{"id":69276,"date":"2025-01-14T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/01\/14\/china-pushing-philippines-to-the-wall-with-sea-aggression-manila\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:07:13","slug":"china-pushing-philippines-to-the-wall-with-sea-aggression-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2025\/01\/14\/china-pushing-philippines-to-the-wall-with-sea-aggression-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"China pushing Philippines \u2018to the wall\u2019 with sea aggression: Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A Philippine security official said Tuesday that China is \u201cpushing us to the wall\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/04\/09\/aquilino-very-concerned-about-chinese-aggression-in-south-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea<\/a> and warned that \u201call options are on the table\u201d for Manila\u2019s response, including new international lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large Chinese coast guard ship patrolled the hotly disputed <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-philippines-disputed-scarborough-shoal-south-china-sea-77e94f6acc69153bd7a9acc187027f9e\">Scarborough Shoal<\/a> in recent days and then sailed toward the northwestern coast of the Philippines on Tuesday, coming as close as 77 nautical miles, Philippine officials said in a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2024\/06\/06\/after-singapore-summit-a-question-of-us-priorities-in-asias-hot-zone\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23343612136568.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">After Singapore summit, a question of US priorities in Asia\u2019s \u2018hot zone\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Taiwan\u2019s independence and disputed territory in the South China Sea have long been tense subjects, but which is more likely to lead to a conflict?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The presence of the monster ship in Filipino waters \u2026 77 nautical miles from our shoreline, is unacceptable and, therefore, it should be withdrawn immediately by the Chinese government,\u201d Jonathan Malaya, assistant director-general of the National Security Council, said at the news conference alongside senior military and coast guard officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re pushing us to the wall,\u201d Malaya said of China. \u201cWe do not and will not dignify these scare tactics by backing down. We do not waver or cower in the face of intimidation. On the contrary, it strengthens our resolve because we know we are in the right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Chinese official said in Beijing that his country&#8217;s sovereignty in the South China Sea is well established and its coast guard patrols are lawful and justified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe once again urge the Philippines to immediately stop all infringement, provocation and malicious hype,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a daily briefing when asked about Malaya\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese government has repeatedly accused the Philippines and other rival claimant states including Vietnam and Malaysia of encroaching on what it says are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cundisputed\u201d Chinese territorial waters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Philippine coast guard ships, backed by a small surveillance aircraft, repeatedly ordered the 541-foot Chinese coast guard ship to withdraw from the Philippines\u2019 exclusive economic zone, a 200-nautical mile stretch of water, Philippine coast guard Commodore Jay Tarriela said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing there is, hour-by-hour and day-to-day, [we\u2019re] challenging the illegal presence of the Chinese coast guard for the international community to know that we\u2019re not going to allow China to normalize the illegal deployment,\u201d Tarriela said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who took office in mid-2022, the Philippines has aggressively defended its territorial interests in the South China Sea, a key global trading route. That has brought Philippine forces into <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/philippines-dispute-south-china-sea-patrol-27ee9778f7302938c5090644e3d153c2\">frequent confrontations<\/a> with China\u2019s coast guard, navy and suspected militia boats and sparked fears that a bigger armed conflict could draw in the United States, the Philippines\u2019 longtime treaty ally and China\u2019s regional rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lopsided conflict has forced the Philippines to seek <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/philippines-defense-teodoro-south-china-sea-0bbf4abc858484395365c3ee217ab2c2#:~:text=MANILA%2C%20Philippines%20%28AP%29%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Philippines%20will%20continue,dismissing%20China%E2%80%99s%20criticisms%20of%20such%20moves%20as%20paranoia.\">security arrangements<\/a> with other Asian and Western countries, including Japan, with which it signed a key agreement last July which would allow their forces to hold joint combat training. 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