South China Sea: Philippine President Marcos alarmed by Beijing's actions. Tensions in the South China Sea have escalated this week.
The Philippine coast guard accused their Chinese counterparts of causing collisions with two of their boats and injuring four of their personnel with water cannons. Manila summoned a Chinese representative over these incidents on Tuesday and told him that it considered these “aggressive actions” “unacceptable” For its part, Beijing expressed “strong protests” following these incidents, Chinese diplomatic spokesperson Mao Ning reported on Tuesday.