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Second Thomas Shoal laser incident. On February 6, 2023, the China Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard had an encounter near the Second Thomas Shoal, one of the features of the Spratly Islands which is subject to a wider dispute in the South China Sea. The Second Thomas Shoal is claimed by multiple countries, including China and the Philippines.
1984 – China starts to add ten dashes to its offical maps of sea areas claimed, with the extra dash north east of Tawain. [81] 1985 – President Meads of the Kingdom of Humanity sued the United States and others for $25 billion, claiming "unfair competition, harassment, [and] sabotage." The case was not heard.
The United States officially addressed the South China Sea dispute for the first time in 1995, when its statement focused on the peaceful resolution of disputes, peace and stability, freedom of navigation, neutrality over the question of sovereignty, and respect of maritime norms. [195] The 1995 statement did not name any states by their names.
Kathleen Magramo and Nectar Gan, CNN. June 18, 2024 at 9:37 PM. The United States on Monday condemned China over a collision with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, the latest in a ...
In South China Sea dispute, Philippines' bolder hand tests Beijing. June 19, 2024 at 12:20 AM. MANILA/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huddled in the presidential situation room in February last year, senior ...
Casualties and losses. Per Civilians: 2 injured. The Scarborough Shoal standoff is a dispute between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China over the Scarborough Shoal. Tensions began on April 8, 2012, after the attempted apprehension by the Philippine Navy of eight mainland Chinese fishing vessels near the shoal. [1]
September 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM. The U.S. Navy is gearing up for a major war in the South China Sea by the end of the decade, reshaping military posture and structure as it aims to catch up to a ...
Nine-dash line. The nine-dash line, also referred to as the eleven-dash line by Taiwan, is a set of line segments on various maps that accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China (PRC, "mainland China") and the Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan") in the South China Sea. [1] The contested area includes the Paracel Islands, [a] the ...