China rams Philippine ship while 60 Minutes on board; South China Sea tensions could draw U.S. in
China rams Philippine ship while 60 Minutes on board; South China Sea tensions could draw U.S. in
Chinese ships have repeatedly rammed Philippine ships in the South China Sea. The U.S. has a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, which could lead to American intervention.
An escalating series of clashes in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China could draw the U.S., which has a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, into the conflict.
A 60 Minutes crew got a close look at the tense situation when traveling on a Philippine Coast Guard ship that was rammed by the Chinese Coast Guard.
China has repeatedly rammed Philippine ships and blasted them with water cannons over the last two years. There are ongoing conversations between Washington and Manila about which scenarios would trigger U.S. involvement, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro said in an interview.
"I really don't know the end state," Teodoro said. "All I know is that we cannot let them get away with what they're doing."
China as "the proverbial schoolyard bully"
China claims sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea, through which more than $3 trillion in goods flow annually. But in 2016, an international tribunal at the Hague ruled the Philippines has exclusive economic rights in a 200-mile zone that includes the area where the ship with the 60 Minutes team on board got rammed.
China does not recognize the international tribunal's ruling.
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this platform is ENTIRELY based on votes! i never said china wasnt bad! you just put text in my keyboard. your arguments are fake and you should feel bad about that!
What votes? Are you talking about upvoting and downvoting comments? Why do you give a shit about fake internet points?
that is literally the basis to this platform. if you dont use them properly then you are a problem here as you enshitten the service. LEARN TO USE THE PLATFORM YOU ARE USING!
No it isn't. The basis of this platform is being federated forums. Up and downvotes mean absolutely nothing. If every person on every lemmy server downvoted this comment, it wouldn't change a thing. Lemmy doesn't even hide massively downvoted comments like Reddit does.
And considering I'm a moderator in this community, I'd say that being so uncivil to me (against community rules) would be not learning how to use this platform.
ohh damnnn i didnt even see the threrat of authoritarianism at the end there.
what youre describing is forums! thisa is a news agregator! wow. i mean seriously wow. are you just so amazingly unemplyed that having you moderate here is better than nothing or something?
yes it does hide them! i mean wow again. maybe your prefered for of front end doesnt or something!. the ineptitude is stagering. first attacking an argument that wasnt made in attempt to seem high and mighty and now the complete lack of understanding as to this whole platform works. please tell me youre still young and are able to improve yourself!
Okay, time for you to take a break.
I think I partially agree with both your sentiments here but people also get downvoted for being insufferable assholes. Also, telling flyingsquid how the platform works is pretty comical.