MANILA, March 25 — The Philippines said today it had summoned a Chinese envoy over “aggressive actions” by the China Coast Guard and other vessels near a reef off the...
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Manila conveyed its “strong protest against the aggressive actions undertaken by the China Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia against the rotation and resupply mission undertaken by the Philippines in Ayungin Shoal” on Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said, using the Filipino name for Second Thomas Shoal, which is in the South China Sea.
It is the same location where Chinese ships have unleashed water cannon and collided with Filipino vessels in similar stand-offs in recent months.China claims almost the entire South China Sea, brushing off rival claims from other countries including the Philippines and an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.