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Philippines Confronts Chinese Coast Guard Cutter in South China Sea Clash

The footage underscores Manila’s resistance to Beijing’s nine-dash-line claim after Washington reaffirmed defense commitments alongside other regional allies.

A ship of the China Coast Guard is seen from the Port of Guangzhou, China's southern Guangdong province, on February 22, 2025.
An F-16 jet flies over during a counter landing live fire exercise at a beach as part of U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises on May 03, 2025 in Aparri, Cagayan province, Philippines
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Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr delivers a speech at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Overview

  • The Philippine coast guard released video showing its BRP Cabra ordering the Chinese cutter CCG 3105 to leave its exclusive economic zone about 86 miles off Luzon.
  • Prior encounters have seen Chinese vessels use water cannon and ramming maneuvers that injured Philippine servicemen, prompting Manila’s more assertive stance under President Marcos Jr.
  • At the Shangri-La Dialogue, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined Japanese, Australian and Philippine counterparts in stressing the need to uphold the regional maritime status quo.
  • Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro described Beijing’s expansion efforts as part of its “political DNA” and said Manila is building an international coalition to enhance deterrence.
  • China continues to reject a 2016 Hague tribunal ruling that dismissed its nine-dash-line claims, which overlap with the exclusive economic zones of multiple Southeast Asian nations.