{"id":2335412,"date":"2024-09-02T00:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T04:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-and-philippine-ships-collide-as-sides-blame-each-other-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T04:08:11","slug":"chinese-and-philippine-ships-collide-as-sides-blame-each-other-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-and-philippine-ships-collide-as-sides-blame-each-other-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese and Philippine ships collide as sides blame each other &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-and-philippine-ships-collide-as-sides-blame-each-other-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335412&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-cute-small-animals-adopted-by-arizona-group-but-joy-turns-to-horror-when-humane-society-realizes-what-its-job-is\/\" title=\"Hundreds of Cute Small Animals Adopted by Arizona Group, But Joy Turns to Horror When Humane Society Realizes What Its Job Is\">recent incident\u200c involving<\/a> a collision between Chinese and Philippine ships\u200b has heightened tensions between the two nations. The collision occurred in the disputed Sabina Shoal area, with \u2064video evidence from the Philippine coast guard showing a Chinese vessel appearing to intentionally\u200c cut off a Philippine ship. Both sides quickly placed blame on each other: China accused\u200c the Philippine vessel of being &#8220;illegally \u200canchored&#8221; and provoking trouble, while the Philippines claimed\u2063 the Chinese ship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-attacker-wounds-8-in-tel-aviv-as-netanyahu-signals-west-bank-operation-could-soon-end\/\" title=\"Palestinian assailant injures 8 in Tel Aviv as Netanyahu hints at possible conclusion to West Bank operation.\">deliberately rammed<\/a> into their vessel without provocation. The U.S. State Department publicly condemned China&#8217;s \u2062actions, labeling them as &#8220;dangerous and escalatory,&#8221; \u2062and noted\u200b that similar aggressive actions by \u200dChina had been reported throughout August 2024, disrupting lawful Philippine operations in the \u200dSouth China Sea.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chinese and Philippine ships collide as sides blame each other<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1742153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Chinese and Philippine ships collided with each other on Saturday as tensions increase between the two nations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/philippine-and-chinese-coast-guard-ships-collide-in-south-china-sea-218385989948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Video<\/a> from the Philippine coast guard shows the Chinese and Philippine ships colliding in the Sabina Shoal, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-a-response-to-ben-and-jerry\/\" title=\"OPINION: A Response To Ben And Jerry\">disputed area<\/a>. In one instance, the Chinese vessel appears to deliberately cut off the Philippine ship.<\/p>\n<p>However, both sides quickly blamed each other for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Liu Dejun, a spokesman for the Chinese coast guard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccg.gov.cn\/wqzf\/202408\/t20240831_2447.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in a statement that the Philippine vessel was &ldquo;illegally anchored&rdquo; in the area and was &ldquo;provoking and causing trouble.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jaytaryela\/status\/1829795642484670573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on X that included footage of the incident, Jay Tarriella, a spokesman for the Philippine coast guard, said the Chinese ship &ldquo;deliberately rammed and collided&rdquo; with the Philippine ship &ldquo;despite no provocation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-support-for-the-philippines-in-the-south-china-sea-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"condemned\">condemned<\/a> China&rsquo;s actions in a statement, calling them &ldquo;dangerous and escalatory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the latest in a series of dangerous and escalatory actions by the PRC. On multiple occasions throughout August 2024, the PRC has aggressively disrupted lawful Philippine aerial and maritime operations in the South China Sea, including at Sabina Shoal.&nbsp;The PRC&rsquo;s unlawful claims of &lsquo;territorial sovereignty&rsquo; over ocean areas where no land territory exists, and its increasingly aggressive actions to enforce them, threaten the freedoms of navigation and overflight of all nations,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabina Shoal is about 87 miles west of the Philippine island of Palawan, while it is about 746 miles away from the closest Chinese land mass, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/8\/31\/philippines-china-trade-accusations-of-ramming-ships-in-south-china-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In May, Philippine officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3002221\/philippines-alarmed-china-suspected-new-island-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> China was beginning to build &ldquo;large man-made islands&rdquo; near the Sabina Shoal, pointing to evidence of deposits of crushed coral. Philippine patrols thwarted those attempts, according to Tarriella.<\/p>\n<p>China claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea where the Sabina Soal is located.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1742153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742153\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese and Philippine vessels collided on Saturday amid rising tensions between the two countries. Footage from the Philippine coast guard captures the incident occurring in the contested Sabina Shoal region. In one moment, it seems that a Chinese ship intentionally cut off a Philippine vessel. Both parties quickly accused each other of responsibility for the collision. Liu Dejun, a spokesperson for the Chinese coast guard, claimed that the Philippine ship was &#8220;illegally anchored&#8221; in the area and was &#8220;provoking and causing trouble.&#8221; Conversely, Jay Tarriella, a spokesperson for the Philippine coast guard, stated on X (formerly Twitter) that the Chinese vessel &#8220;deliberately rammed and collided&#8221; with their ship without any provocation. U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller criticized China&#8217;s actions as &#8220;dangerous and escalatory,&#8221; noting this incident as part of a pattern of aggressive behavior by China throughout August 2024 that has disrupted lawful operations by Philippines in South China Sea waters including Sabina Shoal. He emphasized that China&#8217;s claims to territorial sovereignty over areas lacking land threaten navigation freedoms for all nations. The Sabina Shoal is located approximately 87 miles west of Palawan island in the Philippines and about 746 miles from mainland China, according to Al Jazeera reports. In May, officials from the Philippines indicated that China had begun constructing &#8220;large man-made islands&#8221; near Sabina Shoal based on evidence of crushed coral deposits; however, these efforts were reportedly thwarted by Philippine patrols. China asserts control over most of the South China Sea where Sabina Shoal is situated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2335413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chinese-philippine-ships-collide.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39890,32402,39892,39891,39893],"class_list":["post-2335412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chinese-ships","tag-international-relations","tag-maritime-collision","tag-philippine-ships","tag-territorial-disputes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chinese-philippine-ships-collide.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}