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Tensions between China and the Philippines are on the rise once again, with Manila accusing the Chinese Coast Guard of using water cannon to block a Philippine military supply boat from delivering food, fuel and water to troops garrisoned on a decommissioned warship grounded on a reef in the South China Sea.
The Philippines has accused China of installing a «floating barrier» to stop fishing boats from entering a disputed area in the South China Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — China’s blaming the grounded BRP Sierre Madre for damage to marine environment is “hypocritical,” Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said yesterday, as he lambasted Beijing for issuing “disingenuous propaganda lines” that have only exposed its insincerity.
HANGZHOU, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will declare the Asian Games open at a glittering ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday, kickstarting a sporting behemoth that boasts more athletes than the Olympics.
MANILA, Philippines — It’s the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal that is causing “irrevocable harm” to the marine environment, according to China, as it denied clearing Rozul Reef of its corals, saying the Philippines is “creating a political drama from fiction.”
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 22) —The Philippines conducted another joint sail in the West Philippine Sea, this time with Canada, as Manila faces a new issue with Beijing involving damaged reefs.
ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing a frightening near-collision in the latest act of Beijing’s aggression in the strategic waterway.
BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to the Philippines.