Chinese coastguard and Philippine fisheries vessels collide in latest encounter over disputed South China Sea reef.

China and Southeast Asia must keep resolution of maritime issues ‘within their own hands’, Xinhua Institute research report ...

The Philippines fisheries bureau has accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon and sideswiping a Filipino government ...

Last month, China said its Coast Guard had landed on Sandy Cay as part of operations to exercise its sovereignty. The Philippines has denied Beijing has seized control of the disputed reef.

LAST week's harassment by Chinese coast guard vessels of a Philippine scientific research mission at Sandy Cay comes as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. heads to Kuala Lumpur for this year's Association ...

uses a water cannon and sideswipped a Philippine fisheries vessel on a research mission near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Manila said one fisheries bureau ship sustained damage and blasted China's coast guard for putting civilian lives "at risk." ...

Days after the China Coast Guard harassed two Philippine civilian vessels in the West Philippine Sea, China has now turned ...

including the 2016 South China Sea arbitration,” he added. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu echoed these concerns, saying that Australia shares the Philippines’ deep concern over the CCG ...

The latest incident comes amid ongoing tensions between China and the Philippines over the disputed strategic waterway.

Tensions surged near Sandy ... China slammed the mission as “illegal,” warning of further action, and accused the US of using the Philippines to provoke Beijing in the South China Sea.