Actions of China air force in SCS illegal, reckless: Philippines prez

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Sunday condemned Chinese air force actions in waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions unjustified, illegal and reckless...

Manila and Beijing accused each other on Saturday of disrupting their militaries operations around the Scarborough Shoal in the first incident since Marcos took office in 2022 in which the Philippines has complained of dangerous actions by Chinese aircraft, as opposed to navy or coast guard vessels...

The Philippine military on Saturday condemned dangerous and provocative actions when two Chinese aircraft dropped flares in the path of a Philippine aircraft during a routine patrol around the shoal on Thursday...

The Chinese militarys Southern Theatre Command countered that the Philippines had disrupted its training, accusing Manila of illegally intruding into its airspace...

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