Tensions have flared over the contested South China Sea Duterte asks FVR to head negotiations with China Duterte underscored the importance of such talks considering that much investments from China may flow to the island of Mindanao Filipinos anxiously await the immediate and long-term outcome of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s move to take the diplomatic route, possibly through a bilateral agreement, in easing the tension created by China’s refusal to recognize the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea ruling that decided in favor of the Philippines in the territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea. The President formally announced recently that former President Fidel V. Ramos will lead the diplomatic initiative; a clear capitulation to China’s position that bilateral talks between the two countries, instead of an imposition of the UNCLOS decision, can better resolve the issue. China, in insisting on its historic rights over the South China Sea, encompassing the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal, has fortified its claim with a naval and military presence; constructing permanent structures in the area and barring Filipino fishermen from its rich fishing grounds. While much hope was pinned on the backing of the United States, and now the arbitral judgment [...]
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