China and Philippines trade accusations after sailor injured at sea
China and Philippines trade accusations after sailor injured at sea Dispute erupts in South China Sea after incident near Second Thomas Shoal involving...
Key points
- China and Philippines trade accusations after sailor injured at sea Dispute erupts in South China Sea after incident near Second Thomas Shoal involving Chinese and Philippine vessels.
- China and the Philippines are engaged in a dispute over who is to blame after a confrontation between their vessels in the disputed South China Sea left a Philippine sailor injured.
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- According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China has ratified, the Second Thomas Shoal lies within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
What happened
China and Philippines trade accusations after sailor injured at sea Dispute erupts in South China Sea after incident near Second Thomas Shoal involving Chinese and Philippine vessels. China and the Philippines are engaged in a dispute over who is to blame after a confrontation between their vessels in the disputed South China Sea left a Philippine sailor injured. Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Philippines rebukes China embassy over ‘coercive’ warning of job losses - list 2 of 3China bars Philippines defence chief as South China Sea spat sails onwards - list 3 of 3Manila protests ‘racist’ portrayal of Filipinos in China Daily videos Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea and has demanded the outpost be removed, despite it lying within the Philippines’s 200-nautical mile (370km) exclusive economic zone and about 1,000 km (808 miles) from mainland China. According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China has ratified, the Second Thomas Shoal lies within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. China did not participate in the court’s proceedings. “China’s troubling pattern of provocation against lawful Philippine...