FT: Beijing turning to aggression in South China Sea to deflect Covid-19 blame outwards | Malay Mail

  • 📰 malaymail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 39 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 86%

Malaysia Headlines News

Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Headlines

FT: Beijing turning to aggression in South China Sea to deflect Covid-19 blame outwards

Tuesday, 09 Jun 2020 10:17 AM MYTMaritime experts say that China was adopting increasingly forceful tactics in the South China Sea, which could lead to fresh conflicts with Malaysia and Indonesia, among others in the region. — Reuters pic

“Confrontational naval activity in the South China Sea has also increased, aimed at rival claimants such as Malaysia and Vietnam. Thousands of Chinese troops have skirmished with the Indians at their disputed border — albeit without known fatalities. Aside from being accused of causing the Covid-19 pandemic that has sent the world plunging into a state of recession not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s, China’s own economy was already being hammered by its prolonged trade war with the US.

In a separate report yesterday, CNN reported maritime experts as saying that China was adopting increasingly forceful tactics in the South China Sea, which could lead to fresh conflicts with Malaysia and Indonesia, among others in the region.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in MY

Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Tiada kematian, 19 jangkitan baru Covid-1919 kes jangkitan baru dilaporkan hari ini, menjadikan keseluruhan mangsa yang dijangkiti 8,322 orang. FMTNews Covid19
Source: fmtoday - 🏆 5. / 72 Read more »

Covid-19: 19 new cases, 39 recoveries, no deaths | New Straits TimesPUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry registered 19 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, taking the total tally of infections in the country since the pandemic began to 8,332, cases.
Source: NST_Online - 🏆 17. / 53 Read more »

Covid-19: 19 new infections, no deathsUPDATED 6.30PM | CORONAVIRUS | Of the new infections, 13 are local infections while six are imported cases.
Source: malaysiakini - 🏆 20. / 51 Read more »

FAM to prepare Covid-19 training SOPs for Malaysian team, U-19 squad | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) will hold internal discussions to determine the appropriate standard operating procedure (SOP) for the national team’s training to face the remaining three matches of the second qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup / 2023...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »

383 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including 14 community infections | Malay MailSINGAPORE, June 7 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 383 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore, the vast majority of whom are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories. This brings the tally to 37,910 infections. MOH said that based on its...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »

Kerajaan tidak teragak-agak laksana PKPD jika kes Covid-19 meningkat, kata MuhyiddinBermula 10 Jun kerajaan mula melaksanakan perintah kawalan pergerakan pemulihan berikutan kawalan jangkitan Covid-19 lebih baik. FMTNews PKPD
Source: fmtoday - 🏆 5. / 72 Read more »