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Chinese ships assault Philippine fisheries vessels en route to disputed shoal

Chinese ships assault Philippine fisheries vessels en route to disputed shoal

  • The noontime assault by Chinese ships off the Scarborough Shoal was one of the most aggressive this year
  • It’s the latest flare-up of the long-seething territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a flashpoint in Asia that has put the US and China on a collision course
By AP ·