NEW DELHI, May 31, 2021 - ( JCN Newswire ) - Tension is mounting in the South China Sea with the Philippines refusing to withdraw vessels from Whitsun Reef. Some 220 Chinese vessels congregated in early March at Union Banks and Whitsun Reef, providing for the present standoff between China and the Philippines. The area involved in the present dispute is well within the 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Philippines. China wants to dominate the South China Sea because that would give Beijing a strategic advantage against Taiwan and Japan, before risking a conflict over the Senkaku. President Xi Jingping has always gone for an easy target that he believes can be achieved with minimal risk and costs. Recent media reports suggest that China has warned the United States that it will face defeat if the two superpowers go to war, testimony to what China thinks about its military might. The threat to the US has come from China in response to the joint military exercise rece
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Philippines President is stuck between an enemy he cannot trust and a friend he does not like. Interview with Prof Carl Shuster by Sanjay Kumar, New Delhi. NEW DELHI, May 30, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Tension is mounting in the South China Sea .