Understanding the South China Sea standoff through the Filipino Media

Source: NewMatilda.com

China is now Australia's largest trading partner. Western Australia's Premier is right to point out that: "… of the 60,000 new jobs created in Australia over the past 12 months, 50,000 were in WA, which now accounted for 70 per cent of ...
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China now accepting Philippine bananas

Source: GulfToday.ae

MANILA: Chinese officials are now allowing the entry of Philippine banana exports which were reportedly banned due to the two-month territorial standoff between the two countries over the Scarborough Shoal ...
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Taiwan Ex-Premier Elected Head of Opposition Party

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Jenny W. Hsu TAIPEI—Following the election of former Premier Su Tseng-chang as the head of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party on Sunday, the focus is now on how the new leader plans to improve the party's l ...
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Playing Rush Holt's Jeopardy #2

Source: BlueJersey.net

I'd like to say that the pollster got every question played in the first category of last weekend. But I can't. Although the pollster is undoubtably brilliant, her answers were not phrased in the form of a question. All this weekend we're posting questi ...
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Palace: Sonia Brady will sail through appointment process

Source: Inquirer

Malacañang is confident that newly appointed Ambassador to China Sonia C. Brady, a career diplomat, will not have a rough time in the Commission on Appointments (CA) unlike previous nominee Domingo Lee. “We don’t want to sound ...
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China’s expanding core

Source: Livemint.com

The Senkaku Islands, located to the west of Okinawa in the East China Sea and currently uninhabited, were incorporated into Japan by the Meiji government in 1895. At one time, there were regular residents working at a bonito-d ...
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Leon Panetta: A Crippling Cyber Attack Would Be ‘Act of War’

Source: ABC News

I sat down with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for a “This Week” interview and we discussed the growing threat from China. Read our exchange on the cyber threat from China and check out our complete conversation in the web-only video ...
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U.S. on a Collision Course with China?

Source: Real Clear World

SHANGHAI -- The Soviet Union is gone, al-Qaida is decimated, and Iran may never acquire nuclear weapons. But don't get too relaxed. If you're looking for reasons to be anxious about world peace, China offers an abundance. It's a hu ...
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South China Sea Is No Powder Keg

Source: Real Clear World

The Philippines is hopelessly mismatched against China in pure military terms. But there are historical reasons why it won't back down in the South China Sea. more ›› Alongside an armada of paramilitary patrol vessels and fishing boats, China has fired o ...
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