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PH should not be driven by US-China interest - analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 11:01 AM

The Philippines should not be driven by the interests of rival superpowers United States and China, a political analyst said Wednesday. Read more »

US-China relationship back on rocky path

Shaun Tandon and Leon Bruneau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 01:12 PM

The United States and China thought they had a narrow window to improve relations. It may now have closed. Read more »

US in pressure campaign to stop China from arming Russia

Léon Bruneau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 06:27 AM

The US is 'confident' that China is considering providing lethal materiel to support the Russian forces invading Ukraine, senior officials said. Read more »

US, China discuss relations, war in Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 02:21 PM

US Secretary of State Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the rivalry between the 2 superpowers and Russia's war in Ukraine. Read more »

Marcos: We don't have a territorial conflict with China

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 12:40 PM

'The Philippines' take is that we have no territorial conflict with China.' Read more »

US OKs ban on Xinjiang imports amid forced labor claims

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 17 03:08 PM

The US Congress gave its final stamp of approval to forced labor legislation to ban imports from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in China, clearing the bill’s way to the White House where US President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Who are the new Chinese diplomats in US?

Shi Jiangtao and Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 06 01:19 PM

China and the US have been at loggerheads on almost all fronts, but with tensions continuing into the Joe Biden presidency, where is the relationship heading? The South China Morning Post looks at how a new generation of Chinese diplomats will handle Beijing’s relations with Washington. Read more »

US meetings with ASEAN will include China concerns, but no call to pick sides

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 03 09:29 PM

The United States will raise concerns about China’s human rights record and “coercion” in the South China Sea during ministerial meetings with Southeast Asian countries this week, yet will not force countries in the region to pick sides in the ongoing US-China spat, a senior US official said on Monday.   Read more »

China, US draw lines in the sand at top-level meeting but agree to keep talking

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 27 12:50 PM

In rare high-level talks on Monday, Chinese and American officials laid out each of their grievances in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin but agreed on the need to keep talking.   Read more »

US bolsters presence in South China Sea with amphibious assault ship

Sarah Zheng and Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Apr 09 12:46 PM

The United States has further stepped up its military presence in the South China Sea, reportedly sending an amphibious assault vessel to the disputed waters amid heightened tensions in the region.   Read more »

China, US send warships into disputed waters as tensions rise over Julian Felipe Reef

Sarah Zheng and Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 06 01:19 PM

US aircraft carrier strike group entered South China Sea and a destroyer was in East China Sea, while Chinese carrier transited through Miyako Strait near Japan. It comes amid a deepening dispute between Beijing and Manila over the presence of Chinese boats at a reef in the Spratly Islands.  Read more »

PH sends more Navy ships to West PH Sea, but not in reef where Chinese militia ships seen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 02:00 PM

The Armed Forces, however, said they cannot deploy their Navy ships to the reef because China's maritime militia vessels were supposedly considered civilian in nature.    Read more »

Think tank urges China to withdraw militia fleet from PH waters, warns of global security risks

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 04:43 PM

MANILA - A Philippine-based think thank has urged China to withdraw its "uninvited" maritime militia vessels moored on Philippine waters, describing the move as a risk to regional peace and stability.  Read more »

China's 'continuing infringements' negate its commitments under int'l law, ASEAN pact: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 08:29 PM

China's "continuing infringements" in Philippine territory despite "resolute protests" by Manila are "contrary" to its "commitments under international law" and an agreement it forged with Southeast Asian nations, the Philippines' foreign ministry said Tuesday.   Read more »

'We stand with the Philippines': US slams presence of Chinese militia vessels in West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 12:11 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) — The United States on Tuesday expressed concern over the presence of Chinese militia vessels in Philippine waters, noting that their appearance was meant to “intimidate and threaten” the country and undermine regional stability.    Read more »

Washington confirms direct engagement between US and Chinese diplomats

South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 10 01:15 PM

The White House has confirmed that Chinese and US diplomats are “directly engaged” in talks, in response to questions over an exclusive report in the South China Morning Post that plans are afoot for a senior level meeting in Alaska. Read more »

‘China’s military must spend more’ to meet US war threat

Jun Mai, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 09 01:18 PM

General Xu Qiliang, second in command of the armed forces after President Xi Jinping, said the spending was necessary to prepare the country for the “Thucydides trap”, the idea that conflict is inevitable when one power rises to displace a great one.   Read more »

US to ban TikTok downloads, WeChat use

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 09:34 PM

The move, to be implemented Sunday, comes amid rising US-China tensions and efforts by the Trump administration to engineer a sale of TikTok to American investors. Read more »

China says US biggest threat to peace in South China Sea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 11:14 AM

China accused the US of becoming "the biggest driver of militarization" in the contested South China Sea, as tensions between Washington and Beijing look set to swamp a regional Asian summit. Read more »

US-China tensions set to dominate Southeast Asia summit

Tran Thi Minh Ha and Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 12:15 PM

US-China rivalry is set to dominate discussions as the foreign ministers of 10 Southeast Asian countries begin an online summit Wednesday, with Washington's top diplomat ready to take aim at Beijing's "bullying" in the South China Sea.   Read more »