China FM says 'urgent' steps needed to ease Gaza crisis
BEIJING, China — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday the world must "act urgently" to calm the Israel-Hamas war as he hosted diplomats from Arab and Muslim-majority nations in Beijing.
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‘Stop intrusions at sea to avoid miscalculations’
MANILA, Philippines — Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez yesterday urged China to stop its intrusion in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Philippines to show sincerity that Beijing really wanted to avoid “miscalculations” with the United States.
U.S. diplomat criticizes China for using coercion and intimidation as it presses maritime claims
The top American diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific criticized China on Thursday for using intimidation tactics against other countries in the region to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.
China's top diplomat to discuss Taiwan with US security advisor
BANGKOK, Thailand — China's top diplomat Wang Yi will discuss Taiwan with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during talks in Thailand this week, Beijing said Friday, as the two powers seek to improve relations after years of tensions.
Asean foreign ministers worried by SCS tensions
MANILA, Philippines — Foreign ministers of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc are calling for peaceful dialogue as tensions grow in the South China Sea.
Philippines, US discuss reinforcing cooperation
MANILA, Philippines — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke yesterday with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo about the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea as the two top diplomats exchanged ideas on how to reinforce bilateral cooperation in the coming year.
China vows to keep up military pressure on the Philippines as territorial dispute grows tenser
BEIJING: China's foreign minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea that could involve US forces defending their treaty partner. In a phone conversation Wednesday with his Philippine counterpart, Enrique A Manalo, Wang "warned that if the Philippine side misjudges the situation, goes its own way, or even colludes with ill-intentioned external forces to continue to stir up troubles, China will defend its rights in accordance with law and respond resolutely," the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Return of hard balancing in Philippine policy towards China's maritime expansion in South China Sea
During the second visit to Manila of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on February 2, Filipino and U.S. security officials announced that additional Philippine military facilities would host U.S. forces under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
China to keep pressure on Philippines
CHINA'S Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea that could involve US forces defending its treaty partner.