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Singapore where Chinese constitute 80.1% of Singapore's resident keep sticking with US, Phil bluntly say "No" to China. Camb-Lao remain to be special friends with VN , Myanmar cancel many China's project etc...RUSSKIY ISLAND, Vladivostok—President Benigno Aquino returned to Manila on Sunday without meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao for much-anticipated bilateral talks that would have included their countries’ territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
Mr. Aquino attended the 20th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum and leaders’ summit on Russkiy Island, off the Russian far eastern port city of Vladivostok during the weekend. His plane landed in Manila at 5:35 p.m., 40 minutes early because of a tail wind.
In a five-minute arrival speech, the President said the Apec goals—make regional investments and trade strategies productive, the supply chains continuous and financial systems able to withstand crisis—remaind on track.
Speaking in Filipino, Mr. Aquino reported his meetings with the leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Chile.
“We have successfully imparted the new face of the Philippines: more open to business opportunities, fairer to those who are ready to invest and a lucrative center of commerce and trade not just in the Asia-Pacific but in the whole world,” he said.
Mr. Aquino and Hu had been expected to meet on Sunday before the close of the Apec leaders’ summit.
Question of time
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Saturday said that the format for the meeting had been “finalized” and only the time for the two leaders to sit down for the talks remained to be worked out.
Sunday came, the summit wrapped up its business, and the host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, said goodbye to 20 other Asia-Pacific leaders, but Hu remained scarce.
“It just came to a scheduling challenge, but as you can see the scheduling challenge turned out to be a bigger challenge than we anticipated,” Del Rosario said.
Mr. Aquino’s aides had said beforehand that a meeting with Hu was his top priority for the summit.
Rival claims
China claims sovereignty over nearly all of the West Philippine Sea, which is believed to hold vast amounts of oil and gas, is a rich fishing ground, and is home to shipping lanes vital to global trade.
But the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan also claim parts of the sea, some claims overlapping, and Manila and Hanoi accuse Beijing of a campaign of intimidation.
Tensions between the Philippines and China have been particularly pronounced, rising dramatically in April when vessels from the two countries faced off with each other at Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal), a rich fishing ground within Manila’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone.
Hu skips talks with Aquino | Inquirer Global Nation
It seems like china's agressive policy is isolating hershelf
Benigno, was turned away at the doors and you should know the reason why. 
