China warns Philippines of dangerous 'crossroads' after latest water cannon clash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Yet Beijing has disregarded that ruling while maneuvering to assert military control over the South China Sea, one of the most important waterways in the world for global commerce, while pressing the Philippines not to expand military cooperation with the U.S."If their cooperation in, for example, the use of military bases, joint exercises, information gathering, and logistical supplies infringe the core and important interests of China such as Taiwan, the South China Sea and," Chinese maritime security expert Wu Shicun, who runs a security institute with close ties to the foreign ministry, was quoted as saying this week, "then not only will China-Philippines relations bear the brunt, and the peace and stability of the South China Sea become untenable, the Philippines's own interests will also be undermined.

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