Experts warn of possible Philippine provocations on China’s Zhongye Dao
2024-08-23 08:36:33 source:Global Times
August 22, 2024
The Philippines could stir up trouble in yet another Chinese island in the South China Sea, Chinese experts warned on Thursday, after Manila's provocative intrusions into waters adjacent to Xianbin Jiao (also known as Xianbin Reef) and Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef) on Monday.
The Philippines is expanding the military infrastructure on Zhongye Dao (also known as Zhongye Island), a part of China's Nansha Qundao (also known as Nansha Islands) but illegally occupied by the Philippines, in a move to potentially invite warships and warplanes from countries outside the region such as the US and Japan, sabotaging peace and stability in the South China Sea in the process, Chinese experts said.
According to an analysis made by Zhang Jie, a research fellow at the National Institute of International Strategy under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Philippines has been building up tensions in the domain of international public opinion this year in a bid to ramp up the pace of its infringing moves on Zhongye Dao.
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