China Just Drew Blood in the South China Sea

0:00 Blood is in the water. Welcome to China Uncensored, I'm Chris Chappell. Over the past several years, the Philippines has been facing a brutal Chinese campaign to break its will in the South China Sea. After all, the Philippines and other nations in the area just don't seem to want to acknowledge that all of this belongs to China. What do you mean international law says that isn't so? what is international law going to do about it, huh? has been fighting back by painstakingly recording everything the Chinese forces do in their exclusive economic zone. And this time, someone got hurt. This happened near the Second Thomas Shoal, where the Philippines keeps an old rusty beached ship called the BRP Sierra Madre as an outpost. A Chinese Coast Guard

0:48 vessel came near the outpost. And I mean really near. Yeah, that's a Sierra Madre in the background. So the Filipino sailors told them to leave, while the Chinese Coast Guard also shouted through a bullhorn, just for good measure. And then this happened. And this. And this. All of which resulted in this.

1:34 Now China claims that the Philippines started it, and that China is committed to peace, which is what they always say. But the truth is, it doesn't matter who started the skirmish, because the Chinese Coast Guard boat was trespassing in waters under the sovereign control of the Philippines. They shouldn't have been there in the first place. The Philippines condemned the attack, noting that this incident mirrored a violent June 2024 incident that resulted in a Filipino sailor having his thumb torn off. Which will make liking things on social media bittersweet for the rest of his life. This kind of thing just keeps happening. So it's no wonder that the Philippines said, we simply cannot trust this belligerent neighbor. They cannot trust this belligerent neighbor. Glad the Philippines is saying aloud what I've been warning about for years. I'd give them a thumbs up,

2:21 but that seems insensitive. So what does this mean? Is the Philippines at war with China now? Is the US, which has a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, at war with China now? Well no. In 2024, Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set a quote -unquote red line with China over the South China Sea. He said, We have not yet gotten to the point where any of our participants have been killed. But once we get to that point, certainly we would have crossed the Rubicon. Is that a red line? Almost certainly it's going to be a red line. That line has not been crossed. But the Chinese Communist Party has shown, time and time again, that it has zero respect for international law. In fact, it literally

3:07 thinks it's garbage. A few days before the clash to commemorate the A few days before the clash, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Hague Convention ruling, stating that China's claims in the South China Sea are invalid, the Chinese state -run media outlet China Daily put out this spectacularly awful AI slop, depicting the Philippines as a monkey doing the bidding of the US and Japan. Before the two countries tossed the Philippines into a Chinese water cannon. And the ruling becomes just another bit of sea trash. More litter, that too. Let's all do our part to keep the ocean clean. Catchy. The video inspired all sorts of monkey -related

3:52 posts regarding the Philippines on social media. With posters saying things like, Philippine monkeys should be attacked. And the Philippines is just a bunch of monkeys. Who does the CCP think they are? Frieza? The Philippines, of course, condemn the video as racist. But racism is the least of the Philippines' worries here. The CCP has shown exactly what it thinks of international law. It simply does not care. In fact, it thinks it's a joke. And that is a serious problem. The timing of all this, plus Chinese scholars' recent claim that This recent claim that Batanes, the Philippines' northernmost province, belongs to Beijing. Seems to be very intentional. Also pictured here are the so -called Chinese

4:38 scholars. All of this has been happening in the lead -up to the 59th ASEAN Foreign Minister's meeting in Manila, which also met last week. And guess who's this year's chair? The Philippines. Which means all this isn't just aimed at the Philippines. It's for every nation in ASEAN. China wants to make sure they all get the memo. submit or face fury, brutal, violent, we swear we're just committed to peace, fury. Of course, they don't say that. They say stuff like China -ASEAN ties are pivotal for regional peace and stability. And the South China Sea issue shouldn't be an obstacle to Sino -ASEAN ties. Pretty sure the lettuce in that word salad It gave my brain explosive diarrhea. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi went

5:26 to Manila to speak with ASEAN leaders. And basically said, China's out there to be everybody's friend. Nobody needs to worry about Chinese aggression. Keep in mind that this is the same Wang Yi who said in Manila all the way back in 1995 that Chinese structures at Mischief Reef were just for civilian use. Decades later, Mischief Reef houses a full -on military base. But the CCP isn't the problem. is interference from foreigners. As my favorite state -run media, the Global Times, put it, China and ASEAN are neighbors, and mutually beneficial cooperation will always define the relationship. So all of the countries in South Asia should resist external interference and deepen China -ASEAN cooperation. In other words, keep

6:16 the US out of it. very superpower that's keeping China from doing even stupider stunts. US Secretary of State Pope Ayatollah and President Marco Rubio went to Manila to meet with ASEAN members. As well as members of the Quad. That's America's, Australia's, Japan, and India's strategic partnership intended on keeping the Indo -Pacific free from Chinese control and Wang Yi. Time will tell what comes out of the ASEAN summits, Time will tell what comes out of the ASEAN summit but Rubio but Rubio's op -ed piece for the Filipino news outlets set the tone for what the US brings to the table. Its message is clear. The US is not going away any time soon. And the US will leverage all available tools to strengthen relations with ASEAN, including $2 .5 billion in strategic investments

7:06 for things like aviation infrastructure, He also noted that if China were to gain control over the waters and weaponize commerce, China would be able to threaten the sovereignty, security, and economic futures of the US and ASEAN. Rubio also said that the US is providing $100 million to support the Philippines' ability to defend itself and resist coercion aimed at forcing the region into submission. But far more needs to be done. And one of the ways we can help the Philippines is by spreading the word of what China's doing and why ASEAN needs to stay vigilant. Which is why I need you. If you want to join me in cracking the skull of communism, metaphorically of course, join my 50

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