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The situation in the Taiwan Strait, where China has carried out military exercises, is an "internal matter," Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Friday, declining to comment on ...
The Luzon Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Luzon, Chinese: 呂宋海峽; pinyin: Lǚsòng hǎixiá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lū-sòng Hái-kiap) is the strait between Luzon and Taiwan. The strait thereby connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea in the western Pacific Ocean. [1] [2] This body of water is an important strait for shipping and ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to allow U.S. forces indefinite access to two Philippine air force and naval bases in Cagayan province near Batanes under a 2014 defense pact ...
Taiwan on Wednesday rebuffed a complaint from the Philippines about live fire drills around a Taiwan-controlled island deep in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to do so and always ...
The Bashi Channel (Chinese: 巴士海峽; pinyin: Bā shì hǎi xiá) [1] is a waterway between Mavulis Island of the Batanes Islands, Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan. It is a part of the Luzon Strait and the East is the Pacific Ocean between the East China Sea and the South China Sea. It is characterized by windy storms during the ...
Chinese aircraft, including advanced Su-30 fighters and nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, flew in the strait as well as into the Bashi Channel that separates Taiwan from the Philippines, the ministry said.
Sumba Strait – between Flores and Sumba, Indonesia; Sunda Strait – between Sumatra and Java; Surigao Strait – between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines; Suwannee Strait (prehistoric) – a.k.a. Gulf Trough: Florida (USA) Svinesund – between Norway and Sweden; The Swale – England: between the Isle of Sheppey and the ...
Taiwan's military carried out live fire drills on its strategically-located southern coast on Monday, firing missiles from highly mobile armoured cars to destroy targets close to shore in a ...