{"id":12550,"date":"2026-07-21T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12550"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:30:11","slug":"china-summons-philippine-ambassador-over-south-china-sea-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12550","title":{"rendered":"China summons Philippine ambassador over South China Sea encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) &#8211; Beijing said it summoned the Philippine ambassador to China on Tuesday over an encounter a day earlier between the \u200ctwo countries in the Second Thomas Shoal, according to a statement \u200cfrom its foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">China and the Philippines traded accusations on Monday after an encounter between their \u200bvessels in contested South China Sea waters, with Manila saying one of its navy personnel was struck on the head and Beijing saying Manila provoked the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Philippine side provoked the incident first, yet has turned around and made counter-accusations, distorted \u200cthe facts and engaged \u2060in malicious hype,&#8221; the Chinese foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The China Coast Guard (CCG) said on Monday two rubber boats sent by the Philippines&#8217; \u2060grounded vessel BRP Sierra Madre rammed into a Chinese patrol boat in the South China Sea and the Philippine personnel initiated &#8220;malicious attacks&#8221; against Chinese law enforcement officers by \u200busing \u200boars and long sticks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">China&#8217;s foreign ministry called \u200bthe actions taken by the Philippines &#8220;egregious \u200cin nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Manila previously accused Beijing of aggressively striking one of its navy staff on the head with a wooden baton during Monday&#8217;s encounter and said one navy rubber boat was damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a separate statement on Tuesday, the CCG said China permitted the Philippine side to transfer the injured personnel through small shuttle \u200cboats from the grounded Philippine warship &#8220;out of humanitarian \u200bconsideration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The CCG inquired and verified the Philippine boats, \u200band monitored the whole process,&#8221; \u200bCCG spokesperson Jiang Lue said, adding China will continue to \u200ccarry out &#8220;rights-protection and law-enforcement operations&#8221; in \u200bwaters near the Second \u200bThomas Shoal, the contested area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Philippines embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the CCG and Chinese foreign \u200bministry statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Philippine military \u200con Tuesday called China&#8217;s claims &#8220;false and misleading&#8221;, saying its personnel did \u200bnot initiate any confrontation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Additional reporting by Karen \u200bLema in Manila; Editing by Tom Hogue)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) &#8211; Beijing said it summoned the Philippine ambassador to China on Tuesday over an encounter a day earlier between the \u200ctwo countries in the Second Thomas Shoal, according to a statement \u200cfrom its foreign ministry. 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