BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) – China’s coast guard said it had conducted patrols around the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday to safeguard China’s territorial rights. The coast guard has continued to strengthen…
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Philippine President Signs New Laws to Assert South China Sea Rights, Draws China Ire
MANILA, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed two laws on Friday aimed at strengthening the country’s maritime claims and bolstering its territorial integrity, as tensions with China over disputed areas…
Chinese-Russian Naval Patrol Skirts U.S. Territorial Waters Off Alaska Coast
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – China and Russia continue to step up their patrol activity in the Arctic. A week after the U.S. Coast Guard reported sighting Chinese and Russian…
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China Says Philippine Vessel ‘Deliberately Collided’ With Chinese Vessel
BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China’s Coast Guard said a Philippine vessel that had ignored its repeated warnings “deliberately collided” with a Chinese vessel in an “unprofessional and dangerous” manner in the disputed South China…
https://gcaptain.com/china-says-philippine-vessel-deliberately-collided-with-chinese-vessel/
China Coast Guard Monitors Philippine Patrol Boats In Sabina Shoal
BEIJING, Aug 5 (Reuters) – China’s coast guard said it was monitoring Philippine patrol and fishing vessels that have gathered around the contested Sabina Shoal, citing China’s “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratly Islands in…
https://gcaptain.com/china-coast-guard-monitors-philippine-patrol-boats-in-sabina-shoal/
Philippines Completes First South China Sea Resupply Mission Since Deal With Beijing
MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Saturday completed unimpeded a resupply trip to its troops at a disputed South China Sea shoal, its foreign ministry said, the first such mission…
OPINION | Overcoming the deliberate legal ambiguity adopted by China’s coast guard
While laws should provide clarity and transparency, China’s recent orders regarding maritime jurisdiction appear to be deliberately based on ambiguity and uncertainty. This has become very evident in the past day after the latest clash with the Philippines in the South China Sea. In seeking to...
OPINION | High noon at Second Thomas Shoal
China has identified the beleaguered garrison at Second Thomas Shoal as a weak link among the South China Sea features physically occupied by the Philippines and, by extension, the US-Philippines alliance. While Manila has held its nerve against Beijing’s mounting pressure tactics and holds the...
China Coast Guard: Philippine Supply Ship Bumped Chinese Ship
BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters) – A Philippine supply ship dangerously approached a Chinese ship resulting in a slight collisionafter it illegally intruded into waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the…
https://gcaptain.com/china-coast-guard-philippine-supply-ship-bumped-chinese-ship/
Philippines Rejects ‘Absurd’ Beijing Demand Over South China Sea
By Manolo Serapio Jr. (Bloomberg) –The Philippines said it will continue to maintain and supply its South China Sea outposts without seeking permission from any other nation, dismissing Beijing’s demand to…
https://gcaptain.com/philippines-rejects-absurd-beijing-demand-over-south-china-sea/