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More storms are brewing in the South China Sea
3 weeks, 4 days ago

More storms are brewing in the South China Sea

Live Mint  

Eight years ago China lost a legal battle over its fantastical territorial claims in the South China Sea. On June 17th Chinese coastguards wielded axes as they confronted Philippine sailors resupplying a beached warship that marks the Philippines’ legitimate claim on Second Thomas Shoal. Yet if it failed to back an important ally, American deterrence would suffer in Asia and …

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Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane

The Hindu  

The Philippines accused China on Saturday of recently firing flares at one of its aircraft as it patrolled over the South China Sea. A Chinese fighter jet "engaged in irresponsible and dangerous manoeuvres" on August 19 as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources plane flew near Scarborough Shoal, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. Ambassador …

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Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea, causing injuries
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea, causing injuries

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons Saturday in the latest confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing injuries to its navy crew members and heavy damage to the wooden vessel, Philippine officials said. It’s the second time the Philippine boat Unaizah May 4 has been damaged by …

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Second Thomas Shoal | A symbol of defiance
10 months ago

Second Thomas Shoal | A symbol of defiance

The Hindu  

Lying in the waters around the Spratly Islands, a derelict ship at the Second Thomas Shoal has become a symbol of the Philippines’ defiance in the hotly contested South China Sea. China’s claims China claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, including the Second Thomas Shoal, based on the historical and controversial Nine-dash line. The distance between Mischief …

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Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured
10 months, 1 week ago

Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured

The Hindu  

Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea and four Filipino crew members were injured on Tuesday in high-seas confrontations as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where alarm over Beijing’s aggression at sea was expected to be raised. The Chinese Coast Guard ships and accompanying vessels blocked the Philippine Coast Guard and …

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Philippines accuses China of attempting to block another vessel
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Philippines accuses China of attempting to block another vessel

Hindustan Times  

The Philippines on Sunday accused the Chinese coast guard of attempting to block a Filipino government vessel delivering supplies to fishermen, the second such alleged incident near a disputed reef in two weeks. This handout photo taken on February 22, 2024 and received on February 25, 2024 from the Philippine Coast Guard shows China Coast Guard personnel onboard a rigid-hulled …

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Filipino fisherman to China’s coast guard on disputed shoal: `This is Philippine territory. Go away’
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Filipino fisherman to China’s coast guard on disputed shoal: `This is Philippine territory. Go away’

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino fishing boat captain protested on Tuesday the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea, where he asserted that Chinese officers drove him and his men away from a disputed shoal and ordered them to dump their catch in the sea. The fishermen, led by Saligan, reported to the Philippine coast guard that …

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Philippines says Chinese coast guard used water cannons against its vessels for a second day
1 year, 1 month ago

Philippines says Chinese coast guard used water cannons against its vessels for a second day

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing damage and endangering Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, just a day after similar hostilities at another contested shoal, Philippine officials said. Drone video footage and photographs issued by the Philippine coast guard …

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Beijing accuses US navy of ‘illegally’ entering South China Sea territory
1 year, 1 month ago

Beijing accuses US navy of ‘illegally’ entering South China Sea territory

Al Jazeera  

China says that the United States has undermined ‘regional peace and stability’. “The US deliberately disrupted the situation in the South China Sea,” the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater asserted in a statement. Dwarfed by China’s military might, the country has sought support from US forces, the major military power patrolling the important shipping lanes and fishing grounds in the …

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The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal
1 year, 2 months ago

The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal

The Hindu  

Chinese and Philippine vessels engaged in a new confrontation in the South China Sea on Friday, with Manila charging that a Chinese coast guard ship and accompanying vessels conducted dangerous maneuvers and blasted a Philippine supply ship with a water cannon in disputed waters. Last month, a Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard …

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Chinese coast guard claims to have chased away Philippine navy ship from South China Sea shoal
1 year, 3 months ago

Chinese coast guard claims to have chased away Philippine navy ship from South China Sea shoal

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Coast guard spokesman Gan Yu said the Philippine ship …

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