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Footage Shows China Firing Water Cannon at US Ally Near Disputed Territory![]() Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Philippines has released footage showing the Chinese coast guard deploying water cannons to drive away a fisheries bureau vessel operating within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry via email for comment. Why It Matters China claims the South China Sea as its territory, citing vague historic rights. Beijing has dismissed as invalid a 2016 decision by a Hague-based arbitral court that rejected these claims. Since 2023, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has pushed back against the growing presence of Chinese maritime forces within the country's exclusive economic zone. This challenge has been met with Chinese blockades at disputed features and increasingly forceful measures, raising concerns that a miscalculation could trigger Manila's Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington and draw the United States into a conflict with China. What To Know On Friday morning, four vessels from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources arrived at Scarborough Shoal—a rich fishing ground—to distribute fuel subsidies to more than 20 local fishing boats, Philippine coast guard spokesperson Jay Tarriela wrote on X (formerly Twitter). At around 10 a.m., Chinese coast guard ships moved in and began conducting "aggressive maneuvers," Tarriela said. One Chinese vessel came within
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