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Read previewThe Philippines has withdrawn one of its key patrol vessels from the South China Sea, where tensions with China have been growing in recent months. But, he added, its presence in the waters had been "further complicated by the structural damage to the vessel resulting from the deliberate ramming by the China Coast Guard on August 31, 2024." AdvertisementThe Teresa Magbanua has operated since April around Sabina Shoal — a disputed island in the South China Sea that has become a key flash point between the Philippines and China. Earlier this month, the Philippines' Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad told the Daily Tribune that the Teresa Magbanua had been outnumbered by more than 50 Chinese ships. China "has indisputable sovereignty over Xianbin Jiao and its adjacent waters," Liu Dejun, a spokesperson for China's Coast Guard, said, using the island's Chinese name.
Persons: , Jay Tarriela, BRP Teresa Magbanua, Teresa Magbanua, Tarriela, Roy Vincent Trinidad, Lucas Bersamin, Xianbin Jiao, Liu Dejun, Teresa Magbanua's, Alexander Lopez, Lopez Organizations: Service, Coast Guard, BRP, Philippine Coast Guard, Business, China Coast Guard, South China, coastguard, Daily Tribune, National Maritime Council, Armed Forces, Guard, China's Coast Guard, Reuters, Sunday Locations: South China, China, Philippines, Sabina, South, Philippine, China's, Sabina Shoal, Xianbin
Read previewTensions between the Philippines and China have heightened around contested waters in the South China Sea in recent months. In recent months China has engaged in increasingly aggressive operations against the Philippines around the disputed islands of Sabina Shoal, Escoda Shoal, and Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Chinese Coast Guard holding knives and machetes as they approach Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. A Chinese Coast Guard firing a water cannon at a Philippine Navy-chartered vessel resupplying troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in March 2024. AdvertisementSpeaking at a conference, he said that the "escort of one vessel to the other is an entirely reasonable option within our Mutual Defense Treaty."
Persons: , Collin Koh, Thomas Shoal, Second Thomas, Jay Tarriela, Timothy Heath, Heath, Koh, Shoal, Ezra Acayan, Samuel Paparo, Alexander Lopez, Sari Arho Havrén Organizations: Service, Institute of Defence, Strategic, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, Business, coastguard, Mutual Defense Treaty, RAND Corporation, Coast Guard, Armed Forces, AP, Congressional Research Service, China, Philippine Navy, Navy, Air Force, Pacific Command, Mutual Defense, Philippine National Maritime Council, RAND, Royal United Services, Democrats, Republicans Locations: Philippines, China, South, Sabina, South China, Philippine, Second, Sabina Shoal, Asia, Ukraine, Israel
Read previewThe Philippines says it has stepped up its naval patrols and air surveillance around a disputed island in the South China Sea to counter the growing number of Chinese vessels in the area. In June, Chinese coast guards armed with swords and knives attacked Philippine vessels in the contested waters, resulting in injuries and one soldier losing a thumb. Chinese coast guards holding knives and machetes as they approached Philippine troops in the disputed South China Sea in June. "We once again warn the Philippines to face reality and give up illusions," Liu Dejun, a spokesperson for China's coast guard, said. Advertisement(Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan also lay claim to parts of the South China Sea.)
Persons: , Roy Vincent Trinidad, BRP Teresa Magbanua, Trinidad, Sabina Shoal, Jay Tarriela, Tarriela, Teresa Magbanua, Liu Dejun, Liu, Sari Arho Havrén, Collin Koh, Koh, Adm, Samuel Paparo, Alexander Lopez Organizations: Service, Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, Daily Tribune, Business, BRP, Armed Forces, AP, The Daily Tribune, Liberation Army Navy, US Department of State, Royal United Services Institute, Institute of Defence, Strategic, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, CNN, Pacific Command, Mutual Defense, Philippine National Maritime Council Locations: South, Philippine, Sabina, Escoda, China, Philippines, South China, China's, Sabina Shoal, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan, Washington, Manila
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Persons: Andrew Merry, It's, Sanne Manders, there's, Manders, Bernstein, Niels Rasmussen, Rasmussen, it's, Simon Heaney, Heaney Organizations: MSC, CNBC, CMA CGM, Maersk, Baltic and International Maritime Council, Shanghai Shipping Exchange, Blank, Drewry Locations: Singapore Strait, Asia, Europe, , Singapore, East, North Europe, CNBC's
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