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A Chinese coast guard ship, front, allegedly blocks the path of a Philippine coast guard ship near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea, during a resupply mission Aug. 5, 2023. [AP Photo]
The Philippine military on Sunday condemned a Chinese coast guard ship's "excessive and offensive" use of a water cannon to block a Philippine supply boat from delivering new troops, food, water and fuel to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
The tense confrontation Saturday at the Second Thomas Shoal was the latest flare-up in the long-seething territorial conflicts involving China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.
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