{"id":588742,"date":"2021-07-12T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588742"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:20:32","slug":"biden-admin-echoing-trump-warns-that-a-chinese-attack-on-the-philippines-will-draw-military-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-echoing-trump-warns-that-a-chinese-attack-on-the-philippines-will-draw-military-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin, Echoing Trump, Warns That A Chinese Attack On The Philippines Will Draw Military Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-echoing-trump-warns-that-a-chinese-attack-on-the-philippines-will-draw-military-response%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=588742&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>The Biden Administration continued the Trump-era rejection of almost all of China\u2019s territorial claims in the South China Sea, warning the communist country that an attack on the Philippines would draw a significant U.S. response.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the U.S.\u2019 message in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/fifth-anniversary-of-the-arbitral-tribunal-ruling-on-the-south-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> Sunday, which was also the fifth anniversary of an international tribunal ruling in favor of the Philippines and against China\u2019s maritime claims. China has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/07\/12\/china-to-ignore-international-ruling-in-south-china-sea-risks-war-with-us-allies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rejected<\/a> the ruling since it was first made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNowhere is the rules-based maritime order under greater threat than in the South China Sea,\u201d Blinken said, accusing China of attempting to \u201ccoerce and intimidate Southeast Asian coastal states, threatening freedom of navigation in this critical global throughway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States reaffirms its July 13, 2020 policy regarding maritime claims in the South China Sea,\u201d he said, referring to the Trump administration\u2019s original statement authored by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/26\/state-commerce-mike-pompeo-wilbur-ross-china-construction-south-china-sea-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Administration Imposes Restrictions On Chinese State-Owned Companies And Executives Over South China Sea Dispute)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7234476\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7234476\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7234476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-scaled-1.jpg\" alt data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-192x120.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-620x388-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-768x481-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-1536x961-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-2048x1282-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7234476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles land as part of the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise on the shores of the South China sea in April 2019. (TED ALJIBE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration came out in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/26\/state-commerce-mike-pompeo-wilbur-ross-china-construction-south-china-sea-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support<\/a> of the ruling last year, declaring all of China\u2019s claims outside of its internationally recognized waters as illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and the Philippines have both abided by their <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/phil001.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mutual Defense Treaty<\/a> since its ratification in 1951. Article IV obligates both countries to aid the other if it comes under attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on (China) to abide by its obligations under international law, cease its provocative behavior, and take steps to reassure the international community that it is committed to the rules-based maritime order that respects the rights of all countries, big and small,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s statement comes during a period of heightened tensions between the world\u2019s two most powerful countries over the coronavirus pandemic, China\u2019s infringement on Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan, trade, its ongoing human rights violations and more.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/china-slams-bill-bolstering-american-competitiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: China Slams US Bill Bolstering Competitiveness Against It)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China has claimed nearly all of the South China Sea and opposes any U.S. military activity in the region. But five other governments, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, all claim parts as well.<\/p>\n<p>China has built military bases on coral atolls within the sea, and the U.S. has sailed warships through it for decades, though it does not claim any of the waters itself.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden Administration continued the Trump-era rejection of almost all of China\u2019s territorial claims in the South China Sea, warning the communist country that an attack on the Philippines would &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314467,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin, Echoing Trump, Warns That A Chinese Attack On The Philippines Will Draw Military Response","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1136245255-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin, Echoing Trump, Warns That A Chinese Attack On The Philippines Will Draw Military Response","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}