Chinese attack on Filipino supply ship was ‘pure aggression’, says general

A Chinese coastguard ship, right, uses its water cannons on a Philippine vessel (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

The head of the Philippine military said on Monday he was with his forces aboard a supply boat when it was blasted with a water cannon and barged by Chinese coastguard ships over the weekend in the disputed South China Sea.

China, meanwhile, accused the United States of encouraging the Philippines, its treaty ally, to provoke China for its own purposes, though it provided no direct evidence.