The incident is the two countries' latest run-in regarding the Scarborough shoal, a fishing ground within the Philippine exclusive economic zone that China claims as its territory
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The Philippines accused China’s coast guard on Tuesday, October 8, of firing water cannon at government ships taking supplies to fishermen at a disputed shoal in the, but Beijing said its “control measures” followed the boats’ intrusions in its waters. “We urge the Philippines to immediately cease its violations,” Liu Dejun, a spokesperson for China’s coast guard, said in a statement.
The Philippine fisheries bureau said its vessels were on a routine mission to resupply fishermen when three Chinese coast guard ships and a People’s Liberation Army-Navy vessel approached at close distance and shadowed their movement.
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