The Chinese coast guard came in small boats with axes, long knives and spears.
They used the crude weapons to slash and puncture the Philippine military’s rubber craft. One Chinese boat rammed a Philippine boat at high speed, severing the thumb of a Filipino seaman who was holding on to the side of his ride.
Video footage isn’t paywalled for those interested in viewing it without a subscription or an archive link.
Reminds me of that footage of the Chinese and Indian militaries beating the shit out of eachother with wooden sticks because they were worried even small arms fire could cause enough echo to start an avalanche.
If by “avalanche” you mean “escalation of conflict”, yes. They don’t allow firearms because of one side shoots, the other side shoots back, then everyone is shooting and it’s a real war. Without guns, they have to actually go up and fight the other guy, which is much less effective fighting. A few guys beat up a few other guys, instead of dozens shooting and killing dozens.
Did the Filipino sailors not have sidearms?
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Article By: Niharika Mandhana
Archive Link: 21 Jun 2024 00:17:28 UTC
Damn we are getting flooded with these articles huh
Propaganda getting turned up
Depends on where you live. For a european, african or an american, it’s a bit meh. For a japanese, chinese, korean, philippine, taiwanese, vietnamese or an indonesian…it makes front page. And since this is World News and all…
Meanwhile Thailand and Malaysia trying to join brics…