Exclusive-Chinese Ships Gather Near Island Disputed With …
2 days ago · HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) - Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, Manila's key outpost in the South China Sea ...
Chinese Ships Surround Island Disputed With Philippines, Satellite ...
2 days ago · Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, Manila's key outpost in the South China Sea, but a senior Philippine navy ...
West Philippine Sea: Large fleet of Chinese ships seen in Pagasa Island …
3 days ago · MANILA, Philippines — An “extraordinarily large” fleet of Chinese ships were spotted inside the territorial sea of Pagasa (Thitu) Island, a West Philippine Sea monitor said on Wednesday. As of Tuesday, “at least 73-75 ships” were spotted 2.5 to 5.5 nautical miles (NM) off Pagasa Island, well within its 12 NM territorial waters ...
A Remote Philippine Island in the South China Sea Where China is …
3 days ago · An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023 shows Thitu Island in the South China Sea. - As a Philippine Coast Guard plane carrying journalists flew over the Spratly Islands in the hotly disputed South ...
The Philippines opens a new monitoring base on a remote island …
Dec 1, 2023 · THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United States and Australia to counter China’s “pure bullying” in the strategic waterway, a Philippine security ...
Test of wills between Philippines and China on remote Spratly island : NPR
Apr 11, 2024 · Enter Thitu — an island that the Philippines calls Pag-asa, while China calls it Zhongye. It is the only civilian-inhabited island of the Spratlys, and its approximately 250 full-time...
The Philippines Opens a New Monitoring Base on a Remote Island …
Dec 1, 2023 · National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano and other Philippine officials flew to Thitu Island on an air force plane Friday and led a ceremony to open the newly constructed, two-story center that...
Philippines builds new coast guard station on island in South …
MANILA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Philippines has built a new coast guard station on the contested island of Thitu in the South China Sea, boosting its ability to monitor movements of Chinese vessels...
The Philippines opens a new monitoring base on a remote island …
Dec 1, 2023 · THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to...
On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China
Apr 11, 2024 · Enter Thitu — an island that the Philippines calls Pag-asa, while China calls it Zhongye. It is the only civilian-inhabited island of the Spratlys, and its approximately 250 full-time residents see their quiet existence as both an escape and an act of resistance.