BBC witnesses Chinese ships blocking Philippines supply boats
BBC witnesses Chinese ships blocking Philippines supply boats
It resulted in an encounter that lasted several hours before the Philippine ships turned back.
Tensions between Manila and Beijing remain high after the Philippines coast guard cut China's barriers in disputed waters last month.
Manila resupplies its outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal, in the Spratly Islands, every month to reinforce its economic rights to waters that are both rich in fish and mineral resources.
Beijing claims almost the entire South China Sea, including the Spratlys, which is also claimed in part by the Philippines.
Imperialism, that’s what this is. It’s a naked land (or, I guess, mainly water) grab for strategic reasons, from land that is already owned by other nations.
For many of the same reasons that we can’t allow Putin to take any more European land, if the world turns a blind eye to China brazenly stealing territory in the South China Sea, what will they take next?
This is merely a precursor. Just wait until the broader resource wars kick off in the next 10-20 years.
- We're rapidly depleting fresh water reserves everywhere, from groundwater to glaciers.
- Arable land is being squandered
- There aren't enough finite resources to convert the world to a zero carbon energy grid, whether the blocker is hard (not enough) or soft (extraction &/or refinement is economically unfeasible)
There are probably going to be dozens of wars fought directly due to resource constraints in the next 50 years.
Exactly, this planet cannot support our constantly growing race. It might sound harsh, but I had hoped COVID was going to be worse that most of the boomer generation would die off. Hell I even told my wife that if it meant me, her, or our kids dying to COVID so that the planet could heal a bit with hundreds of millions or maybe a billion or 2 less people then so be it, it's the luck of the draw.
We need a giant drone ship that just goes around and politely pushes belligerent Chinese vessels back to actual Chinese waters
The USS Put that Thing Back Where it Came From or so Help Me.
Or re-commission the USS Kidd and hoist the black flag again.
Sounds like the name of a Culture ship
It's a musical! Put that thing back where it came from or so help meeee, so help me! So help me, and ICBM.
Arrrrr
"Territorial integrity"
Time for the US Navy to decide to use that waterway and watch them scatter.
Yeah we could, and occasionally we do, that but its very confrontational and can easily lead to a continually escalating game of one-upmanship that really has no good end.
It is properly called Freedom of Navigation and has nothing to do with one-upmanship. It is international law that pretty much everyone agrees to except China. We, as Americans, are in the best position to counter their territory grabs in the area by conducting Freedom of Navigation operations.
Claiming the South China Sea is confrontational.
Showing those claims are bunk makes sure that China doesn't think it can gain from further claims.
Imperialism, that’s what it is. It’s a naked land (or, I guess, mainly water) grab for strategic reasons, from land that is already owned by other nations.
For many of the same reasons that allowing Putin to take more European land, if the world turns a blind eye to China brazenly stealing territory in the South China Sea, what will they take next?