Jay Tarriela, the Philippine coast guard spokesperson, wrote on X that its vessels had “faced dangerous manoeuvres and blocking” from the Chinese coast guard and maritime militia. This comes ...

China has deployed militia ships near Whitsun Reef Crewmen on board the two patrol boats have ready scripts to warn or respond to Chinese ships. The radio warnings from the Chinese could come at ...

were surrounded by four Chinese coast guard ships and four suspected militia vessels and forced to stop as the other two Philippine boats delivered supplies to the Filipino forces at Second Thomas ...

While maritime militia forces are not playing a major role ... The Houthis’ activities in the Red Sea and the Chinese actions around Second Thomas Shoal have notable similarities in tactical ...

A Philippine supply boat, center, steers around Chinese ... "Despite attempts by a significant number of China coast guard and Chinese maritime militia vessels to block, harass and interfere ...