{"id":133275,"date":"2024-12-04T17:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133275"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:27:49","slug":"philippines-says-chinas-coast-guard-fired-water-cannons-and-sideswiped-its-patrol-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133275","title":{"rendered":"Philippines says China&#8217;s coast guard fired water cannons and sideswiped its patrol vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines (AP) \u2014 Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships fired powerful <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-china-sea-philippines-thomas-shoal-water-cannons-c9f35182db64c098cd47ecbf10f7966e\">water cannons<\/a><\/span> and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel on Wednesday in renewed aggression at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Three Philippine coast guard and bureau of fisheries vessels were on routine patrol to protect Filipino fishermen at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-philippines-sea-scarborough-shoal-063d817379f1a5268e2061b9c2764afe\">Scarborough Shoal<\/a><\/span> when several Chinese coast guard and navy ships approached and staged \u201caggressive actions\u201d after dawn, the Philippine coast guard said.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Chinese officials. In the past, they have repeatedly cited claims of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-beijing-international-law-south-china-sea-70b7c83936f7f59aaf9b1baba572bce5\">Chinese sovereignty<\/a><\/span> in the contested offshore region and their determination to defend what they say is their territory despite a 2016 international <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-beijing-antony-blinken-philippines-manila-5b56ae40db4ddbcd5b98e67f1007c0fd\">arbitration decision<\/a><\/span> that invalidated Beijing\u2019s historical claims.<\/p>\n<p>The United States condemned China\u2019s \u201cunlawful use of water cannons and dangerous maneuvers.\u201d U.S. Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson said on the social media platform X that the Chinese maneuvers disrupted a Philippine maritime operation and \u201cput lives at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn these actions and stand with our like-minded friends, partners, allies in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s reported actions in the disputed waters came after a respite of more than a month while <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/philippines-typhoon-manyi-520b17b3c2b0ccfd33c7421f65ba177d\">back-to-back major storms<\/a><\/span> prevented many Philippine fishing and commercial vessels from venturing into dangerously rough seas.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Chinese ships\u2019 \u201creckless\u201d maneuvers, the Philippines coast guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource said they renewed their \u201ccommitment to protecting the rights and safety of our fishermen within our maritime jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to be vigilant in safeguarding our national interests in the West Philippine Sea,\u201d the two Philippine law enforcement agencies said, using the Philippine name for the seas off the archipelago\u2019s western coast.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese maritime maneuvers \u201care not standard law enforcement actions,\u201d Philippine coast guard Commodore Jay Tarriela said, adding they \u201cshould be interpreted as unlawful aggression by international law violators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-map-territorial-dispute-south-sea-702c45165d7f9cade796700fffa5691e\">sweeping claims<\/a><\/span> cover virtually the entire waterway and overlap with the territorial waters, exclusive economic zones and high seas claims of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. Indonesia has also had confrontations with the Chinese coast guard, which backs Beijing\u2019s fishing fleets.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, one of the Philippine vessels, BRP Datu Pagbuaya, was hit by high-pressure water fired from a Chinese coast guard ship with bow number 3302 which targeted its navigational antennas about 16 nautical miles (30 kilometers) south of Scarborough, Manila\u2019s coast guard said.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, the Chinese coast guard ship \u201cintentionally sideswiped the BRP Datu Pagbuaya on its starboard side\u201d and then \u201claunched a second water cannon attack on the same vessel,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine coast guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua \u201cfaced blocking, shadowing and dangerous maneuvers\u201d by two Chinese navy and coast guard ships, it said. Another Philippine coast guard ship, the BRP Cabra, \u201cwas subjected to reckless maneuvers\u201d by a Chinese coast guard ship at a distance of about 300 yards (274 meters), Philippine coast guard officials said.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference Wednesday, Philippine coast guard and national security officials showed videos of the Chinese coast guard\u2019s use of water cannon and maneuvers close to the Philippine vessels. <\/p>\n<p>The long-simmering territorial disputes are a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China rivalry in the region. The U.S. lays no claims in the waters, which are a key global shipping route, but has declared that freedom of navigation and overflight and the peaceful resolution of the conflicts are in its core national interests.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has warned that it\u2019s obligated to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally, if Filipino forces come under attack in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-philippines-disputed-scarborough-shoal-south-china-sea-77e94f6acc69153bd7a9acc187027f9e\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines (AP) \u2014 Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel on Wednesday in renewed aggression at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133275\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}