Beijing rejected a protest from Manila on Tuesday over a Chinese coast guard vessel's use of water cannon on Filipino fishermen in waters near Huangyan Island in late January.
China on Monday confirmed that coast guard vessels had driven away two Philippine ships from the Ren'ai Reef off China's Nansha Islands.
China on Monday confirmed that coast guard vessels had driven away two Philippine ships from the Ren'ai Reef off China's Nansha Islands.
China faces many challenges in ensuring its maritime interests with growing uncertainies in its surrounding regions, a report released by the country's ocean watchdog has said.