China Rams the Philippines’ BRP Teresa Magbanua in Escoda Shoal, Capping Off a Month of Collisions in the West Philippine Sea

A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel directly collided with and rammed the BRP Teresa Magbanua, stationed since April this year in the Escoda Shoal, in what has become an almost-weekly series of encounters in the West Philippine Sea this August. Some analysts are flagging the frequency of these kinds of incidents and what seems to be China’s sustained effort to push the Philippines out of the shoal. PSA maintains that the risk of significant escalation to the point of war in the disputed waterways remains unlikely. 

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