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Armed China Coast Guard small boats have deployed to Second Thomas Shoal, reinforcing Beijing’s presence in the area following recent tensions around the disputed areas of the South China Sea, according to the Philippine military.
The deployment to the shoal, the site of a series of dangerous encounters last year, could herald a new season of confrontation in the South China Sea.
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Tensions in the South China Sea have erupted once again after a maritime clash between Chinese and Philippine vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Tiexian Jiao. The ...
The Philippines’ most contentious disputes with China center on the Second Thomas Shoal of the Spratly Islands, which lies within the Philippines’ 200-mile EEZ.
A Philippine flutters on BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999, on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China ...