Tag: South China Sea

Philippines protests Chinese envoy’s remarks, calling them a ‘thinly veiled threat’

October 16, 2026 admin

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. | Photo Credit: Ezra Acayan/Pool via Reuters President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his government on Friday (October 16, 2026) protested remarks by China’s ambassador to Manila, calling them “a thinly veiled threat of the use of force” in the latest flare up in the two Asian countries’ longstanding territorial dispute…

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Search for 17 missing crew after Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in South China Sea

July 26, 2026 admin

The Vietnamese cargo vessel Khoi Nguyen 18, carrying 62 people, sank near Fiery Cross Reef, which is a Chinese-built island and a military outpost in the hotly contested Spratly Islands. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A multinational search by Vietnamese, Philippine and Chinese rescuers was underway on Sunday for 17 crew members missing…

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Philippines says China harassed vessels in disputed waters

July 23, 2026 admin

The Philippine military on Monday (July 20, 2026) accused China’s coast guard of allegedly injuring a Filipino sailor during an incident in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The military said Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck the sailor on the head with a wooden baton, injuring him and damaging…

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Taiwan says Chinese coast guard, research ships near key S. China Sea islands

June 6, 2026 admin

Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan said on Saturday (June 6, 2026) that a Chinese coast guard ship and a survey ship had carried out the first coordinated operation to “provoke” ‌Taiwan, in waters around strategically located islands in the South China Sea. The Taiwan-controlled ⁠Pratas Islands, a national…

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Philippines, U.S. hold joint sail in disputed South China Sea shoal

January 27, 2026 admin

The Philippine and U.S. militaries sailed together at ‍a disputed South China Sea shoal this week, Manila’s armed forces said ‌on Tuesday (January 27, 2026), performing joint exercises to boost interoperability between the two treaty allies. The joint sail was held in the Scarborough Shoal in South China Sea waters lying within the Philippines’ exclusive…

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Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea

December 13, 2025 admin

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard personnel treat wounded fishermen inside their vessel at the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard via AP The Philippine coast guard said on Saturday that three Filipino fishermen had been wounded and two fishing vessels suffered…

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China’s military says it tracked Philippine patrol in South China Sea

November 1, 2025 admin

An aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, August 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s military said on Saturday (November 1, 2025) it monitored and tracked a joint patrol organised by the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea on October 30…

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Tensions flare as Chinese, Philippine ships collide near disputed shoal in South China Sea

September 16, 2025 admin

China and the Philippines have clashed repeatedly around outcroppings in the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS China’s Coast Guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory that both countries claim…

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Australia accuses China fighter jet of ‘unsafe’ conduct above South China Sea

February 13, 2025 admin

Australia said on Thursday that a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares near an Australian air force plane patrolling the South China Sea, accusing Beijing of “unsafe” military conduct. Beijing swiftly hit back, accusing the Australian plane of “violating Chinese sovereignty and endangering Chinese national security”. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, despite…

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