A photo released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines that claims to show a China Coast Guard vessel firing a water cannon in the vicinity of Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, August 20, ...
The Second Thomas Shoal is a coral reef, fully submerged at high tide, in the northern Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. It is located about 194 kilometres west of the Philippine province, ...
If either transparency or diplomacy alone could secure a contested space, then the West Philippine Sea would have been calm and quiet decades ago. The uncomfortable truth is it has never been. Every ...