Scarborough Shoal - Wikipedia
Scarborough Shoal forms a triangle-shaped chain of reefs and rocks with a perimeter of 46 km (29 mi). It covers an area of 150 km 2 (58 sq mi), including an inner lagoon. The atolls' highest point, South Rock, is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) above sea level at high tide.
Explainer: Why China, the Philippines keep fighting over tiny shoal
Dec 11, 2023 · China's repeated attempts to blockade the Second Thomas Shoal, located less than 200 nautical miles from Philipines' province of Palawan, has made the submerged reef a flashpoint for conflict...
Scarborough Shoal: China maps out baseline claims over a …
Nov 11, 2024 · China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.
What is Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and why are …
Sep 27, 2023 · Located 200 km (124 miles) off the Philippines and inside its exclusive economic zone, the shoal is coveted for its bountiful fish stocks and a stunning turquoise lagoon that provides safe...
China delimits a contested South China Sea shoal in a dispute with ...
China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.
China and the Philippines reach deal in effort to stop clashes at ...
Jul 22, 2024 · China and the Philippines have reached a deal intended to end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines occupies Second Thomas Shoal but China also claims it, and increasingly hostile flare-ups between them have sparked fears of larger conflict that could involve the United States.
Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in …
Jun 18, 2024 · MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese forces seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military outpost in a disputed South China Sea shoal in a tense confrontation in which some Filipino navy personnel were injured, Philippine security officials said Tuesday.
The Beached Philippine Ship That Is Angering China - The New York Times
Nov 11, 2023 · For more than two decades, it has been an unlikely flashpoint in the South China Sea: a rusty, World War II-era ship beached on a tiny reef that has become a symbol of Philippine resistance against...
China and Philippines already at odds over South China Sea deal ... - CNN
Jul 24, 2024 · Fears of a conflict with global implications have risen in recent months following a series of increasingly violent clashes between Chinese coast guard vessels and Philippine ships at Second Thomas...
China says Philippines sent supplies to disputed shoal
Nov 15, 2024 · China said on Friday the Philippines had sent supplies to a warship grounded on Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South China Sea.