The two nations have been involved in tense maritime confrontations in recent months.
Beijing claims most of the strategic waterway and has been involved in tense maritime confrontations with Manila in recent months.
A Chinese fighter jet “engaged in irresponsible and dangerous manoeuvres” on Aug 19 as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources plane made a “maritime domain awareness flight” near Scarborough Shoal, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. China’s foreign ministry on Aug 23 said it undertook unspecified “countermeasures” against two Philippine military aircraft that flew into its airspace over Subi Reef, which Manila also claims, on Aug 22.
The shoal is located 140km west of the Philippine island of Palawan and about 1,200km from Hainan island, the nearest Chinese landmass. Beijing has blamed the escalation on Manila and maintains its actions to protect its claims are legal and proportional.
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