The Chinese military said it expelled a Philippine plane from airspace over Scarborough Shoal on Tuesday in a manoeuvre that the Philippine coastguard described as reckless. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said a C-208 light utility plane sent by the Philippines “illegally invaded the airspace” above the shoal, known in China as Huangyan Island and…
China expelled a Philippine plane that “illegally intruded” into the airspace over a contested South China Sea shoal on Thursday, according to the China Coast Guard. “A C-208 plane illegally invaded the airspace of China’s Huangyan Island on Thursday,” coastguard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Friday, using the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal. “The Chinese…
“Despite repeated dissuasion and warnings from China, the Philippines insisted on sending four coastguard ships, six official ships, and several unidentified ships to intrude into China’s Huangyan Island territorial waters and nearby waters such as Xianbin Reef in the Nansha Islands,” China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Thursday, using the Chinese terms for…
China has submitted a copy of the geographic coordinates and nautical charts for sea territory surrounding Scarborough Shoal with the United Nations, a move experts said followed international practice but could be challenged by the US’ incoming Trump administration. On Monday, Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, submitted the statement regarding the…
China carried out coastguard patrols around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday, vowing to “resolutely safeguard” its national sovereignty amid tensions with rival claimant Philippines and the US-led West. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) also conducted at least two patrols this month around the contested reef, known as Huangyan…
“The China Coast Guard conducted law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters of China’s Huangyan Island and the surrounding area,” the China Coast Guard said, referring to Scarborough Shoal, known as Panatag Shoal in the Philippines “This was a law-enforcement activity carried out by the Chinese maritime police in accordance with the law.” The patrol…
The Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army said the patrol activities were “carried out in accordance with the law”. Scarborough Shoal, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines, is claimed by both Beijing and Manila and has been effectively controlled by China since an intense stand-off in 2012….