China claimed that the Philippines had to limit the area where Filipino fishermen could fish and where Filipino troops could fly over and navigate in the Scarborough Shoal. That's what the Philippines supposedly entered into with China seven years ago to manage differences over the South China Sea,...
China’s embassy in Manila on Thursday, May 2, shrugged off several countries’ expression of concern over the Chinese aggression on the Philippine vessels by saying they do not represent the international community and are just only taking side. The embassy also blamed President Marcos’...
The Philippine government on Thursday, May 2, summoned one of China’s top diplomats in Manila to explain the latest harassment incident in the country’s waters. The latest diplomatic action came after the China Coast Guard (CCG) fired a water cannon at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of...
1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Assistant Minority Leader 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez has taken exception to the supposed meddling of the Chinese government in Philippine politics, even as...
China’s embassy in Manila claimed Thursday, April 18, that a Philippine lawmaker’s attempt to investigate the increasing number of Chinese students in Cagayan, one of the provinces near Taiwan, incites hatred of China. As Cagayan 3rd District Rep. Joseph Lara filed a House resolution calling...
China on Friday decried being smeared by the Philippines, the United States and Japan as the leaders of the three nations expressed serious concerns about Beijing’s aggressive actions in the South and East China Seas. China’s embassy in Manila said that the historic trilateral meeting among...
The Chinese government has summoned the Philippines’ envoy to Beijing over supposed negative remarks about China. The Chinese embassy in Manila confirmed Friday, April 12, that China’s Foreign Ministry Director General for the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong met with Philippine...
China attributed the Philippines’ supposed non-adherence to deals on the South China Sea to the rising tension in the waters as President Marcos already questioned the existence of a so-called “gentleman’s agreement." The Chinese Embassy in Manila Thursday, April 11, did not directly comment...
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines denied claims that Chinese companies or "sleeper cells" were trying to infiltrate the country, saying those were merely accusations that intended to incite Sinophobic sentiments in the Philippines. File photos The Embassy said this after the Armed Forces of...
China remains mum on the possibility that the Philippines would file another arbitral case against Beijing for the destruction of the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea. "No comment now," the Chinese Embassy in Manila said Monday, April 1, after being asked about the Philippines' plan....
Stressing that China “has no right” to be in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and its vessels must “leave” immediately, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, March 25, summoned Chinese Embassy in Manila’s charge d’affaires to lodge a “strong protest” against the recent...
China has warned it would be "dangerous" to implicate its internal issue with Taiwan in its maritime dispute with the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said that "the Taiwan question is not and should never become an issue between China and...
