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Top Filipino diplomat to visit Beijing amid new Spratlys feud

By Wed, Jul 06, 2011 3:12PM UTC View Comments Pic:AP

Amid brewing tensions over Chinese incursions in parts of Spratly Islands claimed by the Philippines, Manila’s top diplomat is on an official visit to the People’s Republic of China to “advance bilateral relations” between the two countries. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario’s Beijing visit closely follows a similar tour of Washington DC where the...

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Clinton: US not taking sides on Spratlys issue

By Fri, Jun 24, 2011 7:32AM UTC View Comments U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Pic: AP.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Washington “does not take sides on territorial disputes over land features in the South China Sea” or what Manila has recently dubbed as West Philippine Sea. Clinton made the declaration at a press conference after the “bilateral strategic dialogue” between Washington and Manila. Clinton...

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