China mulls building aircraft carrier
BEIJING--China will "seriously consider" building its first aircraft carrier, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday in another sign of Beijing's expanding military ambitions.
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Misconceptions in Spratlys debate
MANILA, Philippines—Last week I gave a series of lectures on the “Disputed Islands in the South China Sea and South East Asia” at The Hague Academy of International Law in the Peace Palace, seat of the World Court.
Read Full StoryMemo to Congress: Pass baselines bill before UN deadline
MANILA, Philippines—With just nine months left, the Department of Agriculture has reminded Congress to pass a law that would strengthen the Philippines’ claim to extensive archipelagic baselines before a May 2009 deadline set by the United Nations.
Read Full Story‘Drop disputed islands from baselines but tag them under RP’
MANILA, Philippines -- The lead proponent in the House of the baselines bill is willing to drop the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Kalayaan Group of Islands from the measure’s definition of the country’s territory, as long as these are treated as a “regime of islands under the Republic of the Philippines.”
Read Full StoryKalayaan Islands out of baselines bill
The chair of the Senate foreign relations committee will back the government’s position not to include the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Kalayaan Group of Islands in the baselines bill that is being rushed for approval to meet the May 2009 deadline set by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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