Sky News host Caleb Bond says things have been “heating up” in the South China Sea while “everyone has been looking elsewhere”.
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Mr Bond says one of the “biggest examples of this in the last couple of weeks” has been “with the Philippines”.
“The Philippines in 1999 deliberately ran ashore a boat … on the Second Thomas Shoal,” Mr Bond said.
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“The Second Thomas Shoal sits in the South China Sea about 200km offshore from the Philippines – it sits about 1,400km from Hong Kong.
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“It’s not hard to see who might have more rights to this land.
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“China asserts that it has total control of the South China Sea and is now actively trying to stop the Philippines from getting access to this boat.”
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