But over the past two years, tensions have escalated precariously in another part of the South China Sea — the waters off the western coast of the Philippines where an international tribunal ruled the Philippines has exclusive economic rights. This cellphone video taken by the Filipinos shows the moment just after impact — the Chinese coast guard ship- 269 feet long and nearly twice the size of the Cape Engaño— jammed into the Philippine's starboard quarter, the rear right side of the ship. In 2023, General Brawner visited the Philippines' equivalent of the Alamo, a grounded World War II battleship called the Sierra Madre, manned by soldiers and used to hold down Manila's claim to a disputed area in the South China Sea.
Author: Cecilia Vega
Published at: 2025-06-15 22:58:41
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