Beijing and Manila are trading barbs over the South China Sea once again. China's coast guard said a Philippine ship ignored its repeated warnings and "deliberately collided" with its vessels near the disputed Sabina Shoal.
Beijing and Manila are trading barbs over the South China Sea once again. China 's coast guard said a Philippine ship ignored its repeated warnings and "deliberately collided" with its vessels near the disputed Sabina Shoal. The Philippines said one of the Chinese vessels rammed into the BRP Cape Engaño, leaving a hole on the deck nearly 15cm wide, before hitting another vessel twice. The Sabina Shoal forms part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
China's coast guard said a Philippine ship ignored its repeated warnings and "deliberately collided" with its vessels near the disputed Sabina Shoal. The Philippines said one of the Chinese vessels rammed into the BRP Cape Engaño, leaving a hole on the deck nearly 15cm wide, before hitting another vessel twice. The Sabina Shoal forms part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is located within the exclusive economic zone set by Manila and claimed by Beijing.
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