practicing for war

 

UPDATE: three of the Bo Hai ferries: Bo Hai Cui Zhu, Heng Da, and Bao Zhu; are now at what appears to be an industrial wharf in Xiamen, across the Strait from Taiwan. My guess is they're doing on-load/off-load ops for a PLA operation/exercise of some sort. https://t.co/wpStve7VH7 pic.twitter.com/lJOkuEpH4s

— Tom Shugart (@tshugart3) September 24, 2023

 

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UPDATE: three of the Bo Hai ferries: Bo Hai Cui Zhu, Heng Da, and Bao Zhu; are now at what appears to be an industrial wharf in Xiamen, across the Strait from Taiwan. My guess is they're doing on-load/off-load ops for a PLA operation/exercise of some sort. https://t.co/wpStve7VH7 pic.twitter.com/lJOkuEpH4s

— Tom Shugart (@tshugart3) September 24, 2023

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“More than 900 miles from the Chinese mainland, in an area of the South China Sea that an international tribunal has unequivocally determined does not belong to China, cellphones pinged with a message: “Welcome to China.””https://t.co/sQj2i26u2S

— Tom Shugart (@tshugart3) September 23, 2023

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this area is only 124 nmiles off of Luzon, i.e. within the international economic zone of the Philippines.

in the meanwhile, Chinese aggression against the Philippines continues unchecked. The latest? Putting floating barriers to keep Philippine fishermen out of their traditional fishing areas.,

and they actually caught it on camera:

“The most important incident that we monitored with this maritime patrol… is that we captured on camera that the Chinese coast guard deployed their three rigid hull inflatable boats together with the service boat of one of the Chinese maritime militia vessel in installing floating barriers” in Bajo de Masinloc, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela said in a press briefing.

China's activities are also destroying the ecosystem and coral there... notice few of the eco crazies are protsting this?

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update. 

The Philippine Coast Guard has been implementing “strategic deployment” of their vessels around the Scarborough Shoal, also known as Panatag Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc. | @JEMendozaINQ https://t.co/aUh6OS0GY8

— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) September 26, 2023

One wonders if they did this when China first started to grab these islets, they would have backed down. Obama pressured PNoy not to do this but go to court, and China refuses to obey the court decree.

But you know, most of the American MSM writes as this is an equal fight and about America vs China. No, it is China vs it's neighbors (the Philippines, VietNam, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India).