BEIJING
\nChina accused \u200cthe Philippines of landing personnel on a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Sunday as Manila said it would dispatch ships to drive off Chinese vessels it said were conducting research illegally. The exchange extends a run of heightened tension between China and the Philippines, a US ally, over \u200cSandy Cay, \u200can unoccupied sandbar in the \u200cSouth China Sea.
\nOn Sunday, China\u2019s Coast Guard said it had identified five Philippine personnel who had landed on Sandy Cay, an action Beijing termed \u201cillegal,\u201d according to state-run media outlet Global Times. The report did not specify what \u2014 if any \u2014 further action \u200cChina had taken.
\nManila \u200csaid last week it had dispatched its \u200ccoast guard to Sandy Cay after \u200cstate media reports showed Chinese coast guard personnel arriving on Sandy Cay holding a Chinese flag.Ties between China and the Philippines \u200care strained over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, where Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire waterway.
\nAlso on Sunday, a spokesman for the Philippine Coast Guard said Manila had identified four Chinese vessels conducting what it called illegal research in its waters and threatened to deploy aircraft and ships to force them to move away.China\u2019s foreign ministry and the Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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