The discovery of cyanide in bottles seized from Chinese boats operating near Ayungin Shoal has added a new and troubling dimension to tensions in the
On April 10, Chinese President Xi Jinping met Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing, as Chinese warplanes flew near the island the same day.
In late March 2026, the Philippines and China resumed formal discussions under the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM), with energy cooperation explicitly on the table. The
A short social-media post from the Chinese embassy in Manila recently revived an obscure diplomatic document from the 1990s. The embassy circulated a reference to
Recent incidents near Bajo de Masinloc show how West Philippine Sea tensions are evolving. There has been no exchange of fire, no collision, no blockade.
A Senate remark about possibly giving up territory rarely stays confined to the hearing room. This week, a comment about the Kalayaan Island Group triggered
The debate over the West Philippine Sea has crossed a critical line. What once appeared to be technical disagreements over maritime zones now points to
Talks on a regional code of conduct for the South China Sea are again being framed as “moving forward” in 2026, but the gap between
China’s support for authoritarian regimes is becoming harder to dismiss as crises unfold from Latin America to the Middle East. Behind Beijing’s language of sovereignty
A Philippine Navy patrol recovered illegal drugs and suspected Chinese rocket debris, showing how drug trafficking in the West Philippine Sea now overlaps with environmental
