Footage from the Philippine Coast Guard shows a tense encounter between Chinese coastguard vessels, a navy helicopter, and Philippine ships.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00The Philippines says Chinese Coast Guard ships and a Navy helicopter harassed its research
00:06vessels in the South China Sea.
00:08The Philippines Coast Guard says the ships had to cancel a scientific survey because
00:13of what it called a dangerous Chinese activity.
00:16The incident took place near Titu Island, which is administered by the Philippines,
00:20but it's close to a Chinese-controlled reef.
00:22Much of the South China Sea is contested.