China says Philippines has ‘provoked trouble’ in South China Sea with US backing

'The Philippine side, with US support and solicitation, has been stirring up trouble in many spots in the South China Sea,' Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's defense ministry, says on WeChat

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. WATER CANNONING. Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea , March 5, 2024.

'The Philippine side, with US support and solicitation, has been stirring up trouble in many spots in the South China Sea,' Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's defense ministry, says on WeChat BEIJING, China – China accused the Philippines on Friday, December 13, of having “provoked trouble” in the South China Sea with US backing, a week after Beijing and Manila traded accusations over a new confrontation in the disputed waters. “The Philippine side, with US support and solicitation, has been stirring up trouble in many spots in the South China Sea,” Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China’s defense ministry, said on its official WeChat account. “The Philippines is well aware that the scope of its territory is determined by a series of international treaties and has never included China’s” Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal, he added. Beijing and Manila have been involved this year in a series of confrontations at reefs and outcrops in the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. The Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim parts of the sea. They are concerned China’s expansive claim encroaches into their exclusive economic zones , non-territorial waters that extend 200 nautical miles from the coasts of a nation’s land. The Philippines’ National Maritime Council and its National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest remarks from Beijing.Philippines officials said last week that Chinese coast guard vessels had fired water cannon andon the way to deliver supplies to Filipino fishermen around the Scarborough Shoal, a move that drew condemnation from the US. China’s Coast Guard said that four Philippine ships had attempted to enter waters it described as its own around the Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing calls Huangyan Island. China submitted nautical charts earlier this month to the United Nations that it said supported its claims to the waters, which a 2016 international tribunal found to be a long established fishing ground for fishermen of many nationalities. Following the charts’ submission, a spokesperson for the Philippines’ National Maritime Council, said China’s claims were baseless and illegal. The 2016 tribunal ruled that China’s claim had no basis under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea , and that its blockade around the Scarborough Shoal was in breach of international law.Sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal has never been established. The Philippines and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have spent years negotiating a code of conduct with Beijing for the strategic waterway, with some nations in the bloc insisting that it be based on UNCLOS. EEZs give the coastal nation jurisdiction over living and nonliving resources in the water and on the ocean floor.

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