BEIJING | Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:48am EDT (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tensions over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese …
Read more »Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial rift with the Philippines, officials in Manila said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vietnam protested a Chinese state oil company’s invitation for bids for …
Read more »MANILA, Philippines – Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial rift with the Philippines, officials in Manila said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vietnam protested a Chinese state oil company’s invitation …
Read more »By Bloomberg News – 2012-06-27T17:00:01Z Vietnam’s state-run oil explorer warned China to halt efforts to develop disputed areas of the South China Sea that Hanoi’s leaders have already awarded to companies including Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and OAO Gazprom. Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, also known as PetroVietnam, will ask China National Offshore Oil Corp., …
Read more »Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, Philippines officials say. PHILIPPINES Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the government would ask China why six Chinese fishing boats and 17 smaller dinghies returned to the lagoon …
Read more »China on Monday exhorted the Philippines not to exacerbate the situation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) by setting up a kindergarten school on one of the Spratly Islands. According to a report on the Chinese government’s web portal, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reiterated that China has “indisputable sovereignty” over the Nansha Islands and its …
Read more »MANILA, Philippines — China has withdrawn its boats from the lagoon of a tiny South China Sea shoal following an agreement with the Philippines that at least temporarily eased the countries’ territorial dispute, officials in Manila said Monday. The Philippine government pulled out its two vessels from Scarborough Shoal on June 15, and President Benigno …
Read more »MANILA, Philippines — China has withdrawn its boats from the lagoon of a tiny South China Sea shoal following an agreement with the Philippines that at least temporarily eased the countries’ territorial dispute, officials in Manila said Monday. The Philippine government pulled out its two vessels from Scarborough Shoal on June 15, and President Benigno …
Read more »By M. TAYLOR FRAVEL The standoff between China and the Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal, which has lasted for more than two months, may be winding down. On Monday, the Philippines announced that all boats had left the shoal’s lagoon. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that “the overall situation in the waters around Huangyan …
Read more »by Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt AFP/Getty Images Chinese fishermen unload the last of their catch for the season as fishing boats arrive back in Qionghai, southern China’s Hainan province on May 16. The Philippines and China have both imposed fishing bans in the South China Sea where the two countries have been involved in a tense territorial …
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