From Taiwan to the Philippines, is China making its move while the world's distracted? | News Desk

With the world in uproar over Trump's trade tariffs, China has been quietly creating new "facts on the water" in the South China Sea. This month, Chinese troops planted a flag on yet another disputed reef, further inflaming tensions with the Philippines. What's China's endgame in the region? And can Manila or anyone else push back as Beijing pushes deeper into the Pacific... one sandbank at a time?
Live on Wednesday at 9:00 (US - EDT) | 13:00 (GMT) | 15:00 (Europe/Central Africa Time) | 18:00 (Pakistan) | 18:30 (India) | 21:00 (Philippines)

This week's panel:
Alex Forrest Whiting
Amien Essif
Dustin Hemmerlein
Pablo Foley Elias

Guests:
Richard Heydarian - author, columnist and political scientist
Melissa Chan - DW East Asia Correspondent
Clifford Coonan - DW China Analyst

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro and topic
4:47 China's island building
10:20 Latest territorial dispute - Sandy Cay
15:55 South China Sea: Philippines perspective
21:30 China's claims and maritime law
28:14 US support for Phillippines
35:05 US-Philippines military drills
42:30 South China Sea: Taiwan perspective
45:30 US support for Taiwan
53:50 China-Taiwan tensions
59:26 US and East Asian allies
1:09:00 Chat check
1:11:15 China, Indo-Pacific and Trump 2.0
1:18:40 Poll result and wrap

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