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Key developments in South China Sea in 2025: Rising tensions, military act
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
As countries within and outside the region become involved, Radio Free Asia's latest report highlights five key developments to watch in 2025.
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US State Secy Blinken reaffirms peace, stability across Taiwan Strait duri
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
During his visit, Blinken also expressed concern over Chinese military actions at Second Thomas Shoal and reaffirmed the US commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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China gets increasingly rambunctious in South China Sea
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Indeed, Second Thomas Shoal has emerged as a potent flashpoint in the South China Sea, a submerged reef situated 194km west of the Philippine island of Palawan. This reef is where the Philippine Navy's old landing ship BRP Sierra Madre was grounded in 1999 to reinforce Manila's territorial c
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An alarming mismatch remains between China's words and actions
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The topic of easing tensions in the South China Sea came up in their meeting, at-sea confrontations by PLAN, China Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels of Philippine resupply vessels near the Second Thomas Shoal have become routine.
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Philippines summons Chinese envoy over "provocative actions" in South Chin
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The incidents took place near Second Thomas Shoal, which lies within Manila's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as the Philippines tried to resupply sailors on the Sierra Madre, the navy transport ship that Manile grounded on the Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 and manned it with Filipino marines t
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Major restructure sees PLA air force take over naval aircraft
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), an armed force beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, is the world’s largest military. Its pursuit of “jointness” between the various armed services has been made evident in the recent blockade of a Philippine outpost in the South China Sea, and in the r
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Philippines summons China envoy over water cannon incident in disputed sea
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to Al Jazeera, the Philippines accused China's coastguard on Saturday of deploying water cannons to stop its ships from delivering food, water, fuel, and other supplies to its military soldiers stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands.
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Armed attack on Philippines would invoke US mutual defence commitments: St
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of dangerous actions by the Coast Guard and maritime militia of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to obstruct an August 5 Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea," Mathew Miller, US
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Chinese ship harasses Philippine Coast Guard vessel with laser in South Ch
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The incident took place in contested waters of South China last week. The PCG vessel was supporting a rotation and resupply mission of the Philippine Navy in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in the Spratly Islands chain, known in China as the Nansha Islands, China cal
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Phillipines investigating alleged harrassment of fishermen by Chinese ship
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to RFA, the encounter at sea occurred on January 9 when the crew of KEN-KEN fishing boat reported that a Chinese ship with bow number 5204 and a smaller boat drove them away from waters near Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal), according to the Philippine Coast Guard.
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