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Tensions Increase Following Chinese-Philippines Confrontation

par This Is Beirut, 06/03 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tensions simmer in East Asia following confrontations between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea on Wednesday. This follows China's decision to increase its defence spending and drop reference to “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan. Southeast Asian and Australian leaders on Wednesday warned against actions that “endanger ...

Taiwan Activates Military as China Commences War Games

par This Is Beirut, 23/05 10:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Fighter jets took off from a Taiwan airbase on Thursday as the self-ruled island dispatched aerial and naval forces in response to China's launch of military drills. Beijing commenced two days of war games, dubbed "Joint Sword-2024A," as a "strong punishment" for Taiwan's "separatist acts." They come after the island swore in new President Lai ...

Philippines Says Chinese Coast Guard Boarded Navy Vessels

par This Is Beirut, 19/06 16:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Philippine military said on Wednesday that the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in the South China Sea this week, in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb. Monday's incident was the latest in a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships in recent months as ...

Quad ‘Seriously Concerned’ About Situation in South China Sea

par This Is Beirut, 29/07 10:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The foreign ministers of the United States, Japan, Australia and India expressed on Monday "serious concern" over the situation in the South China Sea in a veiled rebuke to Beijing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts in the so-called Quad grouping issued a joint statement calling for a "free and open" Pacific after talks in ...

US to Significantly Step Up Support to Philippines

par This Is Beirut, 30/07 12:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States will provide $500 million in military funding to the Philippines, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, as Washington boosts ties with Manila in the face of China's growing assertiveness. Blinken was in Manila with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as part of an Asia-Pacific tour to strengthen Washington's ...

China Launches Patrols in Contested Waters as US Hold Drills

par This Is Beirut, 07/08 14:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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China carried out a combat patrol to test "strike capabilities" near a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Wednesday, as the United States and its allies held joint military drills in the same waters. Tensions in the disputed waterway have spiked following a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels that ...

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