The Philippine Coast Guard reports Chinese navy and coastguard vessels took aggressive actions against a routine patrol by the PCG and the fisheries bureau.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/coast-guard-says-aggressive-chinese-actions-near-scarborough-shoal/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/coast-guard-says-aggressive-chinese-actions-near-scarborough-shoal/
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00:00The Philippine Coast Guard reports Chinese Navy and Coast Guard vessels took aggressive
00:05actions against a routine patrol by the PCG and the Fisheries Bureau.
00:09The incident happened at Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
00:13The PCG spokesperson says Chinese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannons and sideswiped
00:17Philippine vessels, causing them to face blocking, shadowing, and dangerous maneuvers.
00:23But China's Coast Guard has an entirely different narrative.
00:26It claims four Philippine ships attempted to enter China's territorial waters around
00:29Scarborough Shoal.
00:31China Coast Guard spokesperson Liu Dejun says Philippine ships, quote-unquote, dangerously
00:36approached its Coast Guard normal law enforcement patrol vessels, prompting China to exercise
00:41control over their counterparts.
00:43The incident follows a diplomatic spat in November after China drew territorial water
00:47baselines around the shoal, which Beijing claims as Huangyan Island.