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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Philippine ambassador to the U.S. warned the South China Sea is where a confrontation could break out that would trigger the next world war, rather than Taiwan.

Jose Manuel Romualdez, was cited by Nikkei Asia as saying that small-scale conflicts between Philippine and Chinese ships in the South China Sea could trigger a major conflict at "any time." He said the South China Sea "is the flashpoint, not Taiwan" and warned that if "anything happens in our area, it's like the beginning of another war, world war."

China's maritime militia is a fleet of purpose-built ships used alongside the country's People's Liberation Army Navy and the . Beijing does not formally acknowledge the paramilitary force's existence and claims it comprises patriotic fishermen.

The militia's unofficial nature gives Beijing plausible deniability when the ships enter contentious territory. Observers believe the Chinese government is using the fishing boats to assert de facto control over contested areas in the South China Sea, including in the Spratly Islands archipelago where Whitsun Reef lies.

shoshin wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:14 pm Oh, Bob, thank you, but you’re crying in the wilderness. Here, it Doom and Doomer.

Higgenbotham wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:36 pm

shoshin wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:14 pm Oh, Bob, thank you, but you’re crying in the wilderness. Here, it Doom and Doomer.

Plus Boom and Boomer.

FullMoon wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:29 pm

Higgenbotham wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:36 pm

shoshin wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:14 pm Oh, Bob, thank you, but you’re crying in the wilderness. Here, it Doom and Doomer.

Plus Boom and Boomer.

We did have someone named Zoomer before.

FullMoon wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:39 pm

FullMoon wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:29 pm

Higgenbotham wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:36 pm

Plus Boom and Boomer.

We did have someone named Zoomer before.

Zoomer said he's from New York area. I wonder if he's watched the new riveting Netflix doom and gloom movie. It's pretty riveting if you think a cyber attack is probably coming as we're told by the FBI director. It's a good movie but maybe too scary for those frightened by Doom and Gloom.

FullMoon wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:39 pm I wonder if he's watched the new riveting Netflix doom and gloom movie. It's pretty riveting if you think a cyber attack is probably coming as we're told by the FBI director. It's a good movie but maybe too scary for those frightened by Doom and Gloom.

Navigator wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:29 pm

FullMoon wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:39 pm I wonder if he's watched the new riveting Netflix doom and gloom movie. It's pretty riveting if you think a cyber attack is probably coming as we're told by the FBI director. It's a good movie but maybe too scary for those frightened by Doom and Gloom.

What's the name of the movie? Curious.

Adapted from the 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, Leave the World Behind follows a society that unravels after the technological infrastructure begins to collapse