Video shows confrontations between China and Philippines in South China Sea

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Video shows confrontations between China and Philippines in South China Sea


China’s determination to assert its disputed sovereignty over the entirety of the vast South China Sea has sparked increasing clashes with its neighbors in recent years, particularly the Philippines. CNN’s Ivan Watson joined the Philippine Coast Guard for two days, the first time foreign journalists have been allowed to embed with the fleet…

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  1. Under Biden, China is now only aquiring ammunitions and ships at a far higher rate, we're also GIVING AWAY what little we have.

    How many ships can we make with the 300 BILLION we've given to Ukraine so far?

  2. just need to correct the newscaster in this video that United States is not obligated to trigger the treaty because it only applies if the actual incident will happen inside the Philippine territory and not the disputed area such as exclusive economic zone of the Philippines and that's what is in the actual treaty. Additionally, the treaty will only prevail once the United States congress will approve that it is really necessary for the country to go on war with China. Philippines will be losing end on these particular issues because the country itself does not have any Iron Dome like what other countries have in case of any intentional attack. Let's be reasonable the south China sea or even the west Philippines has been on a disputed for quite sometimes now and neither one wants to make an agreement on how to peacefully come to an agreement on benefiting the disputed area without bloodshed.

  3. lol where was this reporter in the 1980s when UK sailed to the other side of the world to reclaim islands off the coast of Argentina from guess who…..the Argentinians. So using proximity as a measure of who has the rights to land is a bogus argument the West has never believed in as the West were all complicit one way or another in imperialism.

  4. The PRC is desperate for a war against the US in order to revive their mismanaged economy. This also helps Russia and Iran, because it would force the US to end all aid to Ukraine and Israel, as well as NATO and Middle East allies.

    The US meanwhile is unable to meet the threat thanks to decades of pork spending on projects and weapons programs the military has made quite clear it neither needs or wants, while weapons programs with proven capabilities are cancelled just to hurt the economies of political rivals. Guess which party has been in charge for nearly all of that hot mess?

  5. I do not condone what China is doing whatsoever. But I do find the outcries of bullying etc pretty ironic when you consider the West's role in that part of the world. Britain, Spain, France, Portugal and even the U.S. colonized much of Southeast Asia not all that long ago. When China complained about Britain importing opium from India, Britain brought in gunships to ensure that the opium flow maintained it's status quo. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, all of a sudden it is dastardly to do such things.
    While these major nations are playing this game of chicken with nuclear arms, what is the effect of all of this on Joe Average. Zilch, except if a war does break out guess who becomes the cannon fodder.

  6. Wake up Philipine & the rest of the world!! Scott Ritter, former US Marine Intelligence Officer, said,"… Ukrainian people are dying by the hundreds of thousands. Friends don't let friends die in those quantities". He also said that USA use Philippine to create the conditions of potential conflict with China and is a receipe for disaster to Philippine. Is USA friend of Ukraine and Phlippine?

  7. And why USA is not doing anything? It is an obvious violation of maritime laws but since China is a super power then USA could not react. But iraq is not a super power way back 2011, USA accused Iraq for a mass weapon of destruction even thought it was not proven but they have attacked and ruined the said country.. wHy? why? WHY?

  8. Thank you for supporting the Philippines right to its own territory. Alone we cannot win against China. But together with world support, we can.

  9. The Hague rule was a joke. If it ruled that none of them including China, Vietnam, Philippine etc has sovereignty over Spratly islands, then I would think it has some sort of justice. It’s a joke as it only said China’s claim has no legal basis. And Philippine is still trying to occupy those rocks or reefs ruled by Hague not islands, and breaking the status quo. We should accuse anyone who trying to occupy any of those rocks or reefs in South China Sea.

  10. The Philippine ships keep provoking the Chinese ship. The Chinese gave them enough time and warnings in the past months. Clearly the Philippines have been provoking the Chinese coast guard in the past months, this is just one piece of the story. As long as one of their ship collide to the big ship, the Philippine got the story to tell the world that the Chinese is bullying them. Small ship is much easier to steer out of the way, but they keep surrounding the big ship and hope one get close enough to get the story.

  11. Islands that Chinabis claiming is a Phil sea territory . Filipinos will
    Never allow China to invade our islands !!!! No matter how powerful they are !!! They’re being stupid we are not scared of you !!!

  12. China's strategy is to overwhelm its enemies with 😮bulk of sea forces, so iinthe event if the war comes, they will have the advantage to win by number, not just by slight quality, as these are Made in Chna.