Chinese ships block PH boats

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Francisco Tuyay - Agence France-Presse

Aug 24, 2023 12:30 am

ABOARD THE BRP CABRA: As a US military surveillance plane circled overhead, eight Chinese ships chased and briefly blocked four Philippine boats on a resupply mission to a tiny garrison in the hotly contested South China Sea.

The high seas cat-and-mouse game on Tuesday followed assurances from Chinese coast guard vessels patrolling the waters that Philippine boats would be allowed to deliver provisions to the remote outpost on Second Thomas Shoal 'in the spirit of humanism.'

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