Overview

• A Chinese coast guard ship used a high-pressure water cannon to drive off a Philippine supply boat delivering aid to local fishermen at Scarborough Shoal.
• Two Chinese coast guard vessels collided during the pursuit, leaving one ship severely damaged and inoperable.
• Chinese authorities defended the operation as lawful enforcement of sovereignty within contested waters.
• Philippine and Indian naval units have sustained a coordinated two-day patrol inside Manila’s exclusive economic zone.
• The Philippines cites a 2016 Hague tribunal ruling that invalidated Beijing’s nine-dash line claims, a decision China continues to reject.