'When he tried to swim away with his speargun, they reeled him back with a hook used to reel in big fish. He was lucky it caught on to his shirt.'

CCG barbarism aside, Filipino spearfishing is actually more sustainable compared to PRC fishers' methods.
newsinfo.inquirer.net/1939666/ph-fis…

PRC Visby? 🤔

新加坡華人不是中國人。It takes some time for some people to realise you shouldn’t conflate ethnicity and nationality altogether. Ethnic affiliation shouldn’t be confused to mean political allegiance. scmp.com/week-asia/life…

Sunday’s indulgence: by far the best chocolate rice Swiss rolls from all-time favourite local pastries Polar Puffs. 🍰

I'm not sure whether Beijing or Xi is aware of the situation regarding Hungary and its position in EU. And not sure if Hungary's indebtedness to PRC investment and loans - hence dependency - constitutes a good blueprint for ties. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Worth keeping track on how this evolves. 👀👇🏼

PLA Navy's first real flattop, the Fujian, completes maiden sea trials. And soon coming your way to flex some muscle in the South China Sea. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/qwfb/1630…

So earth-shattering that this didn't even warrant a deserved debut in the PRC embassy official website, under the spokesperson's releases, in both Chinese and English. The last entry was 5 days ago. 🙃
Chinese: ph.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/sgfyrbt/
English: ph.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/sgfyrbt/

Updated table on U.S. and allied transits through Taiwan Strait. This is USS Halsey's 2nd such reported passage since August 2020. H/t: Robert Beltran for the heads-up. 7th Fleet presser here: c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Dis…

Beijing flips its story how it would a pancake. Just like the way it did with the so-called “new model” agreement with Manila. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

The Philippine Navy officially enters the missile age. A significant milestone with potentially more to come. 👍🏼👇🏼

There was a recent case of a deepfake on PBBM ordering military action against a certain foreign country. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Beijing always feels its own anti-dumping probes into foreign imports are justifiable, whereas others should never launch similar probes on its export products. 🙃globaltimes.cn/page/202405/13…

From a country that conducts regular military drills, sometimes with foreign partners such as Russia. Whenever Beijing claims it expelled foreign military vessels transiting Taiwan Strait or conducting FONOPs, it's also an exercise of 'method of spiritual victory'. 🙃

Xi has realised his 2021 dream of a more “lovable” PRC amongst international peers. 🙃

Considering that Ukraine has deployed U.K.-supplied Storm Shadow against the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and yet Russia hasn’t yet struck British targets, Moscow is therefore acknowledging implicitly that Crimea isn’t Russian territory. 🙃 tass.com/politics/17850…

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) assesses Malaysia is 'very much likely' to procure a second batch of 18 FA-50M Fighting Eagle lead-in fighter trainers. bernama.com/en/news.php?id…