南海爭議 美強調與菲律賓同盟關係

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BBC Chinese, Mar 18, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/worl ... ippines_china.shtml
(菲律賓與中國在南海的爭議轉趨激烈之際，美國太平洋艦隊指揮官強調菲律賓作為軍事同盟的重要性。美國海軍少將羅伯特·托馬斯在馬尼拉對記者說：「我們與菲律賓62年的聯盟關係依然是我們盡力保持西太平洋穩定繁榮的關鍵。」 他的指揮艦「藍嶺」號星期二抵達馬尼拉")

Note:
(a) 7th Fleet Leaders: Commander, US 7th Fleet Vice Adm Robert L Thomas
www.c7f.navy.mil/leaders/commander.htm
(b) USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Blue_Ridge_(LCC-19)
(is the lead ship of the two Blue Ridge–class command ships of the US Navy; Namesake: Blue Ridge Mountains; Commissioned 1970)

View a map of the Mountains in
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains
(c) "該船隻正開往仁愛礁（菲律賓稱為阿雲津礁），當地有一支人數不多的菲律賓海軍陸戰隊駐守。"
(i) In English:
China/Taiwan (which also claimed ownership decades ago (when I do not know) but has never done anything): Renai Reef; The Philippines: Ayungin Reef
(ii) Armed Stand-off, Mounting Tensions, in the South China Sea. Chiang Rai Times, May 29, 2013 (photo)
www.chiangraitimes.com/armed-sta ... outh-china-sea.html

* Chiang Rai Province
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Rai_Province
(of Thailand)