China and the Philippines traded barbs Friday over an incident involving their vessels in the South China Sea, with bilateral tensions mounting since ship collisions last month near a disputed shoal.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press conference that his government has lodged a complaint with the Philippine Embassy in Beijing after five Philippine vessels "intruded into" waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a part of the Spratly Islands chain, and "severely undermined China's sovereignty."Beijing claims the Manila-controlled shoal. Wang urged the Philippines to "i…READ FULL ARTICLE