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Despite trade signing, disputes abound between US, China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 07:06 AM

The United States and China on Wednesday signed a long-awaited, if partial, deal to ease trade frictions but other disputes abound between the Pacific powers.   Read more »

China's Coast Guard visits PH for week-long visit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:43 AM

The goodwill visit was met by ill will from Filipino netizens who criticized the Chinese Coast Guard's aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

US says China trade deal has no agreement to reduce tariffs

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 15 08:21 AM

The trade truce with China set to be signed on Wednesday does not include a deal to roll back tariffs imposed on most Chinese goods, US officials said in a statement Tuesday.  Read more »

‘Friendly visit’: Manila to welcome Chinese coast guard ship this week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 01:51 PM

A Chinese coast guard ship will visit Manila this week upon the invitation of its Philippine counterpart, the Chinese Embassy said Sunday. Read more »

US, China agree to semi-annual talks aimed at reforms, resolving disputes

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 07:37 AM

The United States and China have agreed to restart semi-annual talks aimed at resolving economic disputes between the two countries, a process abandoned at the start of the Trump administration as a trade conflict between the countries escalated.   Read more »

Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near waters disputed with China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 03:40 PM

Widodo visited Natuna on Wednesday to assert Indonesia's sovereignty over the cluster of islands and the waters around them, after reports Chinese coastguard and fishing vessels had entered Indonesia's exclusive economic zone several times since last month. Read more »

Indonesian military says Chinese vessels left disputed waters

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 06:30 PM

Indonesia stepped up air and sea patrols in the area, and on Wednesday Widodo visited one of the islands to drive home the message that it was Indonesian territory, at which point, his military said, the Chinese vessels quit the area. Read more »

Indonesia's president visits island in waters disputed by China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 04:32 PM

The confrontation began in mid-December when a Chinese coast guard vessel, accompanying Chinese fishing boats, entered waters off the coast of Indonesia's northern Natuna islands, prompting Jakarta to summon Beijing's ambassador. Read more »

Indonesia deploys fighter jets in stand-off with China

Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 07 11:32 PM

Indonesia's air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a stand-off with Beijing after Jakarta protested over a Chinese violation of its exclusive economic zone. Read more »

How Indonesia-China spat could toughen ASEAN stance on code of conduct

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 09:09 AM

In another round of diplomatic exchanges, China's foreign ministry rejected Indonesia's accusations that its coastguard vessels illegally entered Indonesian territory at the Natuna islands, inside Jakarta's exclusive economic zone. Read more »

Majority of Filipinos says ties with US more important than China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 11:41 AM

Majority or 78 percent of Filipinos find the country's ties with the US "more important" is than its relationship with China, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Saturday.   Read more »

SEC rules in favor of Bengzon group in The Medical City row

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 10:43 PM

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sided with the camp of former Health Secretary Alfredo Bengzon in the boardroom battle for control of healthcare group, The Medical City (TMC). Read more »

PH fishing boat damaged by Chinese ship finally repaired and sails again

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 01:44 PM

It took nearly six months to repair, but finally, after getting seriously damaged by a Chinese vessel one fateful night off Reed Bank, the Filipino fishing vessel GEMVER1 has sailed again.   Read more »

US Defense Sec. Esper slams China in meeting with ASEAN counterparts

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 17 11:51 PM

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper rebuked China's behavior in the South China Sea in a meeting Sunday with his Southeast Asian counterparts. Read more »

Vico Sotto may babala sa kompanyang nagpakulong umano sa 'Regent 23'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 02:23 PM

Sa isang Facebook post, idinetalye ni Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto ang kalbaryo ng tinaguriang "Regent 23."  Read more »

Vietnam mulls legal action over South China Sea dispute

James Pearson and Khanh Vu, Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 09:34 PM

Frictions have grown between the two communist-run nations since Beijing in July sent a ship for a months-long seismic survey to an area internationally designated as Vietnam's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but also claimed by China. Read more »

Military planes sa West PH Sea pinutukan ng flares ng mga barkong Tsino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 07:55 PM

Ilang beses nang pinaputukan ng flares ng mga barkong Tsino ang mga sasakyang panghimpapawid ng Pilipinas na rumoronda sa West Philippine Sea, ayon sa opisyal ng militar.  Read more »

PH begins stamping Chinese passports despite ‘propaganda’ sea map

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 12:12 PM

The Philippine immigration bureau announced Wednesday it would resume stamping passports of visiting Chinese nationals, following Manila’s reversal of a 7-year-old policy protesting Beijing’s expansive maritime claim. Read more »

PH has no authority to probe alleged harassment of Liberian-flagged ship by Chinese vessel: Coast Guard

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 06:27 PM

PH Coast Guard Commandant Vice Admiral Joel Garcia said they cannot look into the incident as they have yet to receive a marine protest from the Liberian government.   Read more »

PH urged to remind China to be 'mindful of maritime law'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 09:17 AM

The Philippines should remind China to be "mindful of maritime law," a former envoy said Tuesday after Beijing's Coast Guard supposedly harassed a Filipino-crewed commercial vessel near Scarborough Shoal in late September. Read more »