Keeps your heads on a swivel ladies and gentlemen. China's getting chippy while the rest of the world is distracted by Gaza and Ukraine. Chinese Coast Guard ships have rammed two Philippine ships near an island that both countries claim in the South China Sea.
We're a treaty ally of the Filipinos, which could require us to defend them as they push back against expansive/illegal Chinese claims in the SCS.
You want to know what kind of scenario might lead to a war with China? It would look a lot like what's happening right now.
Philippines says a coast guard ship and supply boat were rammed by Chinese vessels at disputed shoal
A Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a contested shoal, Philippine officials said, in an encounter that heightened fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea. A top Philippine...
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We're a treaty ally of the Filipinos, which could require us to defend them as they push back against expansive/illegal Chinese claims in the SCS.
You want to know what kind of scenario might lead to a war with China? It would look a lot like what's happening right now.