China’s coastguard circles Scarborough Shoal after Philippines stakes its legislative claim
The patrol comes less than a week after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr signed the Maritime Zones Act and Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act, embedding Manila’s claims to the South China Sea in domestic law. The US expressed its support for the Philippine legislation, saying other countries had passed similar laws.
It is the second air-to-sea joint patrol as tensions have escalated around Scarborough, Second Thomas and Sabina shoals.
China's coast guard has conducted new patrols around the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The activity ...
China on Wednesday conducted combat readiness patrols at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea to reinforce its claim ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filed its 189th diplomatic protest against China in less than two years, this time ...
China immediately protested these two laws. It has since published baselines claiming Scarborough Shoal as its territory.
The Philippines is confronting escalating Chinese pressure over the South China Sea. National Defense Secretary Gilberto ...
hina has announced the baselines of its territorial sea around the Scarborough Shoal to strengthen its claim over the ...
China on Sunday reasserted its territories around Scarborough Shoal, claiming it has published baselines on that area.
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