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By Karen Lema CATO, Philippines (Reuters) – Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often faced storms in the South China Sea, but today he is more afraid: to see a Chinese naval enforcement vessel on the horizon. Five years after a major ruling by the International Court of Arbitration rejected China’s claims in Megu’s fishing waters, the 48-year-old has complained that encounters with Chinese vessels are more frequent than ever. “I was so scared,” Megu said, of how a Chinese ship in May tracked its wooden boat for three hours off the coast about 140 nautical miles (260 km) in May. He sa...

Karen Lema 1/10 Filipino fishermen rest after arriving from a week-long trip to the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in Infanta, Pangasinan province, Philippines, July 6, 2021. Picture taken July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez Read More CATO, Philippines, July 9 (Reuters) - Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese maritime enforcement vessel on the horizon. Five years after a landmark international arbitration court ruling repudiated China's claims to the waters where Megu fishes, the 48-y...

A Chinese Coast Guard cutter tails a Vietnamese boat near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) CATO, Philippines--Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese maritime enforcement vessel on the horizon. Five years after a landmark international arbitration court ruling repudiated China’s claims to the waters where Megu fishes, the 48-year-old complains that his encounters with Chinese boats are more frequent than ever. “I was so scared,” said Megu,...

Beijing’s ‘Little Blue Men’ spread across South China Sea as Britain sends strike group 2 May 2021 • 2:36pm Chinese vessels anchored at the Whitsun Reef, around 175 nautical miles west of Bataraza in Palawan in the South China Sea. The boats gathered near a disputed reef in the South China Sea are ‘fishing boats’ sheltering from poor weather, the China foreign ministry said March 22, a day after the Philippines described their presence as an incursion Credit:  AFP As she picked up a camera lens to zoom in on two specks on the horizon that were racing across the South China Sea to...

Chinese carrier drills and stepped-up incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in the past few weeks are meant to send a message to Washington to stand down and back off, security sources in Taipei said. The increased activity — which China, unusually, described as “combat drills” on Wednesday — has raised alarm in both Taipei and Washington, although security officials do not see it as a sign of an imminent attack. Rather, at least some of the exercises are practicing “access denial” maneuvers to prevent foreign forces from coming to Taipei’s defense in a war, ...