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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...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 10) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is being criticized for its response to a Filipino television news crew's report that they were driven away by Chinese Navy and Coast Guard vessels while on board a civilian boat in the West Philippine Sea. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, however, took exception to this portion of the AFP statement: "While we understand the journalists' insatiable desire to be ahead in reporting, we appeal to them to exercise prudence in the course of their job." The AFP also noted it has been "fo...

Coordinate Kalayaan Island Group visits, DFA advises after Chinese ships’ reported harassment of Filipino news crew enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 10) — Those planning to visit the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea should coordinate with authorities first, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday in the wake of Chinese vessels’ reported chase of a Filipino television news crew in the area.  In a statement, the DFA said the incident, “if proven to be true,” will be raised with the Chinese government. “In the meantime, ...

Chinese military accused of chasing Philippine TV crew in South China Sea SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 09, 2021, 05:06 PM IST Share Synopsis Tensions over the resource-rich sea have spiked in recent weeks after hundreds of Chinese vessels were detected at Whitsun Reef, which is also in the Spratly archipelago. New York Times In a photo provided by Maxar Technologies, a satellite image over Whitsun Reef on March 23, 2021. After building artificial islands, China is using large fleets of ostensibly civilian boats to press other countries’ vessels out of disputed waters Related The Philippine ar...

PH probes reported Chinese attack craft's chase of Filipino civilian vessel in WPS enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 9) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is investigating the reported harassment of a Filipino civilian vessel by Chinese Navy and Coast Guard ships in the West Philippine Sea. The AFP launched the probe on Friday as ordered by the Department of National Defense. Both expressed concern over ABS-CBN’s report that its television crew, onboard a Filipino civilian vessel, was chased down by two missile attack craft of the Chinese Navy just...