By Abdul Rahman Yaacob China and the Philippinesreached a dealin July 2024 to enable the continuation of Philippine resupply missions at the...
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The Philippines accused China of recently firing flares at one of its aircraft while on patrol in the South China Sea. Beijing claims most of the strategic waterway as its territory. Relations between China and the Philippines have been strained in recent months as the two countries have been embroiled in maritime disputes, raising concerns of a possible armed conflict involving the United States, a military ally of the Philippines. The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said that on August 19, a Chinese fighter jet “conducted irresponsible and dangerous maneuvers” as a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft was flying near the disputed atoll, Scarborough Shoal. China's unwarranted act of “harassment” was “firing flares several times at very close range, about 15 meters, from the BFAR Grand Caravan aircraft,” according to the task force statement, which included video clips of the incident. A Chinese Coast Guard vessel, right, uses its water cannon against a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel as it approaches Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, Dec. 9, 2023. (Photo: via AP) China also fired flares from the Chinese-controlled Subi Reef on Aug. 22 near the same …
By Abdul Rahman Yaacob China and the Philippinesreached a dealin July 2024 to enable the continuation of Philippine resupply missions at the...
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