It looks like a bit of push back is being planned that Xi won't like at all.

US Ally Plans Multinational Patrols to Counter China.

The chief of staff of the Philippine military has announced plans for joint maritime and air patrols with like-minded nations, against a background of escalating tensions with Chinese forces in the South China Sea.

"It's in the planning process," General Romeo Brawner Jr. told CNN Philippines' The Source Tuesday. "We are going to conduct our joint maritime and air patrols in the West Philippine Sea with the U.S.; Japan is interested, France, the U.K. and Canada."

The West Philippine Sea is Manila's name for the parts of the South China Sea falling within the Philippines' 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone. The region is the focal point of heated territorial disputes, with China asserting sovereignty over upward of 80 percent of the South China Sea, despite a 2016 international arbitral court ruling that rejected its claims.

Brawner said the proposed multinational patrols could start as early as the first half of the next year......

Doesn't Xi already have enough problems back at home without creating others outside of his borders?

It looks like Xi has the same problem as PooTin with his military heads.

Corruption Scandal in Xi's China Leads to Dozens of Arrests.

Scores of officials have been snagged in Chinese leader Xi Jinping's campaign to cleanse vulnerable sections of the military of corruption, a China-focused consulting firm says.

The ongoing reshuffling "will have extensive ramifications for the chain of command, as well as the combat readiness/ability to function normally of critical [People's Liberation Army] infrastructure," Canada-based Cercius Group said.......

A purge of:

Corruption?

Or of political leanings?

Or of the moving up of new favourites??...


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Now that didn't go well.

Video Shows China's Falling Rocket Debris Exploding in Village.

Footage from southern China has captured the moment rocket debris from a recent satellite launch plummeted from the sky and exploded near village homes.

China launched two new satellites on Tuesday for its BeiDou navigation system, the country's officials Xinhua News Agency said.

At least two boosters of the Long March 3B multistage launch vehicle fell back to Earth in two different locations, Guangxi region bordering Vietnam and Hainan province on the South China Sea, according to separate local government notices......

Xi is still cleaning the house.

China Ousts Nine Military Lawmakers as Defense Purge Widens.

China abruptly ousted nine military figures from its national parliament without explanation, as a major purge personnel in the upper echelons of the nation’s defense universe casts its net wider.

The nation’s top legislative body revoked the lawmakers’ membership during a Friday meeting, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Their ouster adds to a series of recent removals that are raising questions about how such turmoil will affect the smooth operations of China’s military.....

Well Xi's propaganda machine got told. LOL

Taiwan voters dismiss China warnings and hand ruling party a historic third consecutive presidential win.

Xi's coast guard is at its dangerous maneuvers again.

China coastguard's 'dangerous manoeuvres' caused South China Sea collision, Philippines says.

Xi's coast guard is at its dangerous maneuvers again.

China defends its territorial waters. The problem is China's definition of a "territorial water" is unique on earth, no other country accepting it (okay, eventually Myanmar or Venezuela). Delaying the dispute or appeasement will lead to more conflicts.