PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has several times promised he "will not lose an inch of 'territory'' to China in the disputed ...
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here . On July 21, the ...
Following a particularly violent encounter at the Second Thomas Shoal in June, which saw Chinese coast guard personnel brandishing axes at Filipino soldiers and slashing their rubber boats ...
refuting the Philippine presence with allegations of environmental damage to Sabina’s corals and claiming that the deployment of Philippine Coast Guard vessels was to occupy the shoal similarly to ...
What China is concerned about, security analysts say, is a potential repeat of what happened in 1999, when the Philippines ran aground a World War II-era ship on the Second Thomas Shoal to stake ...
Any deadly mistake could risk war. By Mike Ives You might not notice Second Thomas Shoal from the air. The disputed atoll near the Philippines is a bit larger than Manhattan and sinks beneath ...
he said a Philippine ship that was turned away from Sabina Shoal entered waters near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, ignoring the Chinese coast guard’s warnings. “The Chinese coast guard ...
Maritime analysts say clashes between the Chinese and Philippine coastguards near a South China Sea shoal could become more frequent and intense as the two countries vie for control of the atoll.