The Philippines decried China's 'acts of aggression' just a month after the neighbors agreed to lower tensions in the South China Sea.
The chief of the Philippine armed forces on Saturday accused China of dangerous flight maneuvers near a contested part of the South China Sea as tensions between the U.S. ally and its powerful neighbor continue to run high.Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said a pair of Chinese fighter jets fired flares in the path of a Philippine Air Force NC-212i medium cargo plane while it was on a 'routine maritime patrol' over Scarborough Shoal on Thursday morning.
The Command added its pilots had warned and driven away the plane 'in accordance with the law.'The incident occurred as Philippine, U.S., Canadian, and Australian naval forces trained elsewhere within the Philippine EEZ, with Chinese warships reportedly watching the drills from a distance.During the drills, the Southern Theater Command announced it had launched a naval patrol around Scarborough Shoal.
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