Philippine authorities said Thursday that they had arrested five Chinese citizens for alleged spying, a week after arresting another Chinese national in the midst of a territorial dispute between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea.
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China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, which has signed a security treaty with Washington that comes with mutual defense commitments.
Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing them to cancel the operation,
The Philippines said on Saturday it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries vessels faced "harassment" and aggressive behaviour from China's coast guard and navy.
Philippine security officials said Thursday they took into custody five more Chinese spies, following the arrest of a compatriot for espionage this month.
Analysts say it the proposal was likely rhetorical rather than genuine, with little chance Beijing would ever take up such a deal.
New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed China's "dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea" with his Philippine counterpart on Wednesday and underscored the "ironclad" U.S.
The Philippines has launched a comic book to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea
The National Security Council (NSC) has expressed support for President Marcos’ setting as condition for the pullout of US Typhon launchers China’s withdrawal of its claims over Philippine territorial waters.
President Marcos is “very disturbed” about the activities of suspected Chinese spies in the country as he assured the public that authorities are expanding the search for their cohorts and more “sleeper agents.
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported it successfully drove away a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel from the waters off Zambales province. Meanwhile,