(UPDATES) A CHINESE research vessel came within just 40 nautical miles (74 kilometers) from Palawan late Friday, according to a US-based maritime monitor in the South China Sea.
A CHINESE research vessel came within just 40 nautical miles from Palawan late Friday, according to a US-based maritime monitor in the South China Sea.The Ke Xue San Hao, a Chinese research vessel, has been surveying the areas south and east of the Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea since July 25, according to SeaLight.Retired United States Air Force Col. Ray Powell, director of SeaLight, said the ship has been surveying the reefs and shoals west of Palawan for the past week.
on the need for a US military presence for Asian stability and peace.She also focused on the misapprehension of the $500 million new funding announced by the US to boost the Philippines' external military defense and modernization.'The US will not help for free. Actually, they don't give anything for free; they just sell us their old weapons,' said Suarez.'It's sad because everything that is said to be given as a grant is actually a debt that we have to pay.
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