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China's medical diplomacy and the Philippines
Posted By Anthony Bergin on November 29, 2013 @ 11:00
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/HS_Peace_Ark-1.jpg
[2] sudden announcement of an air defence identification zone (ADIZ): http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/peaceful-rise-anyone-chinas-east-china-sea-air-defence-identification-zone/
[3] stands at over 5,000: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/27/typhoon-death-toll-now-5500-philippines
[4] $10 million from Australia: http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2013/jb_mr_131111.html
[5] coughed up $1.7 million: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/11/17/commentary/china-may-long-regret-miserly-typhoon-aid-offer/#.UpbGu6e4ZPA
[6] roughly similar to our own military deployments: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2013-yates-chinas-risk-equation.pdf
[7] challenged its maritime claims before the UN’s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/philippines-takes-chinas-dashes-to-un/
[8] receive patients and transfer them to the ship for further treatment: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-11/25/c_132916725.htm
[9] only US Navy’s Mercy and Comfort are larger: http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Red%20Crosses%2C%20Blue%20Water%20D0025784%20A1%20%282%29.pdf
[10] will do its ‘utmost’ to offer medical services to local victims: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/11/25/1260744/yolanda-victims-get-treatment-aboard-chinas-peace-ark
[11] Wikimedia Commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HS_Peace_Ark-1.jpg