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The test of Marcos’ China reset is what the Philippines retains after each confrontation.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs said there was no justification for a China Coast Guard vessel to ram a Philippine civilian vessel conducting a humanitarian mission in the West Philippine Sea.

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DFA says reclamation cannot change the reefs' legal status.

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A 76-meter Chinese survey vessel capable of drilling into the seabed lingered without permit.

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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. accused China of using “disinformation through avoidance,” hitting back at Beijing over its latest statement on the arrest of Chinese nationals in the Philippines and more than 100 Filipinos in China.

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said talks with China on possible joint oil and gas exploration in the disputed South China Sea are moving forward.

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Despite series of tensions at sea, Filipinos’ distrust of China eases.

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DFA says reclamation cannot change the reefs' legal status.

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A 76-meter Chinese survey vessel capable of drilling into the seabed lingered without permit.

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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. accused China of using “disinformation through avoidance,” hitting back at Beijing over its latest statement on the arrest of Chinese nationals in the Philippines and more than 100 Filipinos in China.

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said talks with China on possible joint oil and gas exploration in the disputed South China Sea are moving forward.

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China has confirmed the deaths of two coast guard sailors nearly a year after they were killed in a collision involving Chinese vessels during a confrontation with a Philippine Coast Guard ship in the disputed South China Sea.

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Despite series of tensions at sea, Filipinos’ distrust of China eases.

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