I’m directing this column to our national and local leaders whose duty is to defend the country, protect the people, and secure our natural resources. There’s a need to adapt mindsets to a deteriorating security situation in the South China Sea — fueled by China’s spurious claims of “indisputable sovereignty” over this vital body of water — by thinking, speaking, and acting as one united leadership to confront the external and internal threats to our national security. China’s “people’s war” has been applying its “cabbage strategy” utilizing three layers to occupy the SCS, and key features in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of littoral nations, like the Philippines and Vietnam. It calls for surrounding a contested area with swarms of blue hulls (Chinese Maritime Militia, or CMM, masquerading as fishing vessels) backed up by white hulls (China Coast Guard [CCG]) and gray hulls (warships in the People’s Liberation Army Navy [PLAN]),

Alunan, R. M. III. (2019, June 18).