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  • China rams Philippine ship while 60 Minutes on board; South China Sea tensions could draw U.S. in

    09/18/2024 12:51:02 AM PDT · by blueplum · 23 replies
    CBS ^ | 15 Sept 2024 | Cecilia Vega, Aliza Chasan, Andy Court, Jacqueline Williams, Annabelle Hanflig
    An escalating series of clashes in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China could draw the U.S., which has a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, into the conflict. A 60 Minutes crew got a close look at the tense situation when traveling on a Philippine Coast Guard ship that was rammed by the Chinese Coast Guard... After the Chinese Coast Guard ship — 269 feet long and nearly twice the size of the Cape Engaño — pulled away, the Filipino crew found a three-and-a-half foot hole in the hull.... The ship Vega and her team was on...