The Philippines coastguard stated on Sunday that more than 135 Chinese ships were “swarming” a reef off the Philippines’ coast in the South China Sea amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
On Sunday, coastguard officials described an “alarming development” in the increasing number of boats along the coast of Whitsun Reef, also known as Julian Felipe Reef in the Philippines.
In recent weeks, the number of Chinese boats has surged. When the coastguard...