US Condemns Beijing Over Clash With Philippine Coast Guard in South China Sea

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The US has condemned Beijing after a recent clash with the Philippines in the South China Sea. Manila says a Chinese coast guard ship fired its water cannon at a Philippine coast guard ship and later deliberately rammed into it. Beijing blames Manila for the incident.

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00:00This is the moment, Manila says, when a Chinese Coast Guard ship fired its water cannon at a

00:08Philippines ship in the South China Sea and later deliberately rammed it.

00:16The incident, prompting stern words from the U.S., a key ally of the Philippines,

00:21which called China's moves dangerous, and said its increasingly coercive actions to advance

00:27its territorial claims in the South China Sea undermine regional stability.

00:33Taiwan also weighed in.

00:35The clash happened near Philippine-controlled Titu Island, which Manila calls Pagasa.

01:05It's part of the Spratly Islands, which China claims is its territory, along with most of the South China Sea,

01:11despite an international court ruling that those claims have no legal basis.

01:16Taiwan also claims the Spratlys, as do a number of other countries.

01:22Manila says its Coast Guard ships were anchored near the island as part of a government program

01:27to protect local fishers, when Chinese ships approached and began trying to intimidate them.

01:34But Beijing is accusing Manila of being the instigator,

01:39saying Philippine vessels dangerously approached its ship, prompting it to take action.

01:43It's just the latest confrontation between the two countries

02:11and the disputed South China Sea.

02:14And with allies like the U.S. standing behind the Philippines,

02:17and China pledging not to back down,

02:19the fight over what both see as their territory doesn't look likely to end anytime soon.

02:24Dolphine Chen and Keynes Quaranta for Taiwan Plus.

02:27And with asymmetry things is actually the same as its heritage confrontation between the two countries.

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