US condemns China’s ‘dangerous and aggressive’ acts after Philippine sailor injured at disputed shoal

[Beijingwalker]

U.S. condemns China’s ‘dangerous and aggressive’ acts after Philippine sailor injured at disputed shoal​

Published Mon, Jul 20 202610:20 PM EDT

Key Points

• Washington condemns China’s “dangerous and aggressive” conduct after Manila said a Chinese coast guard officer struck a Filipino sailor during a clash at a disputed South China Sea shoal.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to visit Manila for high-level meetings of Southeast Asian foreign ministers.
• Tensions in the South China Sea are expected to dominate conversations, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in attendance.

The U.S. condemned what it termed China’s “dangerous and aggressive” actions against Philippine navy personnel in the contested South China Sea waters, after Manila said a Chinese coast guard officer repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton, injuring him and damaging a navy rubber boat.

The confrontation in the Second Thomas Shoal on Monday came as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Manila this week for meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers.

Tensions in the South China Sea are expected to feature prominently in the discussions, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also in attendance. Rubio met Wang on the sidelines of last year’s ASEAN gathering in Malaysia, and the two spoke by phone after President Donald Trump’s Beijing visit earlier this year.

Rubio’s trip also comes days after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of substantial meddling in U.S. elections.

The shoal is one of the most volatile flashpoints in the South China Sea, where Beijing claims almost the entire waterway despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that found those claims have no basis in international law. The reef lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone but has seen repeated clashes since 2023, as Chinese vessels have used water cannon, lasers, and ramming to block Filipino resupply missions.

Washington is bound to Manila by a mutual defense treaty signed in 1951, meaning a serious escalation could draw in support from the U.S.

“We stand with our Ally, the Philippines,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement Monday, calling on Beijing to “immediately cease its destabilizing conduct” and reaffirming the 2016 arbitral ruling that found China’s expansive South China Sea claims have no basis in international law.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines said the encounter occurred near the BRP Sierra Madre, the warship Manila grounded on the shoal almost 30 years ago to anchor its claim. The military said a Chinese inflatable boat carrying eight personnel approached the outpost at close range and “reacted violently and aggressively” when two Philippine navy boats moved to drive the Chinese vessel away.

Beijing has disputed that account with the China Coast Guard claiming Philippine dinghies launched “illegally” from the Sierra Madre, ignored repeated warnings, and rammed its patrol vessel, and that Filipino personnel attacked Chinese officers with oars and long sticks.

The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship. Wang is scheduled to meet Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro on the sidelines of the annual summit — the first meeting of the two countries’ top diplomats since 2024 — while Rubio is expected to see President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with the South China Sea issues set to dominate both conversations.

 

[Beijingwalker]

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[ety]

Why put up such distorted headline by Americans ? The Filipinos attacked Chinese first. US mind its own business.

 

[Shags101]

U.S. condemns China’s ‘dangerous and aggressive’ acts after Philippine sailor injured at disputed shoal​

Published Mon, Jul 20 202610:20 PM EDT

Key Points

• Washington condemns China’s “dangerous and aggressive” conduct after Manila said a Chinese coast guard officer struck a Filipino sailor during a clash at a disputed South China Sea shoal.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to visit Manila for high-level meetings of Southeast Asian foreign ministers.
• Tensions in the South China Sea are expected to dominate conversations, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in attendance.

The U.S. condemned what it termed China’s “dangerous and aggressive” actions against Philippine navy personnel in the contested South China Sea waters, after Manila said a Chinese coast guard officer repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton, injuring him and damaging a navy rubber boat.

The confrontation in the Second Thomas Shoal on Monday came as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Manila this week for meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers.

Tensions in the South China Sea are expected to feature prominently in the discussions, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also in attendance. Rubio met Wang on the sidelines of last year’s ASEAN gathering in Malaysia, and the two spoke by phone after President Donald Trump’s Beijing visit earlier this year.

Rubio’s trip also comes days after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of substantial meddling in U.S. elections.

The shoal is one of the most volatile flashpoints in the South China Sea, where Beijing claims almost the entire waterway despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that found those claims have no basis in international law. The reef lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone but has seen repeated clashes since 2023, as Chinese vessels have used water cannon, lasers, and ramming to block Filipino resupply missions.

Washington is bound to Manila by a mutual defense treaty signed in 1951, meaning a serious escalation could draw in support from the U.S.

“We stand with our Ally, the Philippines,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement Monday, calling on Beijing to “immediately cease its destabilizing conduct” and reaffirming the 2016 arbitral ruling that found China’s expansive South China Sea claims have no basis in international law.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines said the encounter occurred near the BRP Sierra Madre, the warship Manila grounded on the shoal almost 30 years ago to anchor its claim. The military said a Chinese inflatable boat carrying eight personnel approached the outpost at close range and “reacted violently and aggressively” when two Philippine navy boats moved to drive the Chinese vessel away.

