The confrontation comes a week after China approved plans to turn the shoal, that Taiwan also claims, into a national nature reserve, a move that defense analysts have warned would test Manila’s response over the 150km2 triangular chain of reefs and rocks. The Philippine Coast Guard in turn accused its Chinese counterpart of harassing vessels it said were on a humanitarian mission to support fishers.
onsdag 17. september 2025
China fires water cannons at over 10 Philippine ships
The China Coast Guard yesterday said that it fired water cannons at Philippine ships near the disputed Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Island) in the South China Sea, accusing Manila of an “illegal” intrusion and the ramming of one of its vessels.
The confrontation comes a week after China approved plans to turn the shoal, that Taiwan also claims, into a national nature reserve, a move that defense analysts have warned would test Manila’s response over the 150km2 triangular chain of reefs and rocks. The Philippine Coast Guard in turn accused its Chinese counterpart of harassing vessels it said were on a humanitarian mission to support fishers.
The confrontation comes a week after China approved plans to turn the shoal, that Taiwan also claims, into a national nature reserve, a move that defense analysts have warned would test Manila’s response over the 150km2 triangular chain of reefs and rocks. The Philippine Coast Guard in turn accused its Chinese counterpart of harassing vessels it said were on a humanitarian mission to support fishers.
