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Philippines’ Defense Chief Says Beijing Intends to Occupy More South China Sea Areas
MANILA—The Philippines’ defense chief says Beijing is looking to occupy more areas in the South China Sea, citing the continued presence of Chinese vessels that Manila believes are manned by militias in disputed parts of the strategic waterway.
“The continued presence of Chinese maritime militias in the area reveals their intent to further occupy (areas) in the West Philippine Sea,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in an April 4 statement, using the local name for the South China Sea.
It was the second statement by Lorenzana in two days as he repeated calls by the Philippines for the Chinese boats to leave Whitsun Reef, which Manila calls the Julian Felipe Reef, located within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone.

| UPDATED: 06:57, Sun, Mar 7, 2021
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South China Sea: Expert predicts no conflict for five years
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Beijing has spent billions of dollars on beefing up its military capabilities, as it seeks to catch up and overhaul the US. Turning the the People's Liberation Army (PLA) into a leading fighting force to match the power and might of the US military has been a burning ambition of President Xi Jinping. Mr Xi ordered a sweeping overhaul of China's fighting capabilities in 2015, ordering investments in shipyards and technology that continues today.

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Lyle Goldstein, research professor at the Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute, said the US would likely lose a first fight with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Washington and Beijing have repeatedly raised tensions with naval drills in disputed Asian waters over the past year, with China enraged over the US’s support of Taiwan and presence in the South China Sea.

CHINA is expected to reveal a massive increase in defence spending next week amid tensions with US and in Indo-Pacific, as Beijing continues to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic.

| UPDATED: 08:13, Sun, Feb 28, 2021
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Security experts from China and America have tipped Beijing to splash on this years defence budget. Last year saw Beijing raise defence spending by 6.6 percent, or $178 billion, which was its lowest rate of increase in three decades.

At the time, India acknowledged the death of 20 of its soldiers, while Chinese authorities admitted there were casualties, but provided no specific details.
But now in a video aired by the state broadcaster CCTV, Beijing has finally confirmed that four of its soldiers died in the conflict.
The state channel claimed that the footage showed an Indian army "several times the size of the Chinese side" initiating a brutal revenge attack.
Images from the video are said to capture the bloody hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.
CHINA has confirmed that it lost four soldiers in the deadly Himalayan border clash (Image: Getty)

HATS off to China! First she is the only nation on earth whose economy grew in Covid-blighted 2020 and today she is confirmed as the EU's No1 trading partner. Must be high fives all round among the cock-a-hoop commies in Beijing. Not to mention Brussels.

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Teodoro Locsin Jr, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary, insisted the Government never gave permission for China’s Jia Geng research ship to stay in Filipino waters. The department had approved a “request for shelter” from the Chinese embassy over “bad weather”.

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Military aircraft from China flew over the Pratas Islands, which guard to the southern approach to the Taiwan Straits, over the weekend. Bombers capable of dropping nuclear warheads and fighter jets were used in offensive operations over the South China Sea.

This is a rush transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto," August 13, 2020. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Fifteen cents, that isn't bad, John. Thank you very much, my friend.
We are following a lot of developments simultaneously right now. We have got the White House, Capitol Hill, and the ongoing debate over what coronavirus stimulus should look like.
The whole matter of this changed when we got news this morning that jobless claims were soaring, but under one million, first time we have seen that in some 20 weeks. And it follows on the heels of an employment report last month that showed that the unemployment rate continues to tick down.

Congress wrestles with deterring China ― beyond nukes
January 16, 2020
Military vehicles carrying military aircraft participate in a parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON ― Days after China’s navy commissioned its biggest and most advanced surface warship yet, on a path to an estimated 420 ships by 2035, key experts told Congress the U.S. must form a new and creative strategy to deter China, beyond nuclear weapons.
Addressing the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, former Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell Director Andrew Hunter and retired Rear Adm. Michael McDevitt warned that China is on track to outpace America technologically and at sea.

Congress wrestles with deterring China ― beyond nukes
January 16, 2020
Military vehicles carrying military aircraft participate in a parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON ― Days after China’s navy commissioned its biggest and most advanced surface warship yet, on a path to an estimated 420 ships by 2035, key experts told Congress the U.S. must form a new and creative strategy to deter China, beyond nuclear weapons.
Addressing the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, former Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell Director Andrew Hunter and retired Rear Adm. Michael McDevitt warned that China is on track to outpace America technologically and at sea.

Vietnam is pushing back on Chinese claims over the South China Sea targeting Beijing’s controversial nine-dash line.