(2nd UPDATE) The clash takes place just days before foreign ministers — including US State Secretary Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi — arrive in Manila for ASEAN events

(2nd UPDATE) The clash takes place just days before foreign ministers — including US State Secretary Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi — arrive in Manila for ASEAN…

The Philippine armed forces have accused the Chinese Coast Guard of hitting a Filipino sailor with a baton near a grounded ship that has long served as a garrison for Manila in…

Philippine military says Chinese personnel struck sailor on head with wooden baton

MANILA, July 20 — The Philippine military accused the China Coast Guard today of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton as they approached a grounded vessel that has long…

A Philippine sailor was injured in a clash with the China Coast Guard near Second Thomas Shoal. Military clash between China and the Philippines before 2027 at.

Philippines accuses Chinese coast guard of injuring a sailor in a disputed shoal, escalating tensions in the South China Sea.

The flare-up came before Rubio is expected to visit Manila for meetings of Southeast Asian foreign ministers, with Chinese diplomat Wang Yi also in attendance.

The two sides traded accusations over the confrontation at Second Thomas Shoal, a long-standing focus of maritime tensions between Manila and Beijing.

China and the Philippines traded accusations after a violent altercation between navy personnel in the disputed South China Sea. The incident heightened tensions ahead of a major…