MANILA - China’s coast guard said it drove away a Philippine ship around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the latest friction in a longstanding rivalry in the strategic waterway.

The 2,265-tonne vessel, named after a schoolteacher and revolutionary, usually monitors Chinese boats in the South China Sea.

MANILA Philippines – A China Coast Guard ship used water cannons on Philippine government vessels distributing aid to Filipino fishermen in Bajo de Masinloc on Friday, June 20. Philippine Coast ...

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The 2,265-ton vessel, named after a schoolteacher and revolutionary, usually monitors Chinese boats in the South China Sea.

The forum brought together scholars, practitioners, and observers to assess China’s strategic aims and Indonesia’s potential responses. Johanes Herlijanto, chairman of FSI, emphasized the importance ...

Tensions between China and other claimants to parts of the East and South China Seas have pushed Japan to deepen ties with the Philippines and the United States.

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China routinely sends coast guard vessels, warships, and warplanes around disputed East China Sea islands and recently as far as Guam, a US Pacific territory with military bases.

A 2026 ruling from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, said the South China Sea is governed by international maritime laws, including the principle of freedom of navigation.

Admiral Stephen Koehler, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, stated on Tuesday that the fleet's goal of deterring aggression in the South China Sea includes Taiwan, Taipei Times reported.

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