'The narrative that unnamed or unidentified Chinese officials are propagating is another crude attempt to advance a falsehood,' says Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
The Philippines and the United States will collaborate to counter China’s “false narratives” on the West Philippine Sea, Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Wednesday.
In November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release casting himself as a fierce opponent of China. It declared, “Since being elected to the U.S. Senate, Senator Scott has introduced dozens of bills to punish Communist China for its increased military aggression, continued […]
San Salvador, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) The relationship between the People's Republic of China and El Salvador is a historical milestone in developing our country's social, economic, political, and cultural progress, an expert indicated on Monday. The post El Salvador’s relations with China highlighted first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Its getting harder for Bagong Bayan fishermen to reach their catch and Manila to ignore Chinese provocations.
Chinese foreign ministry says the expanded annual exercise Balikatan destabilizes the region.
China earlier said the US-Japan-Philippine trilateral summit 'drives up tensions' in the region
The Biden administration on Friday assured the Philippines anew that the US commitment to the country’s defense is steadfast amid increasing concerns about provocative Chinese actions in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
In a meeting communiqué, G7 foreign ministers expressed their concerns about the situation in the South China Sea and stressed there is no legal basis for China’s expansive maritime claims in the strategic waterway.
IQiyi founder Gong Yu also pointed to estimates that predict about one-fourth of China's population will be considered elderly in 2033.
US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep' Tensions are soaring in waters off China as the US and its close regional ally the Philippines launched expansive joint war drills Monday, not far from hotly disputed maritime areas. At over 16,000 troops, the exercises called the "Balikatan" drills (or "shoulder to shoulder") mark the largest ever conducted between the two allies. "The 2024 iteration is not only the largest but the most complex," Newsweek...
Voting has begun across the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region