Over the past week, Chinese and Philippine vessels have engaged in multiple collisions and face-offs near #SabinaShoal, a disputed atoll lying just 86 miles from the #Philippines’ west coast and 745 miles from #China, which claims almost all of the #SouthChinaSea as its sovereign territory despite an international ruling to the contrary. #WestPHSea
A dangerous new flashpoint is fast emerging in the South China Sea
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/27/asia/china-philippines-new-flashpoint-sabina-shoal-intl-hnk/index.html