Tag: Spratly Islands

Xi Jinping Inspects China’s South China Sea Fleet as Regional Tensions Escalate

April 18, 2023
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited China’s naval force in the South China Sea last week—at exactly the same time as the United States and the Philippines began their largest-ever joint military drills. Xi visited the navy of the Southern Theater Command on April 11 after China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command concluded its military…

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China’s Sweeping Claims in South China Sea ‘Clearly Illegal’: Expert

July 6, 2022
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China’s communist regime is illegally expanding its territory through the South China Sea and deliberately altering its interpretation of history to maintain its ill-gotten gains, according to one expert. “History, for the Chinese government, is plastic and can be changed and molded as necessary, as any good communist party knows,” said Gregory Poling, a senior…

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Australia Backs Philippines Against Beijing’s Actions in South China Sea

November 23, 2021
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Australia has voiced concern over Beijing’s activities in the South China Sea last week, which saw three Chinese coast guard patrol vessels block and use water cannons against Philippine supply boats at Second Thomas Shoal, a Philippine-occupied shoal in the Spratly Islands. “The Australian Government has consistently expressed concern about the dangerous or coercive use…

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