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This photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows the Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malapascua manoeuvering as a Chinese coast guard ship cuts its path at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. AFPBEIJING – Ramming boats, building militarized islands and threatening perceived trespassers — China is escalating confrontations with the Philippines to push it out of the South China Sea, analysts say.
It requires frequent resupply missions, which China’s coast guard has sought to thwart by firing water cannon at Philippine boats — and sometimes colliding with them. That would leave Beijing poised to seize control of the reef, Legarda said, strengthening its foothold in a waterway rich in oil and gas deposits and through which trillions of dollars in trade passes every year.
That includes boosting “military, coast guard, and militia vessels at uninhabited features in the Spratly Islands”, where the Second Thomas Shoal is located. It has since deployed vessels that the Philippines says harass its ships and prevent its fishermen from accessing the fish-rich lagoon.
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