Beijing has warned Manila not to “stir up trouble” after the Philippine coastguard removed a floating barrier at a disputed reef that was deployed by China to block Filipinos from the traditional fishing ground within their country’s own exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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What’s the history behind the dispute?
The incident occurred as tensions escalate between China and the Philippines over other areas of the South China Sea, foremost of which are the Spratly Islands.
China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea while several other countries, including the Philippines, have overlapping claims to parts of it.
Beijing’s claim that it controls almost the entire waterway was nullified by The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration in a 2016 ruling, which called it groundless.
Most Chinese I interact with are fiercely nationalistic, much like Americans in that regard.
Let me just interject to point out the difference between Chinese nationals and foreign born Chinese.
No one needs that pointed out because foreign born Chinese aren’t Chinese, they’re wherever they are bornese.
Just like how I’m not Irish despite it my parents being Irish.
That’s ridiculous. That’s like telling a Jewish he’s not Jewish because he wasn’t born in Israel. Chinese is an ETHNICITY as well as a nationality. It would be nice if we had different words for Chinese nationality vs ethnicity in English (locally, we call Chinese nationals mainlanders, but that’s probably confusing given Hong Kong).
Jewish is a fucking religion my man, it has nothing to do with Israel. Chinese is not a religion.
As per Wikipedia. Seriously, do you not get the concept of ethnicities?
Did you even read that?
It literally further shows the division between being Jewish and Israel.
Which was my point entirely? Dude, you’re trying to tell a Chinese guy that he needs to find a new race. Like, WTF?