Senior Manila official calls Beijing’s plan a pretext for ‘eventual occupation’ as analysts warn of higher tensions over disputed waterway.

Senior Manila official calls Beijing’s plan a pretext for ‘eventual occupation’ as analysts warn of higher tensions over disputed waterway.

Senior Philippine official calls Chinese announcement a pretext for ‘eventual occupation’ as analysts warn of higher tensions.

Manila should ‘stop provocations’, says Beijing, days after announcing plans for national nature reserve in contested Scarborough Shoal.

Manila should ‘stop provocations’, PLA says, days after Beijing announced plans to build nature reserve on contested Scarborough Shoal.