A Chinese coast guard ship blasted Philippine navy-operated vessels with a water cannon while harassing the ships in the South China Sea over the weekend.
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Explainer-Why China, the Philippines keep fighting over tiny shoal
The Philippines on Monday described the actions of Chinese vessels against its boats carrying out South China Sea resupply missions over the weekend as a “serious escalation”. In the latest in a series of confrontations,
US and Philippines condemn the Chinese coast guard’s water cannon blasts on fisheries vessels
The noontime assault by Chinese ships off the Scarborough Shoal, one of the most aggressive this year, caused “significant damage” to the communication and navigation equipment of one of the three Bureau of Fisheries and…
Chinese, Philippine ships collide at shoal
The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing damage and endangering Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea,
Philippines, China trade blame for collision in disputed waters
A Philippine boat and a Chinese Coast Guard ship collided near a hotly contested reef on Sunday, with both countries trading blame for the latest such confrontation in the disputed South China Sea. The China…
China and the US risk entering a ‘new cold war’ as trade and investment ties strain, IMF official says
The US and China risk a “new cold war” if the two countries drift further apart, an IMF official said. Shifting investment trends and strained trade could further divide the US and China, the …
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In the case of China Project, which announced its closure last month, its senior leadership say accusations from both sides weakened the site’s ability to keep going, as investors pulled out and one …
