While the Philippines and China agreed last week to "de-escalate tensions", the Philippine national security advisor says Manila would not back down.
While the Philippines and China agreed last week to"de-escalate tensions", the Philippine national security advisor says Manila would not back down.
The most serious happened on Jun 17, when China Coast Guard personnel wielding knives, sticks and an axe surrounded and boarded three Philippine Navy boats during a resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The Philippines filed a case against China in 2013. Three years later, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in Manila's favour, declaring China's expansive claims had no legal basis.Commentary: The world came dangerously close to full-scale conflict in the South China Sea
Since then, diplomatic relations between Manila and Beijing have deteriorated as the Marcos administration pushes back against Chinese actions. The Philippines deliberately grounded a navy ship on the reef in 1999 to assert Manila's claims to the area. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement for the anniversary that Washington remained"deeply concerned" about China's claims"over vast areas that are clearly within the maritime jurisdiction of Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei".
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