A Chinese navy ship on Wednesday shadowed a Philippine coast guard vessel navigating the South China Sea at an unprecedentedly close distance, a Philippine coast guard spokesman said, in a move that raises concerns about the potential for armed clashes between the two countries, which have competing territorial claims in the area.The Philippine coast guard ship was escorting a fisheries bureau vessel in the Scarborough Shoal, located within the country's exclusive economic zone. The fisheries bureau vessel was blasted with water cannons and sideswiped by a Chinese coast guard ship, resultin…READ FULL ARTICLE
