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Marcos Jr.’s China Reset: Friendship As Strategic Anchor Amidst US-Iran War – Analysis The war between the United States and Iran has thrown the global order into deep turmoil. [1]

Modernisation Is Not Enough: The Case for Transforming the Philippine Armed Forces Published The Armed Forces of the Philippines needs a comprehensive transformation in line with the shift in its strategic posture, from internal security to territori... [2]

China’s stated commitment to respecting international law rings hollow as evidence mounts that it is systematically violating the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—a treaty Beijing ratified in 1996. [3]

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China and the Philippines said on Friday they launched rescue operations after receiving reports of a distressed cargo ship near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea which was carrying 21 Philippine crew members. [4]

Sun Lee The latest clash between Chinese and Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal is not an isolated incident but part of a deeply troubling pattern of Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. [5]

MANILA -- The Philippines has demanded that China open Scarborough Shoal to international scrutiny, accusing Beijing of destroying a lagoon's ecosystem. [6]

MANILA -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte that no structures would be built on Scarborough Shoal when the two leaders met last October, Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told reporters Thursday. (confirmed by 2 sources) [7]

Scarborough Shoal has been a flashpoint between the countries since China seized it from the Philippines in 2012/Photo: AFP AFP The Philippines on Sunday accused the Chinese coast guard of attempting to block a Filipino government vessel delivering s... [8]

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[1] MM eurasiareview.com · 2026-03-27 · 65% match

Marcos Jr.’s China Reset: Friendship As Strategic Anchor Amidst US-Iran War – Analysis

Marcos Jr.’s China Reset: Friendship As Strategic Anchor Amidst US-Iran War – Analysis The war between the United States and Iran has thrown the global order into deep turmoil.

[2] TH fulcrum.sg · 2026-03-25 · 65% match

Modernisation Is Not Enough: The Case for Transforming the Philippine Armed Forces

Modernisation Is Not Enough: The Case for Transforming the Philippine Armed Forces Published The Armed Forces of the Philippines needs a comprehensive transformation in line with the shift in its strategic posture, from internal security to territori

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-02-09 · 75% match

Beijing Blatantly Violates International Law in South China Sea

China’s stated commitment to respecting international law rings hollow as evidence mounts that it is systematically violating the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—a treaty Beijing ratified in 1996.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-23 · 75% match

China, Philippines conduct rescue for cargo ship near disputed shoal

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China and the Philippines said on Friday they launched rescue operations after receiving reports of a distressed cargo ship near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea which was carrying 21 Philippine crew members.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-07-01 · 75% match

China’s illegal maneuvers over the South China Sea

Sun Lee The latest clash between Chinese and Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal is not an isolated incident but part of a deeply troubling pattern of Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-20 · 75% match

Philippines calls on China to open Scarborough Shoal to scrutiny

MANILA -- The Philippines has demanded that China open Scarborough Shoal to international scrutiny, accusing Beijing of destroying a lagoon's ecosystem.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-02-24 · 75% match

China promised no building on disputed shoal: Philippines

MANILA -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte that no structures would be built on Scarborough Shoal when the two leaders met last October, Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told reporters Thursday.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-02-26 · 75% match

Philippines accuses China of attempting to block another vessel

Scarborough Shoal has been a flashpoint between the countries since China seized it from the Philippines in 2012/Photo: AFP AFP The Philippines on Sunday accused the Chinese coast guard of attempting to block a Filipino government vessel delivering s

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-09-08 · 75% match

Asia Leaders Tiptoe Around South China Sea Tensions

VIENTIANE, Laos — Asian leaders played down tensions over the South China Sea in a carefully worded summit statement on Thursday, but even before it was issued Beijing voiced frustration with countries outside the region “interfering” in tussles over

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-05 · 75% match

Philippines says China Coast Guard fired water cannon, ‘sideswiped’ govt vessel

TOPSHOT – This handout taken and released on December 4, 2024 by the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) shows a China Coast Guard ship (R) deploying water cannon at the Phillipine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR

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