Author: Matthew Loh

Down angle icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. This photo taken on February 15, 2024, shows an aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship and China Coast Guard personnel on a rubber boat over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. JAM STA ROSA / AFP The Philippines’ fisheries bureau said China is trying to “deliberately destroy” Scarborough Shoal.The fish-rich atoll is hotly contested by China, but internationally recognized as Manila.The bureau on Saturday accused Chinese vessels of pumping cyanide into the shoal’s waters. The Philippine fishing bureau has accused Chinese fishing vessels…