Facts Remain Unchanged

At the Atlantic Council event, ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š emphasized the continued commitment of the Philippine Coast Guard to publicly document incidents in the ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š. He stated that …

What Was Promised vs. What Was Built

In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping stood at the White House Rose Garden and assured the international community that China had โ€œ๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐žโ€ the features of Spratly Islands. …

NMC Supports DFA Reaffirmation of 2016 Arbitral Award

The ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ (๐๐Œ๐‚) has ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ’ reaffirmation of the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ’ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 2016 ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š ๐’๐ž๐š ๐€๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐, stressing that …

Bajo de Masinloc Is Not Beijingโ€™s to Name, Claim, or Garrison โ€” It Belongs to the Filipino People

๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ that China has โ€œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒโ€ over ๐๐š๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ, arguing that geography, international law, and historical …