Beijing has disputed that account with the China Coast Guard claiming Philippine dinghies launched “illegally” from the Sierra Madre, ignored repeated warnings, and rammed its patrol vessel, and that Filipino personnel attacked Chinese officers with oars and long sticks.

The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship. Wang is scheduled to meet Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro on the sidelines of the annual summit — the first meeting of the two countries’ top diplomats since 2024 — while Rubio is expected to see President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with the South China Sea issues set to dominate both conversations.

So honestly I don’t know much about the situation other than multiple countries are claiming the area is theirs but I do find it funny that America is calling this a dangerous escalation I would think if china actually wanted to take it could do it with pretty much ease

Again I’m not debating the situation there just find it funny America would call that a dangerous escalation I wonder what they call the Iranian war a picnic

 

[ety]

Lol, everyone knows which evil hands are behind these moron puppets Filipinos' shows against China in SCS.

 

[Ravenman]

The same problem Turkey has with Greece.

Islands that are very close to your coast, are claimed by another country far far away.

 

[arshu]

Ccp have border disputes with 14 to 18 countries, everybody knows that . Ccp = mafia .

 

[arshu]

China illegally ignores South China Sea court ruling for 10 years, U.S. Pacific Command says

Ten years after an international tribunal ruled against China’s expansive claims to control most of the South China Sea, Beijing remains in violation of international law, according to the U.S. Pacific Command’s legal office.

www.washingtontimes.com

Ccp does not follow any sea based international norms

 

[ety]

Ccp have border disputes with 14 to 18 countries, everybody knows that . Ccp = mafia .

That's only your delusional pathetic China hater Indian losers' view. China only has land border dispute with your greedy India, all the other 13 land neighboring countries are fine with China. China have disputes only with Vietnam, Filipin and also small overlapping claim of few reefs with Malaysia in SCS, so are these countries with each other. You despicable Indian losers stop spiting all the shit lies about China as always. Your loser India is indeed the enemy of all your neighboring countries, lol., feel ashamed ?

 

[arshu]

That's only your delusional pathetic China hater Indian losers' view. China only has land border dispute with your greedy India, all the other 13 land neighboring countries are fine with China. China have disputes only with Vietnam, Filipin and also small overlapping claim of few reeds with Malaysia in SCS, so are these countries with each other. You despicable Indian losers stop spiting all the shit lies about China as always. Your loser India is indeed the enemy of all your neighboring countries, lol., feel ashamed ?

https://theweek.com/news/world-news/china/955728/all-countries-china-territory-disputes

17 Countries with whom land and sea border issues.

 

[ety]

China illegally ignores South China Sea court ruling for 10 years, U.S. Pacific Command says

Ten years after an international tribunal ruled against China’s expansive claims to control most of the South China Sea, Beijing remains in violation of international law, according to the U.S. Pacific Command’s legal office.

www.washingtontimes.com

Ccp does not follow any sea based international norms

That's illegal fxxking arbitration, not international court ruling, hired by the Filipin and backed by US to rule in favor of Filipin. China from the very start didn't agree to participate in such arbitration, so this whole process is invalid, fool, this so called "ruling" by few hired losers is a joke. And your India is indeed the one that doesn't abide by accepted international court rulings on disputes such as the Indus water treaty with Pakistan, you people are truly despicable, talk of rules. Have the gall to accuse China of such thing not following rules, lol.

 

[Thinking]

Ccp have border disputes with 14 to 18 countries, everybody knows that . Ccp = mafia .

But they will tell you how friendly everyone is with them, except India. One of the friendlies is Philippines.

Avatar has element bending but some do reality bending.

 

[arshu]

That's illegal fxxking arbitration, not international court ruling, hired by the Filipin and backed by US to rule in favor of Filipin. China from the very start didn't agree to participate in such arbitration, so this whole process is invalid, fool, this so called "ruling" by few hired losers is a joke. And your India is indeed the one that doesn't abide by accepted international court rulings on disputes such as the Indus water treaty with Pakistan, you people are truly despicable, talk of rules. Have the gall to accuse China of such thing not following rules, lol.

Did you read the whole article ?

"Under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China adopted in 1996, Beijing is legally bound to follow the ruling, which is final, the military command said in a graphic released marking the 10 years since the ruling."

 

[arshu]

Those people did not even leave Bhutan(a peace loving country).

 

[ety]

https://theweek.com/news/world-news/china/955728/all-countries-china-territory-disputes

17 Countries with whom land and sea border issues.

Nothing, but garbgae reporting.

Did you read the whole article ?

"Under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China adopted in 1996, Beijing is legally bound to follow the ruling, which is final, the military command said in a graphic released marking the 10 years since the ruling."

Chin is not going to follow some illegal shit clown arbitration. UNCLOS has no jurisdiction over land sovereignty, period. Now, you Indian loser stop putting up BS lies.