. they are just wondering if he is just crazy :)





"Who is the greater fool? The fool himself or the one who follows the fool?"



Let's change fool with crazy and be done with it. It scares me that you're surrounded by them. As for me, I have another agonising day listening to my SOB American associates rant about Duterte for the 3rd straight day and watch my Filipino subordinates bow their browbeaten heads... again. Crazy over-reacting Americans!

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Gents,

Even though I sympathize with your views, please limit your ranting about President Duterte just to the one thread President Duterte's Dynasty in the politics section, in order not to derail this topic with endless rants.



Pachador, Hong Nam,

Please try to stick to topic. This tangent about each other's "brow-beating" is detracting away from the main topic of the thread.

And please remain CIVIL in your discussions. Attack the ARGUMENT, not the person. I will not tolerate personal attacks.

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Edited by MSantor, Sep 8 2016, 12:24 PM.
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More about the joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises already mentioned in another thread.

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'Seizing, controlling' islands, shoals focus of Russia-China war games in South China Sea
By: Agence France-Presse | InterAksyon.com
September 12, 2016 3:08 PM

BEIJING - The war games in the South China Sea between China and Russia will include a focus on "seizing and controlling" islands and shoals, Chinese Navy spokesman Liang Yang said in a statement, as the joint exercises were set to begin Monday (Sept. 12).

Beijing's defense ministry announced the preparations on the drills, in an apparent show of force after a UN tribunal invalidated China's extensive claims in the area in a landmark ruling issued July 12 on a case brought by the Philippines.

The eight-day joint exercises will involve surface ships, submarines, fixed-wing aircraft, ship-borne helicopters, marine corps and amphibious armoured equipment from both navies, the Chinese officer said.


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Typical. :headbang:

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Dredge report: firm that built China's artificial islands in South China Sea gets PHL deal
By: Agence France-Presse
October 27, 2016 1:42 AM


BEIJING - A Chinese state-owned company said to have been involved in Beijing's island-building in the South China Sea signed a deal to construct islands for rival claimant the Philippines as its President Rodrigo Duterte visited last week, reports said.

CCCC Dredging will create four artificial islands totalling 208 hectares of reclaimed land in Davao, the port city on the southern island of Mindanao where Duterte was mayor, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

The islands will spread along eight kilometers of coastline and be used for government buildings, commercial spaces, residences, ports and industry in a project to be completed by 2019, it added.

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China to carry out more military drills in South China Sea
By: Ben Blanchard, Reuters
October 26, 2016 6:36 PM

BEIJING - China will carry out military drills in the South China Sea all day on Thursday, the country's maritime safety administration said on Wednesday, ordering all other shipping to stay away.

China routinely holds drills in the disputed waterway, and the latest exercises come less than a week after a US navy destroyer sailed near the Paracel Islands, prompting a warning from Chinese warships to leave the area.


The maritime administration gave coordinates for an area south of the Chinese island province of Hainan and northwest of the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, but controlled by China.

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China says latest South China Sea drill was normal search and rescue exercise
By: Ben Blanchard, Reuters
October 27, 2016 6:45 PM

BEIJING - China's latest drill in the South China Sea was a normal search and rescue exercise, the defense ministry said on Thursday, less than a week after a US navy destroyer sailed near the Paracel Islands, provoking a warning from Chinese warships to leave.

China routinely holds drills in the busy waterway, where Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have rival claims.

The search and rescue exercises were being conducted off the coast of the island province of Hainan and were regular drills forming part of annual plans, a defense ministry spokesman, Wu Qian, told a monthly news briefing, but gave no further details.

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Pinoy fishermen say they can fish in Scarborough Shoal again

filipino fishermen claim they have been fishing in Scarborough Shoal these past few days without being harassed or blocked by the Chinese Coast Guard.

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Pinoy fishermen say they can fish in Scarborough Shoal again

filipino fishermen claim they have been fishing in Scarborough Shoal these past few days without being harassed or blocked by the Chinese Coast Guard.

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Infanta fishermen who just arrived from #PanatagShoalPH are reporting that the China Coast Guard vessels are no longer blocking them. They were allowed to fish but they also saw several Chinese fishing boats who were harvesting corals and giant clam shells - both prohibited under PH law.

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