Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recruits chant slogan during a parade to mark the end of a semester at a military base of the North Sea Fleet, in Qingdao, Shandong province December 5, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily
Business Insider: China threatens foreign ships and planes 'daily' in the South China Sea, but no one is yielding any ground
* China threatens foreign ships and planes in the South China Sea on a "daily basis," according to members of the Philippine military.
* Warnings directed at the Philippines are much more menacing than those directed at the US military, leading some experts to question whether or not China is purposefully calibrating its responses to intimidate smaller, weaker claimant states.
* Both the armed forces of the Philippines and the US military continue their operations as planned, disregarding Chinese threats and warnings.
China is threatening foreign ships and planes operating in the South China Sea on a "daily" basis, according to the chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
"It's a daily occurrence," General Carlito Galvez Jr. told the press Monday, the Inquirer reported. "Our pilots just reply, 'We are just doing our routine flight on our jurisdiction and territory.'"
The office of the president of the Philippines praised its country's pilots for disregarding Chinese warnings and threats, which can be particularly aggressive.
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WNU Editor: It looks like this is now business as usual in the South China Sea.
