China, Philippines and Scarborough Shoal

China’s coastguard circles Scarborough Shoal after Philippines stakes its legislative claim
The patrol comes less than a week after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr signed the Maritime Zones Act and Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act, embedding Manila’s claims to the South China Sea in domestic law. The US expressed its support for the Philippine legislation, saying other countries had passed similar laws.
China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines
China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China Sea.
China draws up new map for southernmost city amid tension over disputed islands with Philippines
China has released an updated map for a southern city, established to reinforce its claims in the South China Sea, showing new labels for Paracel and Spratly districts, which were formally created in 2020 but had not appeared on maps until now.
Philippines and China dispute borders in South China Sea
The Philippines' foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador on Wednesday, November 13, to protest against Beijing's establishment of baseline coordinates around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea,
Philippines, China Tensions Build Over Disputed Shoal Baselines
A protest was filed in relation to China’s action, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs ... said it delimited the baselines of the territorial sea adjacent to Scarborough Shoal — which it calls Huangyan Dao — saying it’s a “natural ...
Philippines accuses China of illegally mapping claims to Scarborough Shoal
The Philippines has explicitly labeled China's baseline declarations around Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) as illegal under international law — a direct pushback against Beijing after it aired its fury over Manila's new maritime zones law.
China’s baselines near Scarborough Shoal aim to ‘exert more pressure’ on Philippines: analysts
China declared its maritime baselines around Scarborough Shoal after the Philippines passed laws defining its maritime zones and sea lanes last week.
Chinese military conducts sea and air patrol around shoal amid tension with Philippines
It is the second air-to-sea joint patrol as tensions have escalated around Scarborough, Second Thomas and Sabina shoals.
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China patrols at disputed shoal; Manila summons Beijing’s envoy
China on Wednesday conducted combat readiness patrols at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea to reinforce its claim ...
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China maps out baseline claims over a contested South China Sea shoal with the Philippines
Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. China seized the ...
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PH protests new China baseline with Scarborough
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filed its 189th diplomatic protest against China in less than two years, this time ...
China, Philippines spar over new maritime laws, baseline drawings in South China Sea
The Philippines' foreign ministry said on Wednesday it summoned China's ambassador to protest Beijing's drawing of baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
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China holds sea and air combat drills at the disputed Scarborough Shoal
BEIJING (AP) — China held sea and air combat drills Wednesday at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area of reefs and rocks the Philippines also claims in the South China Sea. On Sunday, China ...
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Beijing draws baselines around shoal in Manila's jurisdiction to fortify claims
hina has announced the baselines of its territorial sea around the Scarborough Shoal to strengthen its claim over the ...
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Philippines files diplomatic protest vs China’s Panatag baseline declarations
The Philippines filed yesterday a diplomatic protest over China’s baseline declarations around Panatag or Scarborough Shoal after the Philippines’ enactment of the Maritime Zones Act. Beijing ...