Tag: Chinese aggression

China sends more ships to Vietnam waters

HANOI (PNA/VNS) — Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance Department (VSFD) staff has reported high-capacity Chinese vessels in waters around the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig, which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters. They said the vessels had bulbous bows and were accompanied by two Chinese coast-guard ships. Together with Chinese fishing vessels, they kept on hampering Vietnamese vessels, occasionally throwing stones and bottles. China still has a fleet of between 110-115 ships around the rig, including about 40 coast-guard […]

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Filipino activists protest in front of Chinese consular office

(Reuters) — Filipino activists protested in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on Monday (March 3), condemning Chinese vessels’ use of water cannon on Filipino fishermen. On January 27, a Chinese coast guard ship tried to drive away Filipino fishermen from Scarborough Shoal by using a water cannon, the head of the Philippine military said last week. The Philippine foreign ministry has lodged a formal protest. The activists said the action was unlawful, an act of aggression, […]

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