China claims almost the entire South China Sea, brushing off rival claims from other countries, including the Philippines.
The Philippines has said the China Coast Guard used water cannons on two of its vessels, causing damage to one of them, during a patrol near a reef off the Southeast Asian country.
"This damage serves as evidence of the forceful water pressure used by the China Coast Guard in their harassment of the Philippine vessels," a statement issued by the Philippine Coast Guard said. China's coast guard said it had"expelled" two Philippine ships from its waters near Huangyan Island, which is the Chinese name for the shoal.
The triangular chain of reefs and rocks that make up Scarborough Shoal lies 240 kilometres west of the Philippines' main island of Luzon and nearly 900 kilometres from Hainan, the nearest major Chinese land mass.
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