China-Philippines Tensions Mount Over South China Sea Disputes
• Tensions rising between China and Philippines over South China Sea, could reach "point of no return" warns Chinese scholar • Philippines granting more military access to US, with over 30 "open and covert" US operations in South China Sea • Multilateral security pacts between Philippines, US, Japan, Australia targeting China per scholar • China blames Philippines for drawing in other powers, warns against "wrong course" • View that US ambitions driving Philippines reflects Beijing worldview of great powers controlling smaller states