China, Philippines' dispute over warship heats up

a dispute between China and the Philippines over a sunken warship has heated up footage released on Tuesday by the Chinese Coast Guard shows its ship spraying a Philippine Vessel with a water cannon in what Beijing described as a warning to Manila the Philippine Vessel had been carrying supplies to a grounded warship in a disputed area of the South China Sea the warship which dates back to World War II is used by the Philippines as a military Outpost it was purposely grounded in 1999 to reinforce manila's sovereignty claims in the spratly archipelago Beijing wants a ship to be towed away but Manila remains defiant here's Philippine president Ferdinand Marcus Jr we we continue to do to assert our sovereignty we continue to um to assert our territorial rights in the face of all of these challenges and consistent with the international law and anglos especially in response China's foreign Ministry released a statement reiterating its request for the warship to be removed adding that it's quote Goodwill and sincerity on the issue had been ignored Saturday's instant is just the latest in a long list of complaints Manila has lodged against China in February the Philippines accused Chinese coast guards of using a laser to try to disrupt another resupply mission to its troops China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea which overlaps with the Waters of Malaysia Vietnam Brunei Taiwan and the Philippines

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Published: Tue Aug 08 2023