The incident occurs as US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in the Philippines on November 20 for talks aimed at reviving ties with Manila.
MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese coast guard ship on Sunday, November 20, “forcefully retrieved” a floating object being towed by a Philippine vessel in the West Philippine Sea by cutting a line attaching it to the boat, a Philippine military commander said.
The statement did not say what the object was or whether the Chinese coast guard vessel indicated why it took the object. Commenting on the incident, maritime law and South China Sea expert Jay Batongbacal said on Twitter that possible sources of the blast were “ weapons fire, e.g., artillery; excavation in/around the reef; accident involving weapons in storage.”The incident occurred as US Vice President Kamala Harrisfor talks aimed at reviving ties with Manila, an Asian ally that is central to U.S. efforts to counter China’s increasingly assertive policies towards Taiwan.
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