Chinese Warships, Aircraft Deploy in Strength to Scarborough Shoal
6 days ago · A People’s Liberation Army fighter over Scarborough Shoal from a Dec. 29, 2024 drills. Chinese Ministry of Defense image MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Chinese air and naval forces staged “combat ...
Philippines says China's coast guard fired ... - Associated Press News
Dec 5, 2024 · Philippine coast guard and bureau of fisheries vessels were on routine patrol to protect Filipino fishermen at Scarborough Shoal when several Chinese coast guard and navy ships approached and staged “aggressive actions” after dawn, the Philippine coast guard said.
China ramps up combat readiness at Scarborough Shoal
Dec 30, 2024 · Scarborough Shoal is known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc, and is well inside its exclusive economic zone, just 125 nautical miles (232 kilometers) from the main Philippine island of Luzon ...
China delimits a contested South China Sea shoal in a dispute with ...
Nov 10, 2024 · Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which lies west of the main Philippine island of Luzon, in 2012 and has since restricted access to Filipino fishermen there.
Scarborough Shoal: China maps out baseline claims over a …
Nov 11, 2024 · China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. The...
Philippines and China in new confrontation at Scarborough Shoal
Apr 30, 2024 · The Philippines has accused China of “dangerous maneuvers and obstruction” and reinstalling a barrier at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing blockaded and seized from Manila in 2012.
China sends military to disputed territory amid tensions with US ally
Dec 30, 2024 · The Chinese patrols were conducted at Scarborough Shoal, a fishing ground known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc and in China as Huangyan Island. After a 2012 standoff with the Philippines ...
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal …
May 21, 2024 · The Philippines has adopted a policy of publicizing China’s increasingly assertive actions in the contested waters to gain international support, and the news conference was its latest effort to condemn China’s stewardship of Scarborough Shoal.
China conducted patrols around Scarborough Shoal in South …
BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) - China's coast guard conducted patrols around the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday to safeguard China's territorial rights, state television CCTV reported.
Philippines says its ships have ‘every right’ to be near Scarborough Shoal
Oct 31, 2023 · The Philippines has said its vessels have “every right” to operate around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea after Beijing claimed the ships entered the area illegally.