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China Coast Guard fires water cannon at Philippine fishing vessels in South China Sea, Manila says

Dec. 13, 2025 In short: (ABC-Australia) The Philippine Coast Guard says three fishermen were injured and two boats damaged after being struck by water cannon fired by the China Coast Guard. The clash occurred at Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, well within the Phillipines’ exclusive economic zone. What’s next? China claims as its […]

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Duterte in China amid expectation he’ll raise sea disputes

BEIJING (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was in Beijing on Thursday for a meeting with counterpart Xi Jinping in which the Southeast Asian leader is expected to discuss a ruling on the disputed South China Sea. The 2016 Hague arbitration mostly invalidated China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea and found that […]

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