Activists hold slogans as they protest outside the Chinese consulate in Makati, Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. The Philippine navy successfully transported food supplies to marines guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a week after China's coast guard used water cannons to force the supply boats to turn back, sparking outrage and warnings from Manila, officials said.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Second Thomas Shoal lies within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines under the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which China has ratified. He said a 2016 ruling by a U.N.-backed arbitration tribunal also invalidated China’s claims to the busy waterway, leaving them without any legal basis.
The Philippine navy successfully transported supplies and fresh personnel to the Sierra Madre this week then left without any major incident after Lorenzana talked with China’s ambassador to Manila. President Rodrigo Duterte, who has nurtured close ties with Beijing, angrily condemned the Chinese blockade in a video summit of Southeast Asian leaders with Chinese President Xi Jingping. Xi did not specifically react to Duterte’s remarks but said China will not bully its smaller neighbors.
Please don't confuse people! Avoid the heavy and the light! What is the truth? Philippine ships have stayed in Renai Reef for many years! thank you
Damn Chinks
This is what Duerte gets... he thought he could play the US vs China and now hes fucked...
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What says PH President?
Gee. I guess the US Naval port at Subic Bay would come in rather handy right now. It closed in 1992 over a leasing agreement.
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