{"id":58823,"date":"2023-09-29T10:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/29\/risk-of-miscalculation-rises-in-south-china-sea-as-beijing-ramps-up-aggressive-tactics"},"modified":"2023-09-29T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T01:57:18","slug":"risk-of-miscalculation-rises-in-south-china-sea-as-beijing-ramps-up-aggressive-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=58823","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Risk of miscalculation\u2019 rises in South China Sea as Beijing ramps up aggressive tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions over the resource-rich region are intensifying as China attempts to cut access for nations with competing claims, such as the Philippines<\/p>\n<p>In shaky camera footage, a member of the Philippine coast guard can be seen dipping below the waters of South China Sea, ready to carry out the instructions of the country\u2019s president. \u201cJust cut it off,\u201d says a voice in the background and the coast guard, posing as a fisher in a snorkel, proceeds to hack away at a piece of rope.<\/p>\n<p>The video, taken on Monday near the fiercely contested Scarborough Shoal, shows the Philippines\u2019 mission to remove what it described as a hazardous floating barrier installed by China\u2019s coast guard. It had been erected to cut off access to Philippine boats, the Philippine coast guard alleged, accusing their counterparts of violating international law. China has defended its actions as \u201cprofessional and restrained\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/29\/risk-of-miscalculation-rises-in-south-china-sea-as-beijing-ramps-up-aggressive-tactics\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions over the resource-rich region are intensifying as China attempts to cut access for nations with competing claims, such as the PhilippinesIn shaky camera footage, a member of the Philippine coast guard can be seen dipping below the waters of So&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50,55,535,47,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-philippines","category-south-china-sea","category-us-news","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58824,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58823\/revisions\/58824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}