From the decks of battered fishing boats, the struggle over Scarborough Shoal has entered a new, precarious phase.
As China steps up its patrols, Filipino fishers say they are being forced to abandon seas their families have plied for generations – raising fears that what’s unfolding at the reef could become the playbook for Beijing’s wider South China Sea ambitions.
The Chinese coastguard’s intensified enforcement of a controversial anti-trespassing law is the latest move in China’s campaign to…
