Philippines military chief voices anger after latest Chinese coast guard incident in South China Sea
by Jim Gomez
Dec 11, 2023
4 minutes
The Philippine military chief said Monday he was with Filipino forces aboard a supply boat when it was blasted with a water cannon and surrounded and bumped by Chinese coast guard ships over the weekend in the disputed South China Sea.
Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that China was escalating its aggression in the contested waters but said it would not deter Filipino forces from defending the Philippines’ territorial interests in the busy waterway.
More than 100 Chinese government and suspected militia ships have swarmed the high seas around the contested , where a long-marooned
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