Thitu Island – Asia Times

Philippines muscling up in the South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 12, 2021May 16, 2021

MANILA – The Philippines is set to convert its underdeveloped Thitu Island into a major military logistics hub in the South China Sea, a plan that could give the United States a new beachhead in the contested maritime area and will likely intensify already hot tensions with China. Thitu’s hub plan will see the […]

Philippines taking aim at China’s sea militias

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China’s sea moves roil Philippine election politics

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A view of Philippine occupied (Pag-asa) Thitu island in disputed South China Sea April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RTS1392X

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New hot spot boils in the South China Sea

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A merged Chinese-Taiwanese flag. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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Why China and Taiwan agree on the South China Sea

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President Rodrigo Duterte speaks upon his arrival at Davao International Airport. Photo: Reuters/Lean Daval Jr

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Philippines draws three hard lines on China

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President Rodrigo Duterte's needs Chinese financing to build the US$4 billion Mindanao Railway. Photo: Reuters/Wu Hong

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Duterte to China: ‘if you want, just make us a province’

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China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy soldiers patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

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China nearly done militarizing South China Sea

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Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (C) tries a CQ-A5b (M4) rifle donated by the Chinese government during the ceremony at the military headquarters in Manila on October 5, 2017.Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe

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Philippine brass up in arms on the South China Sea

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A protester holds a placard during a demonstration in Manila against China's presence in disputed waters in the South China Sea. The Philippines is one of several countries opposed to Chinese expansion in the vital seaway. Photo: AFP / Ted Aljibe

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Chinese boats stir Philippine anxieties

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An undated photo shows two Chinese jet fighters during a military drill in the South China Sea. Photo AFP/Stringer

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Dual face tactics jettison China-Philippine detente

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) raises a clenched fist with military top brass as he visits troops in Nanagun, Lombayanague in Lanao del Sur in Mindanao island on November 30, 2016.
Photo: AFP / Richel Umel

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Duterte’s call to arms more bluster than threat

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