China Tests Biden With South China Sea Tactic That Misled Obama
Andreo Calonzo and Philip J. Heijmans, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Based on the official view from Beijing, the Philippines has no reason to worry about Chinese fishing boats sitting along a disputed reef in the South China Sea.
The vessels initially numbering in the hundreds were simply âtaking shelter from the windâ and the Philippines should view the situation in a ârational light,â Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on March 22 when the news first broke.
Two weeks later, more than 40 boats are still at Whitsun Reef and the statements are getting more and more terse. The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department on Monday warned China it would issue daily diplomatic protests as long as the âmaritime militiaâ remains in place, using the same language as the U.S. to describe the fleet stationed in an area known as Julian Felipe Reef in the Philippines and Niuâe
South China Sea: US Sends Aircraft Carrier As China Employs Playbook That Tricked Obama
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Experts say the USS Theodore Roosevelt s presence was a signal to U.S. allies in the region
Beijing sent it carrier Liaoning through the Miyako Strait off southwestern Japan
A Philippine had official blamed Obama for failing to stop China in 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff
Philippines continued to register its protest against the Chinese presence in the Whitsun reef
An aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt was sailing into the South China Sea during the weekend amid escalating tensions over a flotilla of Chinese boats manned by militia members that has stationed itself for weeks around disputed reefs off the coast of the Philippines.
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