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South China Morning Post
10 hours ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China-EU friction in spotlight, excessive dining austerity measures: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP's biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing China's central bank is launching a new connect programme with Hong Kong to facilitate cross-border payments – Beijing's latest move to open up its financial sector and also leverage the southern financial centre to better connect with the rest of the world. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen Decades of overinvestment and state subsidies in China, weak domestic consumption, an addiction to manufacturing, crashing corporate profits, zombie companies that the state does not let die and a superpower trade war have, the EU believes, created a perfect storm. Chinese and Philippine vessels have clashed again in the South China Sea, with Beijing saying its coastguard used a water cannon to expel a Philippine government vessel near Scarborough Shoal on Friday. China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Friday afternoon that Philippine vessel 3006 had 'ignored repeated warnings and insistently intruded' into Chinese waters near the strategic shoal.
Reuters
11 hours ago
- Reuters
Philippines accuses China coast guard of aggressive manoeuvres against its fisheries vessels
MANILA, June 20 (Reuters) - The Philippines accused Chinese Coast Guard ships on Friday of carrying out aggressive manoeuvres and targeting its fisheries vessels with water canons while they were delivering supplies to Filipino fishermen at the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Friday. One of the four Philippine fisheries vessels involved in the mission was briefly struck by a water cannon, while another evaded being hit, the Philippine Coast Guard said in a statement.
Bloomberg
16 hours ago
- Bloomberg
China Says It Drove Away Philippine Ship From Disputed Shoal
China's coast guard said it drove away a Philippine ship around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday. 'The China Coast Guard gradually took necessary measures such as shouting warnings, following and forcing, and water cannon warnings to drive away the Philippine ship,' it said in a statement.
South China Morning Post
17 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
South China Sea: China Coast Guard uses water cannon to expel Philippine vessel from shoal
China says its coastguard used a water cannon in an effort to expel a Philippine government vessel that entered waters of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in Beijing's latest confrontation with Manila in the disputed South China Sea China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said in a statement on Friday afternoon that Philippine vessel 3006 had 'ignored repeated warnings and insistently intruded' into Chinese waters near the strategic shoal. In response, China Coast Guard had implemented standard enforcement measures, including verbal warnings, close monitoring and water cannons to drive away the unauthorised ship, Liu said. 01:25 Chinese military helicopter and Philippine patrol plane in close encounter over Scarborough Shoal Chinese military helicopter and Philippine patrol plane in close encounter over Scarborough Shoal 'The Philippine side's actions constitute a serious violation of China's sovereignty and international law,' Liu said, adding that the Chinese side's response was 'professional, lawful and justified' under China's Coast Guard Law and related regulations. Manila has not commented on any incident at Scarborough Shoal or China's statement. The confrontation came a day after China accused the Philippines of 'illegally' operating in waters near the disputed Half Moon and Royal Captain shoals. In a late night statement on Thursday, Liu said China's coastguard had 'handled the situation in accordance with the law and regulations, with the on-site operations conducted in a professional and standardised manner'. 'The Philippine government vessels, under the pretext of so-called fishery protection, have illegally infringed upon China's rights and provocatively undermined stability in the South China Sea,' the statement said.
Reuters
18 hours ago
- Reuters
China says it 'expelled' Philippine vessel from Scarborough Shoal
BEIJING, June 20 (Reuters) - China's coast guard said it took "necessary" measures including shouting and firing water cannon to "expel" a Philippine ship which it said "insisted" on "intruding" into waters around the Scarborough Shoal on Friday. The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
