Related parties in the South China Sea held their 14th senior officials' meeting last week, and a biannual bilateral consultation mechanism (BCM) between China and the Philippines was announced.
Following is the Joint Press Release for the First Meeting of the China-Philippines Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea issued on May 19 in Guiyang.
China on Tuesday said that the 14th Senior Officials' Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) will be convened on Thursday in Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Op-ed on the Philippines' South China Sea arbitration farce.
In midsummer 2015, the so-called South China Sea arbitration hearing that the Philippines had been clamoring for and brewing in the past two years finally started.
Since taking office as the Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Albert F. del Rosario has spared no effort to defame China on all kinds of international occasions and, in that process, managed to enhance his own visibility. On 30 November, at the arbitral tribunal set up at the unilateral request of his country, Mr. del Rosario once again demonstrated to the world his exceptional talent in performance.
The hearing on the merits of the South China Sea arbitration case further reveals the true colors of the Philippines. The truth about the "Emperor's New Clothes" is out.
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