Here we go again 🙄 #China's using smaller coast guard ships this time though. Very bad optics the last time kasi.
"On Friday morning, the #PhilippineCoastGuard escorted supply vessels to #SecondThomasShoal, also known as also known as #AyunginShoal, in the #SpratlyIslands, where a handful of troops are stationed on a crumbling navy ship, the task force said." #BRPSierraMadre
#Philippines condemns Chinese boats' 'illegal' actions in Ayungin Shoal
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/09/08/2294806/philippines-condemns-chinese-boats-illegal-actions-ayungin-shoal
#china #philippines #brpsierramadre #spratlyislands #ayunginshoal #secondthomasshoal #philippinecoastguard
Philippines responds to South China Sea 'encroachment'
#SouthChinaSea #SpratlyIslands #Philippines #China #navy #territorialdispute
#territorialdispute #navy #China #philippines #spratlyislands #southchinasea
Philippines responds to South China Sea 'encroachment'
#SouthChinaSea #SpratlyIslands #Philippines #China #navy #territorialdispute
#territorialdispute #navy #China #philippines #spratlyislands #southchinasea
> There has been quite a bit of news both in the US and over here about #China building air strips in the #SpratlyIslands in the #SouthChinaSea and almost nothing about the fact that the #USA has surrounded China with some four hundred military bases that stretch all the way from #Australia through the Pacific up through #Asia, #Korea, #Japan and across #Eurasia.
https://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2016/12/transcript-john-pilger-coming-war-china-9-december-16
#JohnPilger and #ThomHartmann on #ComingWarOnChina #China #BaseNation #DavidVine
#DavidVine #BaseNation #ComingWarOnChina #thomhartmann #johnpilger #eurasia #japan #korea #asia #australia #usa #southchinasea #spratlyislands #china