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China has signalled its intent to maintain a new coast guard patrol east of Taiwan, analysts say, as Beijing dials up pressure on the self-ruled island that it claims is part of its territory. Tensions over Western Pacific waters off Taiwan spiked after the Chinese coast guard and other ships launched their first “law enforcement…
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China says it patrolled the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands’ territorial waters ‘in a lawful mission’ to defend national sovereignty. File | Photo Credit: AP A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday (November 16, 2025) on a “rights enforcement patrol,” the China Coast Guard said in a statement,…
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Philippines and China have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in South China Sea (File) Manila: The Philippines said Monday it had summoned a Chinese envoy over “aggressive actions” by the China Coast Guard and other vessels near a reef off the Southeast Asian country’s coast, while Beijing lodged its own complaint. Beijing and…
China claims almost the entire South China Sea (File) Manila: The Philippines accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of colliding on Sunday with a Philippine resupply boat as it travelled to a tiny garrison in the disputed South China Sea. The incident occurred near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, a hotly contested region where…
A Philippine supply boat sails near a Chinese Coast Guard ship during a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, on October 04, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Chinese coast guard ship came within a meter (3 feet) of colliding with a Philippine patrol ship it…