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US Navy Cautions China With Cognitive Warfare Photo Op US Navy Cmdr. Robert J. Briggs and Cmdr. Richard D. Slye monitor surface contacts from the pilothouse of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin while observing one of the two Chinese Communist Party aircraft carriers, the Liaoning. (Image: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Arthur) Military tensions continue to rise near Taiwan as warships from both the U.S. Navy and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) congregated off Taiwan’s southwestern coast. On April 4...

The Whitsun Reef Incident and the Law of the Sea Aerial view of the Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea. (NASA) In March the Philippines formally protested the presence of about 200 Chinese boats moored near its claimed Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea. Philippines Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana publicly called “on the Chinese to stop this incursion and immediately recall these boats violating our maritime rights and encroaching into our sovereign territory.” An international chorus of concern and clarion calls for action soon followed, with leadinganalystsjoiningin. China sai...

(Photos from National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea) According to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), the swarming of the Chinese vessels was “prejudicial to the peace and security” in the region. “The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) denounces the continuous swarming in the WPS by Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Maritime Militia which are claimed by Chinese authorities to be ordinary fishing vessels,” it said in a statement. “The Philippine government reiterates its demand upon China to withdraw all its vessels from the Mun...

Manila increases number of assets patrolling West Philippine Sea amid continued presence of Chinese vessels 14 April 2021 by Gabriel Dominguez The Philippines has increased the number of maritime assets deployed to areas it claims in the disputed South China Sea (SCS) amid what Manila described as a “continuous swarming” in the West Philippine Sea of Chinese coastguard and “maritime militia” vessels. PLAN Jiangdao (Type 056/056A)-class corvette Baise was spotted by the Philippine’s NTF-WPS near the disputed Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on 11 April. (NTF-WPS) The state-own...

Philippines fires off protest after Chinese ships swarm waterway BusinessWorld 3 hrs ago Reporters THE PHILIPPINES on Wednesday fired off another diplomatic protest against China after authorities spotted a swarm of Chinese vessels, including six war ships within its waters in the South China Sea. Two Houbei class missile warships were spotted at Mischief Reef, one Corvette class warship at the Fiery Cross Reef and one navy tugboat at Subi Reef, a Philippine task force on border security said on Tuesday night. Two Chinese coast guard vessels were also spotted at Thitu Island, which the Phil...