New Delhi: China has been raising temperatures again in the West Philippine Sea, with a Chinese Coast Guard ship firing water cannon and blocking a Philippines Coast Guard vessel on a resupply mission to the Second Thomas or Ayungin Shoal in the Spratly Islands. In 2016, an international tribunal at The Hague backed the Philippines … Continue reading “Salami Slicing In The Sea: China Upping The Ante Without Triggering Philippines-U.S. Alliance Pact”