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Philippines Says One Injured In China Coast Guard Water Cannon Attack

The Philippines said one person was injured Tuesday when a water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard vessel shattered a window on the bridge of a fisheries bureau ship near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

International Business Times

US briefly deploys 2 warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after Chinese collision

The United States has deployed two warships to the disputed South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal

The Independent UK

Chinese warship crashes into own coastguard vessel while chasing Philippine boat in South China Sea

Footage shows Chinese coastguard vessel with its entire bow caved in after colliding with warship near contested Scarborough Shoal

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Philippines Still Offered Aid After South China Sea Collision Where Chinese Navy Hit Its Own Coast Guard Ship

The ships collided on 11 August 2025 while pursuing a Philippine vessel near Scarborough Shoal, causing substantial damage and escalating tensions in the disputed South China Sea

International Business Times UK

Chinese Vessels Collide While Pursuing Philippine Boat In South China Sea

A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its own coast guard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, Manila said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.

International Business Times

China says it expels Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal

Manila says a Chinese navy vessel collides with one from its own coastguard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat.

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Chinese Vessels Collide While Pursuing Philippine Boat In South China Sea: Manila

A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its own coast guard while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, Manila said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.

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Marcos says the Philippines will be pulled into any war over Taiwan, despite China's protest

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers on the self-ruled island, despite China’s strong protest over such remarks

The Independent UK

China and Philippines display competing flags on disputed South China Sea sandbank

Beijing and Manila accuse each other of illegal activities around Sandy Cay near the Spratly Isles, as joint US-Filipino military drills get under way in region

The Guardian - AU

China is pushing the Philippines `to the wall' with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says

A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s response, including new international lawsuits

The Independent UK

Philippines protests presence of ‘monster ship’ amid fears of status quo shift in South China Sea

Manila says Chinese vessels detected near disputed Scarborough shoal

The Independent UK

Philippines raises alarm over ‘monster’ Chinese vessel near its waters

Philippines deployed a patrol vessel for ‘diligently tailing and shadowing’ China’s ‘monster’ vessel

The Independent UK

Chinese Coast Guard monster ship ‘trespasses’ into waters near Philippine island

Footage appears to show a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel reportedly trespassing into waters near a Philippine island.

The Independent UK

Philippines and China swap allegations after vessel ‘sideswiped’ in disputed waters

China calls on Philippines to ‘immediately’ halt provocations in South China Sea

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Philippines Says Disputed Reef 'Not Lost' To China Despite Pullout

The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China.

International Business Times

China And The Philippines Trade Blame In Latest South China Sea Clash

China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.

International Business Times

China Says Took 'Control Measures' Against Philippine Ships Near Disputed Reef

China said it took "control measures" on Monday against two Philippine Coast Guard ships that had entered waters near the disputed Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea.

International Business Times

Philippines Accuses Chinese Boats Of 'Dangerous' Actions In High Seas Medivac

As two Philippine vessels meet on the high seas to transfer a sick Filipino soldier, China Coast Guard boats shadow, block and bump them, according to video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on Friday.

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Al Jazeera

Philippines flags ‘harassment’ by Chinese vessels ahead of Japan, US drills

Recent clashes between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea have raised concerns of a maritime escalation.

The Guardian - UK

Manila accuses Beijing of ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ in South China Sea

Philippines says vessels were damaged and four people injured after Chinese boats caused two collisions

Al Jazeera

Philippines says ship damaged in South China Sea incident with Chinese boat

Collision occurred as the coast guard escorted a resupply mission to sailors on grounded ship at Second Thomas Shoal.

International Business Times

Philippines Accuses Chinese Boats Of 'Dangerous' Actions

The Philippines on Saturday accused Chinese coast guard ships of "dangerous" manoeuvres after they repeatedly blocked a vessel delivering supplies to Filipino fishermen at a reef off the Southeast Asian nation's coast.

International Business Times

Manila Blasts Chinese Coast Guard After Filipino Fisherfolk Ordered To Return Collected Shells

The latest incident of Filipino fishermen being harassed by China's coast guard is just one of several similar instances in the past year in the disputed Scarborough Shoal – an island feature with a marine-rich lagoon, located in a strategic position for air and sea navigation.

Al Jazeera

Philippines and China accuse each other of South China Sea collisions

Manila and Beijing have a long history of maritime incidents in the contested South China Sea.

International Business Times

Philippine Supply Boat 'Rammed' By China Coast Guard Vessel: Official

A Philippine boat was "rammed" by a Chinese coast guard ship during a resupply mission on Sunday, the Philippine coast guard said, in the latest such confrontation in the disputed South China Sea.

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