China may want to control the skies above disputed waters
farther east. Together they brought more fighter jets than most countries in Asia possess. Chinese commentators had little doubt what the point was this time: to show China that despite covid-19, America still has muscle.
Jostling in the South China Sea is nothing new. For decades, China and other littoral countries, including Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, have competed and clashed over its atolls, shoals, reefs and sandbars. China has largely emerged the victor. And despite promising America in 2015 that it would not militarise the area, it has built ports, runways and bunkers in the Spratlys and installed missiles on these island fortresses.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
U.S. death toll surpasses 120,000 as China, South Korea work to contain new outbreaksMore than 120,000 people have now died from the coronavirus in the US, according to an NBCNews tally, which shows that over 2.2M people have been infected across the country.
続きを読む »
More young people across the South are testing positive for coronavirus, officials warnOfficials in states across the South are warning more young people are testing positive for coronavirus.
続きを読む »
North Korea threatens to pour 'leaflets of punishment' over South Korea"The South Korean authorities will face a really horrible time," North Korean state media said.
続きを読む »
North Korea threatens to pour 'leaflets of punishment' over South KoreaAs tensions ratchet up between the 2 nations, North Korea is preparing to flood the South with 'mountain-high' piles of propaganda leaflets denouncing the South Korean president and North Korean defectors, state media in the country reported Saturday.
続きを読む »
North Korea prepares anti-South leaflets amid heightened tensionsNorth Korea is gearing up to send propaganda leaflets over its southern border, denouncing North Korean defectors and South Korea, its state media said on Saturday, the latest retaliation for leaflets from the South as bilateral tensions rise.
続きを読む »
North Korea vows to send anti-South leaflets amid tensionsNorth Korea pledged to push ahead with its campaign to send propaganda leaflets into South Korea, saying it is not bound to any inter-Korean agreements, state media said on Sunday.
続きを読む »