[ANALYSIS] PH must worry about getting embroiled in Taiwan-China conflict

'Taiwan should begin to study how Beijing was able to bully the Philippines in the region to achieve near-total dominance.' ThoughtLeaders

— are aimed at intimating the Tsai administration and people of Taiwan, they are also a stark warning to Taiwan’s neighbors about the threat of Chinese escalation around Taiwan.

The Bashi Channel divides southern Taiwan from the northern Philippines, making it an important waterway for both civilian and military sea travel. In response to then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022, the Chinese military conducted live-fire joint sea-air exercises around Taiwan, including one area that overlapped in theand near Batanes.

While such actions are a regular part of the ongoing dispute between China and other regional claimants, such as the Philippines, the announcement by Beijing of the patrol and inspection operation is a disturbing development. Taipei said that it would not comply with Chinese naval vessels and instructed civilian vessels not to comply and instead contact Taiwan’s coast guard. There are no current public reports of a Chinese naval vessel boarding and inspecting a Taiwanese ship.

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