Just because it’s not front page news at the moment doesn’t mean this may not be one of the most important stories in the world right now. As discussed here and here, the conflict between China and the Philippines has been escalating for most of the past year. China claims that all of the islands […]
I’ve written many times about China’s behavior in the South China Sea. Recently China has claimed that it had a “gentlemen’s agreement” with former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The hitch here is that this alleged agreement was never written down and there’s no clear proof it existed at all. In a statement on Thursday, the […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world’s trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Defense chiefs from the U.S., Australia, Japan and the Philippines vowed to deepen their cooperation as they gathered Thursday in Hawaii for their second-ever joint meeting amid concerns about China‘s operations in the South China Sea. The meeting came after the four countries last month held their first joint naval exercises in […]
China continues to escalate its bullying in the South China Sea. Yesterday it fired water cannons at supply ships coming from the Philippines. China’s coast guard fired water cannons that damaged a Philippine vessel on Tuesday, marking the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine authorities said. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. Army is introducing a joint battlefield training in the Philippines to improve combat readiness including by ensuring an adequate supply of ammunition and other needs in difficult conditions in tropical jungles and on scattered islands, a U.S. general said. The Biden administration has been strengthening an arc of military […]
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least nine and at least initially sending populations in neighboring Pacific countries scrambling for higher ground. Among the dead, according to The Associated Press, were three hikers who were killed by a rockslide at Taiwan’s Taroko National Park, in the northeast part of the island […]
Since mid-February the U.S. has maintained almost half of its aircraft carriers deployed in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The South China Morning Post reported on February 14 that five of America’s 11 aircraft carriers would all likely soon be deployed there at the same time. Two of the carriers, the USS Carl Vinson and […]
China once again tried to make a statement in the South China Sea. Two of its Coast Guard vessels turned water cannons on a resupply ship delivering supplies to a small Philippines’ outpost on Second Thomas Shoal. In this case, the attack did so much damage to the smaller wooden boat that it had to […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing on Monday and summoned a senior Chinese diplomat over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that injured Filipino navy crew members and heavily damaged their boat in the disputed South China Sea, officials said. Two Chinese coast guard ships hit […]
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