{"id":2233918,"date":"2024-04-30T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philippines-condemns-chinas-barbaric-confrontation-with-coast-guard\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:41:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:41:04","slug":"philippines-condemns-chinas-barbaric-confrontation-with-coast-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philippines-condemns-chinas-barbaric-confrontation-with-coast-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines denounces China&#8217;s &#8216;barbaric&#8217; clash with coast guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphilippines-condemns-chinas-barbaric-confrontation-with-coast-guard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chinese coast guard vessels\u2063 clashed with\u2063 Philippine vessels in the\u200c hotly contested South \u200dChina Sea amid ongoing major military exercises by\u2063 U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-american-presidents-who-took-assassination-attempts-like-champs\/\" title=\"4 American Presidents Who Took Assassination Attempts Like Champs\">allied forces<\/a>. The confrontation, labeled as &#8220;barbaric&#8221; \u200cby the Philippines, \u200bunderscores China&#8217;s\u200b provocative actions and \u2064disregard for international law\u2063 in the region. This incident near Scarborough Shoal adds\u200b to the\u200c escalating tensions between China and the Philippines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chinese coast guard vessels initiated a \u201cbarbaric and unruly\u201d confrontation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Philippine<\/a> vessels in a disputed area of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-china-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>South China Sea<\/a>, even as U.S. and allied forces conduct major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2970819\/mega-drills-us-philippines-test-missile-deployments-counter-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"military exercises\">military exercises<\/a> in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent incident involving China\u2019s provocative actions and blatant disregard of international law towards the Philippines\u2019 coast guard and fishery vessels in Bajo De Masinloc highlights China\u2019s lack of concern for regional peace and stability,\u201d Philippine coast guard Commodore\u00a0Jay\u00a0Tarriela <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaytaryela\/status\/1785270548727210140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> Tuesday on social media. \u201cThe Philippines\u2019 transparency in bringing these actions to light is a success in showing the world the barbaric and unruly behavior of China, who resort to using force to justify their greed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clash occurred near the Scarborough Shoal, a prized fishing area west of the main Philippine islands that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/CHINA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a> has claimed as its own sovereign territory, in defiance of an international court that ruled against Beijing in a suit brought by Manila. It is the latest incident in a dispute that has stoked widespread anxiety about a potential escalation that could lead to a direct showdown between China and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/United-States\">United States<\/a>, which has a defense treaty with the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir actions reveal their true intentions and expose their pretentious facade of claiming to be a benevolent rising power,\u201d Tarriela said. \u201cIt seems that China has forgotten that transparency aims to expose their illegal actions, which they once successfully portrayed as gray zone tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>In this image made from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine coast guard vessel BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410) is water cannoned by Chinese Coast Guards as it tried to approach the waters near Scarborough Shoal locally known as Bajo De Masinloc at the South China Sea on Tuesday April 30, 2024. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tarriela\u2019s team released several videos of the incident, including one that showed a Philippine coast guard vessel inundated from two sides by water cannons from Chinese vessels. They inflicted more damage on a vessel from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat China would go to great lengths to obstruct a Philippine humanitarian mission to assist our fishermen in their fishing grounds is not only shocking but appalling,\u201d the Philippines\u2019s national task force for the area said in a Tuesday statement. \u201cChina\u2019s act of obstructing civilian ships carrying only supplies for our fishermen calls into question the sincerity of their call for dialogue and peaceful approaches to de-escalate the situation in the West Philippine Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday, the Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410), and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel, BRP BANKAW (MMOV-3004), were assigned to carry out a legitimate maritime patrol in the waters near Bajo De Masinloc. The primary objective of this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5jQkS2g66e\">pic.twitter.com\/5jQkS2g66e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay Tarriela (@jaytaryela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaytaryela\/status\/1785156281705373819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The tensions between China and the Philippines have simmered in recent months as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has adopted a policy of asserting Manila\u2019s rights in the area after years of his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, adopting a conciliatory posture toward the communist power. Chinese officials, for their part, have declared that they have no respect for a 2016 ruling at The Hague and signaled that Marcos\u2019s government could face more coercive pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2016 arbitration ruling has already had a negative impact that can hardly be fully erased, but it\u2019s very important for China to stop the Philippines from going to a second arbitration,\u201d Dr. Wu Shicun, the founding president of a Chinese Foreign Ministry-affiliated think tank called National Institute for South China Sea Studies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3260685\/south-china-sea-beijing-urged-step-pressure-philippines-over-rival-claims-or-risk-domino-effect?module=top_story&#038;pgtype=homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Saturday, per the South China Morning Post. Chinese officials should \u201clet them know that there\u2019s a price to pay if the Philippines takes the step [of a second arbitration], not merely at sea but also in every aspect of China-Philippines relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest confrontation coincides with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-gov-kemp-slams-calls-for-boycotts-over-voting-law\/\" title=\"Ga. Gov. Kemp slams calls for boycotts over voting law\">major annual<\/a> U.S.-Philippines military exercise, one enlarged this year by the involvement of Australian and French forces. Those drills come against a backdrop of Philippine efforts to put a spotlight on Chinese aggression, a public relations strategy that China has sought to counter, according to Tarriela, by sowing fear of another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">major war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like they are now using photos from Ukraine in the social media, whether on Twitter or on Facebook, that President Bongbong Marcos will lead the Philippines to be the next Ukraine,\u201d Tarriela <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aseanwonk.com\/p\/philippines-china-south-china-sea-transparency\">told<\/a> ASEAN Wonk, a geopolitics Substack focused on the region, in an interview published Monday. \u201cThe second narrative in this misinformation is that it\u2019s the United States who is leading this and kind of directing President Bongbong Marcos to provoke China. And that Beijing will have another reason for another World War III.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philippine military officials, for their part, responded to the latest incident by issuing a public assurance of their willingness to support their civilian colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[If] they would be asking us to come in, step in\u2026 we would be ready to react accordingly,\u201d AFP spokesperson Francel Margareth Padilla told ANC, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/professor-reports-seeing-noose-behind-house-it-was-part-of-a-swing-set\/\" title=\"Professor Reports Seeing \u2018Noose\u2019 Behind House. It Was Part Of A Swing Set.\">local media outlet<\/a>. \u201cThere was no guidance to mobilize . . .We are following protocols and we are abiding with international laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese coast guard vessels engaged in a &#8220;barbaric and unruly&#8221; confrontation with Philippine vessels in the contested South China Sea. This clash occurred amidst major military exercises by U.S. and allied forces in the region. 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