MANILA: The Philippines on Wednesday (Jul 5) accused China's coast guard of harassment, obstruction and 'dangerous manoeuvres' against its vessels, after another incident near a strategic feature of the South China Sea that has become a flashpoint between them. Philippine coast guard boats were assisting a
MANILA: The Philippines on Wednesday accused China's coast guard of harassment, obstruction and"dangerous manoeuvres" against its vessels, after another incident near a strategic feature of the South China Sea that has become a flashpoint between them.
It took place near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef over which the Philippines stakes a claim to sovereignty via a handful of troops who live aboard a rusty World War II-era American ship that was intentionally grounded in 1999.
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