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Why China’s dangerous Second Thomas Shoal escalation matters

By Tom Rogan
Published August 7, 2023 4:41pm ET
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Why China’s dangerous Second Thomas Shoal escalation matters
On Saturday, a Chinese coast guard vessel fired its water cannon at a Philippine vessel as it attempted to resupply Marines. The Marines in question are aboard a deliberately grounded ship in the Second Thomas Shoal, serving to reinforce the Philippines‘s rights over those waters. Those rights should be, and are for most nations, indisputable. […]

On Saturday, a Chinese coast guard vessel fired its water cannon at a Philippine vessel as it attempted to resupply Marines. The Marines in question are aboard a deliberately grounded ship in the Second Thomas Shoal, serving to reinforce the Philippines‘s rights over those waters.

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