DFA: Beijing resto ban on Filipinos an isolated case
By Tarra Quismundo
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday shrugged off as an “isolated case” the reported ban on Filipinos by a Beijing restaurant.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday shrugged off as an “isolated case” the reported ban on Filipinos by a Beijing restaurant.
TOKYO—Japan is considering introducing US spy drones to boost surveillance of its territorial waters near islands in the East China Sea at the center of a bitter dispute with Beijing, Kyodo News said Monday. The Japanese defense ministry hopes to introduce the unmanned Global Hawk aircraft by 2015 “in a bid to counter China’s [...]
The United States said Tuesday it will raise concerns with Beijing over a map printed in new Chinese passports that is causing “tension and anxiety” among claimant states in the disputed West Philippine Sea.
Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has told a visiting Philippine envoy that he hopes ties hurt by a territorial row can recover, state media said Saturday.
The Philippine ambassador to China may be replaced barely three months after her appointment following a stroke this week, the presidential palace said on Saturday.
Cambodia recalled its Ambassador to Manila following his remarks accusing the Philippines and Vietnam of “dirty politics” in pushing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations members for a common stand on the West Philippine Sea dispute.
China has summoned a senior US diplomat over American criticism of Beijing’s decision to set up a new military garrison in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), in an escalating row over the tense waters.
US Senator John McCain warned Tuesday that China was “unnecessarily provocative” in saying it will establish a military garrison on disputed South China Sea islands, and called for a multilateral solution to the dispute.
China told Japan on Wednesday it should respect Beijing’s “indisputable sovereignty” over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, which are again the cause of fresh tension.
Budget carrier AirAsia’s Philippine unit said Friday it had shelved planned daily flights to Macau amid a simmering maritime dispute between China and the Philippines.
The Chinese foreign ministry has confirmed the “restoration of diplomatic contact” between Manila and Beijing as the two sides try to work out a solution to their dispute over Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
China has denied it is increasing combat readiness in response to a territorial row with the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
