The UN and China are slow in responding to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines

Aircraft carrier steams in to Philippines as UN admits failings (via AFP)

The United States said relief channels were belatedly opening up in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as the UN admitted it had not acted quickly enough to help survivors. The aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived off the Philippines…

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China’s claim: ‘indisputable’

Water dispute: China’s claim over sea ‘indisputable’ 

 
The Philippines renamed the South China Sea to the West Philippine Sea.

China responded:

“The action of the Philippine side will not change the fact that China enjoys indisputable sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea including Nansha Islands and Huangyan Island, and their adjacent waters.” --- Hong Lei, spokesman of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs