Officials did not say if there were any injuries or damage in the two incidents off the Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South China Sea.
A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat off a disputed atoll in the South China Sea on Sunday
The Chinese coast guard said the Philippines vessels “trespassed” into what it said are Chinese waters “without authorisation” despite repeated radio warnings, prompting its ships to stop them. It blamed the Philippines vessels for causing the collisions. She used the initials for China’s formal name, the People’s Republic of China, and the name the Philippines uses for the Second Thomas Shoal.
The actions by the Chinese ships were “in utter blatant disregard of the United Nations Charter, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and international regulations that aim to prevent sea collisions, said the Philippines task force, which includes the country’s defence and foreign affairs departments, the military, national security council and the coast guard.
It said the “provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action” of the Chinese coast guard ship “imperilled the safety of the crew”. The conflicts, which involve China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei, are regarded as a potential flashpoint and have become a delicate fault line in US-China rivalry in the region.
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