Last month, in a deadly clash in Lanao del Norte province, Islamist militants affiliated with the Middle East-based Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) killed six commandos from the Philippine Army’s elite Scout Ranger battalion.
Like the artificial islands it had created in the Spratlys, China’s claims on almost the entire South China Sea are resting on shifting sands.
State-run China Daily’s “Media Unlocked” social media push is getting significantly more traction on TikTok, just months after uploading content to the short-form video platform.
In the face of escalating tension with Beijing, not just in the Indo-Pacific region, Washington needs countries like India, the Philippines, and Vietnam to contain China.
A YouTube video made the false claim that war had broken out in the South China Sea.