South China Sea: Philippines Removes Chinese Barrier in Contested Area Overview In a tense escalation of the ongoing territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines has removed a floating barrier installed by China to block Philippine fishing boats from entering the Scarborough Shoal. The Philippines claims that China violated its fishing rights with […]
Chinese fighter jet dangerously cut very close to a US spy plane over international air space in the South China Sea, causing turbulence in the US aircraft’s flight path. In the released video by the US military, the Chinese J-16 fighter can clearly be seen making an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver,” which disturbed the US plane’s […]