Three Chinese coast guard vessels on Tuesday fired water cannons at two Philippine government ships near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard said, in another incident showing heightening tensions between Manila and Beijing over their competing claims in the sea.The attack on a vessel belonging to the Philippine fisheries bureau and a coast guard ship took place while they were on a maritime patrol in the waters near the shoal, located 124 nautical miles west of the northern Philippine province of Zambales, according to the coast guard.Chinese coast guard…READ FULL ARTICLE
