More results...
Expert warns of ‘significant escalatory potential’ after Chinese coastguards used water cannon on Philippine boatA territorial dispute between China and the US-aligned Philippines is at increasingly high risk of escalating into a conflict involving the…
Video shows the Chinese Coast Guard firing a water cannon at a Philippine vessel and blocking it from executing a resupply mission.
Latest in long history of nautical intimidations by Beijing, which lays unrecognised claim to almost all of the South China Sea The Philippines has accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon at its vessels in the disputed South China Sea, desc…
Typhoon Khanun was hovering near Okinawa Prefecture days after an earlier tropical cyclone, Doksuri, brought death and destruction to China and the Philippines.
The typhoon is the most powerful to make landfall in China this year and second-strongest to hit southeastern Fujian province since Typhoon Meranti in 2016.
Strong winds from Typhoon Doksuri capsized the vessel, killing dozens of people. The Philippine Coast Guard said they rescued at least 40.
Another 40 people have been rescued after boat overturned just after leaving wharf in Rizal provinceAt least 26 people have died and 40 have been rescued after a ferry capsized in the Philippines, officials have said, as the tail end of Typhoon Doksuri…
One video showed a house floating through a town. In another, several motorcycles on a shaky ferry toppled over. Residents in other areas waded through the floodwaters with belongings, including livestock.
Extreme heat lingers, leading to wildfires and even giant hailstones. Plus Philippines braces for fifth typhoon of the seasonExtreme heat has lingered over southern Europe throughout the past week, with all-time records broken in a number of locations….
Exclusive Subscriber+Member Interview – An old friend of Beijing returned to China this week in a move that harkens back to a time when Manila had […] More
The post EXCLUSIVE: Manila’s Envoy to Beijing Weighs-In On Recent US-China Tensions appeared first on The Cipher Brief.