Two Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea to deliver supplies to Philippine forces guarding a contested shoal.
Chinese coast guard blockade
in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Philippine forces guarding a contested shoal. Two Philippine coast guard vessels escorting the supply boats, however, were blocked by at least four Chinese coast guard ships for about five hours in the tense standoff near Second Thomas Shoal.that involve China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. It’s regarded as an Asian flashpoint and has become a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China rivalry.
One Chinese coast guard ship came as close as 50 yards as it crossed the bow of BRP Cabra to block the Philippine coast guard ship, which maneuvered fast to avoid a collision, said a coast guard officer on board the Cabra, who could not be named because of official policy. The Cabra and another coast guard ship, the BRP Sindangan, were surrounded by four Chinese coast guard ships and four suspected militia vessels and forced to stop as the other two Philippine boats delivered supplies to the Philippine forces at
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