China, Philippines row over collisions in disputed sea

MANILA: Beijing and Manila traded blame on Sunday for two collisions between Chinese vessels and Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea.
A Philippine government task force said the "dangerous blocking manoeuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat". China, meanwhile, said the "slight collision" happened after the resupply boat ignored "multiple warnings and deliberately passed through law enforcement in an unprofessional and dangerous manner".
In another incident, the Philippines said it coastguard vessel escorting the routine resupply mission was "bumped" by a "Chinese Maritime Militia vessel".