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Commentary: The Philippines walks a tightrope with Chinese aid
Manila wants to assert its sovereignty, but it also needs roads, bridges and power plants. Pragmatism, not ideology, is ...
Hegseth Announces US Missile Plan Likely to Inflame China Tensions
The U.S. and its Philippine ally are also planning special forces training in the closest province to China-claimed Taiwan.
Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'
The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea “the biggest fiction and lie” ...
Hegseth tells Philippines the Trump administration will ramp up deterrence against China threat
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump administration would work with allies to ramp up deterrence ...
As Hegseth visits Manila, Beijing warns outsiders against meddling in South China Sea
Those who willingly become pawns will inevitably be discarded,’ Chen Xiaodong, vice-minister of foreign affairs, tells Boao ...
China Intercepts US Ally's Ships in Contested Waters
Aerial footage appears to show a floating barrier installed by China to prevent Philippine fishing boats from entering the ...
Palace to China: ‘Philippines is no one’s chess piece’
A Palace official maintained on Thursday, March 27, 2025, that the Philippines is “no one’s chess piece” in response to China ...
Hegseth to fly to the Philippines and Japan in first visit to Asian treaty allies at odds with China
A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his ...
Nikkei Asia5h
U.S. unfreezes military aid to Philippines to bolster China deterrence
MANILA -- The U.S. has exempted $500 million from its foreign aid freeze to help the Philippines upgrade its military capabilities, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday during a visit to ...
The Manila Times on MSN3d
Chinese firms could shift to PH, says PEZA
CHINESE manufacturing companies and other multinational firms have expressed interest to shift operations to the Philippines ...
ABC News4d
Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'
The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country will accept MANILA, Philippines ...
Newsday6d
Hegseth to fly to the Philippines and Japan in first visit to Asian treaty allies at odds with China
Beijing has warned Washington, in return, to stay out of what it calls a purely Asian dispute ... been held near the South China Sea and the sea border between the Philippines and Taiwan.