Shadow play in the West Philippine Sea
The shadow play at the West Philippine Sea raises the temperature and increases the risks of confrontation.
China’s freedom of navigation operations patrols
China is attempting to create a buffer zone in the South China Sea, militarizing artificial islands to keep away the US and its allies from patrolling the strategic waterway where about $3 trillion worth of annual trade passes.
FACT-CHECK: US Navy did not sink a Chinese ship in combat
A video on TikTok misleadingly claimed that the United States Navy had sunk a Chinese ship in battle.
