Show of force likely aimed at Beijing
US Conducts Show of Air Power in the Philippine Sea
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US Provoking China Militarily, in Both Rhetoric and Policy
Recent US statements criticizing China for militarizing the South China Sea area have been bitterly rejected by Chinese authorities, who view Washington as doing the militarizing and trying to provoke China. Tensions between various Asian countries have been on the...
Role of Philippines in US Imperial ‘Pivot’ in Asia May Expand
Recent joint U.S.-Filipino military exercises are a direct military provocation to China even as Washington rhetorically refuses to take sides in rising tensions in Asia-Pacific. The Philippines is using the U.S. to ward off China's regional influence and stand up to...
