Chinese ship fires water cannons at Philippine vessel in disputed sea area

Chinese ship fires water cannons at Philippine vessel in disputed sea area
A Chinese Coast Guard ship (right) uses its water cannons on a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel (Philippine Coast Guard via AP/PA)

Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons and blocked and rammed a Philippine fisheries vessel on Sunday in the disputed South China Sea.

China and the Philippines blamed each other for the tense confrontations in the high seas off Sabina Shoal, which has become a new flashpoint, where both have deployed coast guard ships on suspicion that either one may take steps to seize the uninhabited atoll.

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