As in past criticisms, they did not cite China by name. Robespierre L. Bolivar, spokesman of the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs, said the foreign ministers “endorsed the framework of the code of conduct for…
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Vietnam challenges China in Asean talks
Hanoi made its move in unscheduled and informal talks late on Friday night when it asked to insert tough language against Beijing in the usual communique that the regional bloc releases after top-level meetings. The…
China sets conditions for start of talks on sea feud code
China’s top diplomat said Sunday that talks for a nonaggression … annual summit in the Philippines in November if Beijing’s conditions are met. Wang told a news conference in Manila that those conditions include non-interference…
China urges North Korea to halt missile and nuclear tests
People’s Republic of China Foreign Minister Wang Yi greets North Korean Foreign … The first test of the ICBM, on July 4, “changed the game,” CBS News senior national security analyst Fran Townsend said last…
North Korea: China urges neighbour to stop missile tests
China’s foreign minister has told his North Korean counterpart … A senior official told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency: “We will make our stance clear when things are determined.” But ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun…
China urges N. Korea to abide by UN sanctions, stop missile tests
In mid-July, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a news briefing: “Recently, certain people, talking about the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, have been exaggerating and giving prominence to the so-called ‘China responsibility theory.’” (…
China, ASEAN Approve Draft South China Sea Code of Conduct
Xinhua news agency is reporting that China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have approved a draft Code of Conduct common for the South China Sea. The code of conduct will replace…
The Latest: US tells China to fully execute NKorea sanctions
(all times local): 2:35 p.m. The United States says it will be watching China closely to ensure it fully and continuously implements new U.N. sanctions on North Korea. Susan Thornton is the top U.S. diplomat…
Asean, China adopt S.China Sea ‘code of conduct’ framework
But China, which claims virtually the entire South China Sea, is unlikely to allow the negotiations to move in that direction. A two-page document obtained by Kyodo News shows the framework contains a provision which…
US and China pressure North Korea after sanctions vote
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his North Korean counterpart … by President Donald Trump’s national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who told MSNBC news that the US leader was reviewing plans for a “preventive war”.…
Beijing reaches out to young Taiwanese with summertime sweeteners
Beijing is actively reaching out to younger Taiwanese this summer after giving up on top-level contacts with the island’s administration. With Taiwanese still enjoying freedom of movement despite strained cross-strait relations, local authorities on the…
ASEAN foreign ministers endorse framework of South China Sea code of conduct
A Chinese Coast Guard ship (R) using a water cannon to attack a Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance boat near the site of a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea in 2014.…
Full-scale India-China war likely soon, Washington will back New Delhi: Meghnad Desai
Desai’s comments came in an interview this week that he gave to news agency IANS’s Saket Sharma. “Even today, nobody is contemplating that the whole Doklam thing could break anytime. We could be in a…
