While skirmishes between Chinese and Philippine ships have been increasing across the South China Sea, Monday’s incident marks the first time ... on the Second Thomas Shoal to stake its claim ...

He was referencing real-time ship tracking data that showed Chinese ships nearly crowding the shoal and reef. Both Mischief ...

Getting to the Second Thomas Shoal took months of negotiations ... Their first approach was blocked by Chinese coast guard ships. By late afternoon on our first day there, three more Chinese ...

Confrontations on the high seas have spiked between Chinese and Philippine coast guards in the last two years at Scarborough and Second Thomas Shoal, where a grounded Philippine navy ship has ...

It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas Shoal ... like in the past to demand that each other's ships leave the shoal immediately. Also, for the first time at ...

Chinese Navy Helicopter Flies Within 10 Feet of Philippine Patrol Plane Over Disputed Shoal OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea (AP) — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 ...