(UPDATE) THE Philippines said Monday it had summoned a Chinese envoy over “aggressive actions” by the China Coast Guard (CCG) and other vessels near a reef off the Southeast Asian country’s coast, while Beijing lodged its own complaint.
Beijing and Manila have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and there have been repeated confrontations between their vessels near disputed reefs in recent months.
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