The U.S. military would face immense challenges treating the volume of casualties and moving them to medical centers far from the front lines in a conflict with China.

The country has been gradually expanding military cooperation with the U.S., Japan, and Beijing-claimed Taiwan.

Despite proclaiming a “one China” policy, Manila has been moving toward greater economic and security cooperation with Taipei.

China’s Education Ministry has issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines, following what it describes as a series of criminal incidents targeting Chinese nationals.

Manila’s significant shift could pave the way for the Philippines, an American treaty ally, to play a bigger role in regional defense if China invades Taiwan.

The arrests suggest a new front in China’s long campaign to press the Philippines, America’s oldest military ally in South-East Asia, to come into the Chinese orbit. For years, confrontation has played out on the South China Sea,

The deployment of the Mid-Range Capability, or Typhon, system in the region has repeatedly irritated China. The US sees it as a key capability.

The Philippines and China held the 9th Joint Consular Consultation in Beijing on 22 July 2025 to discuss the safety, rights, and welfare of their