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An escalating series of clashes in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China could draw the U.S., which has a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, into the conflict.
A 60 Minutes crew got a close look at the tense situation when traveling on a Philippine Coast Guard ship that was rammed by the Chinese Coast Guard.
China has repeatedly rammed Philippine ships and blasted them with water cannons over the last two years. There are ongoing conversations between Washington and Manila about which scenarios would trigger U.S. involvement, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro said in an interview.
“I really don’t know the end state,” Teodoro said. “All I know is that we cannot let them get away with what they’re doing.”
China as “the proverbial schoolyard bully”
China claims sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea, through which more than $3 trillion in goods flow annually. But in 2016, an international tribunal at the Hague ruled the Philippines has exclusive economic rights in a 200-mile zone that includes the area where the ship with the 60 Minutes team on board got rammed.
China does not recognize the international tribunal’s ruling.
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These comments are nuts, why are people happy about this? Did we swap over to sucking off china???
I think people are mad that they keep nuking trade and trying to ramp up military involvement for a double solvable issue that would repair both the economy at home and negate a trade war with China.
Except that invovles proper market regulation and not slapping tariffs to protect monopoly profits.
Probably just hit a nerve with people that China’s usual tactics of slamming boats is suddenly worthy of America getting invovled just because a news crew was onboard, but 10 months of actual warzone genocide reporting in Israel means nothing to the government.
Either that or there’s just a bunch of pissed off tankies lmao.
Having looked, it’s pissed off tankies.
I mean I get that, but this is pretty separate from Isreal, and this is the third time I’ve seen them do this myself. Seems like it’s at least somewhat newsworthy. You can in fact have both the genocide news and this stuff too.
Reading the headline… Isn’t that running the ship aground?
Running a ship aground is something the crew does to their own ship. It does not involve other ships, only their own ship + the ground of a landmass.
That’s kind of the joke. “China rams Philippine ship…”. Like the country itself was ramming the ships.
Yeah, I think the joke isn’t working sorry.
Let’s go!
Can’t wait for America to spend all it’s money defending an island in the South China Sea while homelessness skyrockets and no one can afford healthcare. Awesome priorities
Oh hi China.
How about that Tiananmen square massacre of students and civilians by the PLA on 4 Jine, 1989 though?
Someone get George Bush Sr on the phone and cancel the Nixon era free trade deal.
Oh wait, nevermind. Gotta have our treats.
Are you willing to fight and die for some islands on the other side of the world? Be my guest.
Well, I’m convinced!
Btw, if you get a raise or like a bonus or something for convincing an American, can I get a piece of that?
You’re the reason it sucks to live in America, you’d rather go to war with everyone than help your neighbor
Lol.
Let me guess, the west started the war with Ukraine too and America is making Ukrainians suffer by helping them too?
Yes, how dare we ram a ship in their own territorial waters without provocation.
Having worked in China, oh my god it’s somewhere between hell on earth and an open air prison, I’ll take the US any day.
Well, those goods do help support the non-homeless and the health-insured too. Maybe we can have both?
