Here's a story that will soon make waves when Al Jazeera releases the whole story. As of now, only leaks about the incident are coming out. Let DZRH share it with you now:
An Al-Jazeera vessel sent to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea to do a story on China’s aggression in the region was threatened with a military attack by a Chinese warship if it did not leave the Scarborough Shoal region immediately. The al-Jazeera ship captain did as he was ordered.
The incident appeared in a segment aired on Al-Jazeera’s online televised newscast, and will appear soon in a full-length documentary, but has not yet appeared in a story on its web site.
According to the segment, China is sending a flotilla of 30 well-armed fishing vessels to fish in the Scarborough Shoal, which is off the coast of the Philippines, and has historically been part of Philippines territory. The flotilla is being sent as the meeting in Phnom Penh of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) ends in bitter division of China’s claims to the entire South China Sea, including many areas historically belonging to other countries.
At the ASEAN meeting, China’s message was that other countries shouldn’t make trouble, but should maintain harmonious relations with China. Apparently, when China tells you not to “make trouble,” it means that you should do exactly as demanded or they’ll kill you.
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