Posted on 11/19/2021 1:31:15 AM PST by blueplum
Chinese coast guard ships used water cannons to shoot a powerful stream of water at two Philippine boats carrying supplies to a highly disputed shoal in the South China Sea, prompting Philippine officials to warn the Chinese about their mutual defense treaty with the United States.
Second Thomas Shoal, near the Philippine province of Palawan, is a strategic waterway that many countries have tried to claim. The Associated Press reported that China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all have overlapping claims.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. told AP no one was hurt in the incident Tuesday...
... Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told AP that the coast guard was trying to uphold Chinese sovereignty...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I’m gonna tell my dad!
Duterte has done a fair job cleaning up the military of corruption and homosexuality .... he’ll not allow the USA back in unless and until OUR military is perfectly straight and he can be assured our military won’t go off half drunk and rape hot, little sexy Asian bar girls
It’s the start of election season here, Locson is only trolling for votes.
The Philippines had the Seventh Fleet at Subic Bay and threw it away.
It was CTF 73, Commander Seventh Fleet is out of Yokosuka Japan. Anyway doesn't really make much difference now.
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