Chinese Coast Guard Rams Philippine Fishing Vessel in South China Sea

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A Chinese coast guard ship has rammed a Philippine fishing vessel and fired on it with a water cannon to prevent a resupply mission in the South China Sea.

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00:00A Chinese Coast Guard ship has rammed into a Philippine fishing vessel in the South China

00:05Sea.

00:06Manila says the Chinese ship fired water cannons and intentionally rammed into one of its vessels.

00:12The Philippine ship was taking fuel and food supplies to fishers in the South China Sea.

00:17Beijing says the Philippine vessel was attempting to illegally enter waters near the Sabina

00:21Shoal.

00:22That's an area both countries claim as their territory.

00:25The next day, China once again blockaded Philippine ships from reaching their outposts in the

00:29area, a move Manila is calling illegal.

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