Operation Bashi Channel: the next flashpoint in the China-US military rivalry

South China Morning Post ^ | Lawrence Chung

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On Friday, the United States made it 13. For a 13th day in a row, the US sent military aircraft for reconnaissance in the Bashi Channel just south of Taiwan before heading to the South China Sea.

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According to the South China Sea Probing Initiative, a think tank affiliated with Peking University, the US sent six large reconnaissance aircraft and two refuelling tankers on Friday’s mission.

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During the mission, the aircraft were reportedly scouring the channel for signs of PLA Navy submarine activity. The aircraft were in the area ahead of US strike groups that were to enter the Bashi Channel for exercises in the Philippine Sea.

The USS Ronald Reagan, the USS Nimitz and four other warships are holding large-scale exercises in the Philippine Sea which is next to the South China Sea.

“The Nimitz and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups are conducting dual carrier operations in the Philippine Sea. The ships and aircraft assigned to both strike groups began coordinated operations in international waters on June 28,” the US Indo-Pacific Command said.

A third aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, was also reportedly in the area.

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Military specialists said that both the US and Beijing were putting on an unusually strong show of force in the area but their flexing of military muscle was different.

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“Both the US and the People’s Republic of China are stepping up their presence in the region as their strategic competition intensifies, if not escalates,” Huang said.

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Any atolls in that channel that China can lay claim to, to start building their next island?

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Before this far as there was a lot of unscrupulous countries and businesses making millions off Chinese slave labor

Because education is so valued in China even the poorest have a really good math education

However this virus they leashed upon the works has exposed them greatly

They’re gettjng desperate for power and control.

At some point there may be real war if they don’t stop