Why China’s Air Force Is Dropping Flares Near Philippines' Aircraft | Taiwan Talks EP433

The Philippines is calling on China to deescalate tensions in the skies over the South China Sea following Chinese air force actions described by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as “unjustified, illegal and reckless.” Meanwhile, Beijing says its actions were professional and legal. The Philippine military said Chinese aircraft flew dangerously close to a Philippine plane, dropping several flares in its path during its routine patrol over Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The incident occurred over Scarborough Shoal, which is controlled by China despite its location within 200 nautical miles of the Philippines. In 2016, a Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling found that China's vast claims to the South China Sea had no legal basis.

Tso Chen-dong
- National Taiwan University, Political Science Professor, Former Kuomintang (KMT), Mainland Affairs Department Director, Taiwan-U.S.-China Relations Expert

Ronan Fu
- Assistant research fellow, Academia Sinica Institute of Political
Science

[mozillaproxima]

Whatever the CCP does... wherever the CCP goes... is literally a red flag.

[daimos]

Chay-na the Warmonger.. Created lots of Enemies. One day Chay-na will regret it😂😂😂

[johnfrancisco]

Hey youtube I sup port Tai wan 🇹🇼 and the Philip pines 🇵🇭

[zeniehudson]

Scarborough Shoal is Philippine territory...

[swamisundaram]

❤ Yin.

Support Philippines. 🇵🇭

Support Taiwan 🇹🇼 independence.

[gogofmagog]

Vietnam acting like Bi-Polar, coz it was never United on South China sea issue. Just like how it is in history where Dai Viet of North Vietnam was once a colony of China for 1, 000 years, and Champa Kingdom of South Vietnam a Hindu-Austronesian land used to possessed Hainan island that is part of Southern China today. China using Communism brotherhood to slowly invade Vietnam. Its only a matter of time, that Nation will split again into North & South where one is friendly to China & the other to America-Western nations & India. There’s a saying, “You cannot row in two rivers at the same time.”

[hansolo]

what legal basis? why is china assume that its territory, both are still claimants. Even a chinese kid knows what belongs to them and whats not

[AkodawSipedro]

China does not follow United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea “UNCLOS” Philippine needs to step it up and start using maritime allies to build more military bases on those islands.

[gogofmagog]

How Vietnam forgot its Sino-Veitnamese War in 1979, and how they lost 134 Sailors & Navies so China can occupy Paracels island in their East Vietnam Sea. Yet they acting all cool like nothing happened, their tolerance is on another level.

[galaxyA-mvxo]

China said they are Professional. 😂😂
What a shame...
Taiwan, do you still consider yourself as chinese?

[albertocontreras]

Yes I can clearly see that Vietnam Sea overlaps With Philippines Sea . Any way none of them áre trouble makers . Taiwan Sea also overlaps with " some " other . "

[controllerplayer]

chiang kai-shek has an imperial mentality like the communist party in china this is why he created this 10 dash line back in 1947 before mao zedong took the seat of power in china back in 1949 to 1950..

Taiwan should say to the World that the 10 dash line was invalid claim..

[petermelville]

Fu is a solid, but Tso is doing a bit of obfuscation. He is KMT! Did he go with Ma to China to kowtow to the CCP? I can see that on occasion TaiwanTalks's guests give sly voice to pro-CCP talking points. They had a guest recently who said China has never invaded another country. Clear Fact checking is a goal that Taiwan Talks should aspire to. UNCLOS rulings should be respected and at the foreground. Taiwan should reject the nine dash line legacy and convene a conference to publish new zone maps that correspond to contemporary sovereignty realities. Joint administration on reasonable contested areas should be tabled.

[edm]

flares might suck by turbo prop or jet engine and leads to engine fire..

[markdeguzman]

Trying so hard to intimidate to discourage. Simple as that.

[basedpinkcanary]

China should worry about their own people and infrastructure collapsing from weather

[controllerplayer]

0:20 - 0:24 professional mafia and pirates.. legal in their own twisted narratives..

[java-svbh]

China forgot that MRC missile is in the Philippines

[alesh]

Too much verbal waddling. Just call a spade a spade.

[ttlzkti]

I always pray that GOD will put an end to the evil doers, GOD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAY'S, HE WILL SAVED THE PHILIPPINES LIKE ISRAEL, AND I BELIEVED IN GOD, AMEN 🙏❤️💓