WWIII could start over Philippines dispute in South China Sea, China 'not respecting' treaties, expe

[libertybele]

WWIII could start over Philippines dispute in South China Sea, China 'not respecting' treaties, expert says

Beijing warned that World War III could break out in the South China Sea as it increasingly shifts its attention to the Philippines, with territorial disputes driving tensions ever higher.

"Although we have a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, China is not respecting it," Gordon Chang, a China expert and fellow at the Gatestone Institute, told Fox News Digital.

"It was twice last month, on the 5th and the 29th, that the State Department issued written warnings to China that we were prepared to use force to discharge our obligations pursuant to article four of the U.S. Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty," Chang explained. "That's a warning that we are prepared to go to war."

First reported by MEMRI's China Media Studies Project, the state-owned and -operated news outlet China Daily earlier this week published an op-ed titled "Manila must be warned against horrors of war" by Yang Xiao, deputy director of the Institute of Maritime Strategy Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.............

...........China has most recently hassled the Philippines over disputed fishing shoals, with Chinese coast guards trying to chase Filipino fishermen away and leading to tense standoffs between the two.

Last year saw a series of near-clashes between the two coast guards near the Second Thomas Shoal. The Philippine authorities protested China’s use of a water cannon and military-grade lasers..............

https://www.foxnews.com/world/wwiii-could-start-philippines-dispute-south-china-sea-china-not-respecting-treaties-expert-says

[Bigun]

Bluff, bluster, and BS! China knows, more than anyone, that they cannot supply their military more than ten miles outside their territorial boundaries for more than a few days.

[libertybele]

Bluff, bluster, and BS! China knows, more than anyone, that they cannot long supply their military more than ten miles outside their territorial boundaries for more than a few days.

Good to know.  Thanks.