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China and the Philippines on Saturday accused each other of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.
Sabina Shoal is located 140 kilometres west of the Philippine island of Palawan and about 1,200 kilometres from Hainan island, the nearest major Chinese landmass. However, Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela said it was the China Coast Guard vessel 5205 that “directly and intentionally rammed” the Philippines’ ship, BRP Teresa Magbanua.Tarriela said the BRP Teresa Magbanua was rammed three times — hitting the port bow, starboard quarter and port beam.
The United States, a strong ally of Manila that had raised the South China Sea in high-level bilateral talks this week in Beijing, slammed China for “dangerous and escalatory” actions near Sabina Shoal. Philippine and Chinese vessels have collided near Sabina Shoal at least twice this month, and analysts say Beijing is trying to move deeper into Manila’s exclusive economic zone and normalise Chinese control of the area.
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