On Sunday, April 20, 2025, China’s Southern Theatre Navy announced that a warship from the Philippines, described as a frigate, had entered the waters near Scarborough Shoal. According to the ...

Two days later, China published a set of geographic coordinates for 16 base points around Scarborough Shoal, the first time it has done so for territory also claimed by the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese 104-meter research vessel appears to be surveying off Scarborough ... to have begun a survey,” Sealight director Ray Powell said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

BEIJING, July 10 (Reuters) - A Chinese report on the waters around the disputed fishing ground of Scarborough ... satellite surveys have shown that the environmental quality of the shoal is ...

China has marked out its territorial claim to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ... which it calls Huangyan island, the first time it has done so for parts of the sea claimed ...

said Scarborough Shoal figures prominently in the US strategy to contain China within the first island chain, which runs from Japan, through Taiwan and the Philippines down to the Malay Peninsula.

FIRST OF A SERIES ON WPS: What is the Ayungin Shoal and why is it important? The Scarborough Shoal, a triangular coral reef formation which surrounds a lagoon, is famed for its rich waters and ...

EN ROUTE TO SCARBOROUGH SHOAL — As several wooden fishing boats ... the Philippines elected Marcos as president. At his first nationwide address, he made clear that the Philippines would not ...

Two days later, China published a set of geographic coordinates for 16 base points around Scarborough Shoal, the first time it has done so for territory also claimed by the Philippines.