Four Filipinos injured in China, Philippine S China Sea standoff

Taipei Times ^ | 3/6/24 | AP

[ifinnegan]

Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels yesterday collided in the disputed South China Sea and four Filipino crewmembers were injured in high-seas confrontations.

The China Coast Guard ships and accompanying vessels blocked the Philippine Coast Guard and supply vessels off the disputed Second Thomas Shoal (Renai Shoal, 仁愛暗沙) and executed dangerous maneuvers that caused two minor collisions between the Chinese ships and two of the Philippine vessels, Philippine officials said.

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The supply boat, crewed by Filipino navy personnel, was later hit by water cannon blasts from two Chinese coast guard ships. Its windshield shattered, injuring at least four Filipino crewmembers, a statement from the Philippine government task force dealing with territorial disputes said.

[EEGator]

Maybe our guys in Subic Bay can help out…

[desertsolitaire]

Should we have rebuilt Subic Bay after the hurricane destroyed most of it and looters took the rest?
We should have kept Bagram AFB in Afghanistan for its strategery.
Heck are we friends enough again with the People’s Republic of Vietnam to modernize and use Cam Ranh Bay again?

[FrankRizzo890]

[EEGator]

I am fine with having zero military presence in all three.

[yesthatjallen]

You can understand why the Philippines are angry.

Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says