Philippine sailors threw "fire bombs" and brandished knives at Chinese government vessels during a dispute over contested fishing grounds in the South China Sea, Beijing said Tuesday.
Philippine media this week said local fishermen had been rammed by the Chinese coast guard while fishing off Scarborough Shoal, which China has occupied since a 2012 stand-off but which lies within the Philippines' claimed exclusive economic zone.
The incident is the latest in a series of sometimes violent disputes between China and other claimants to the South China Sea -- through which about a third of all the world's traded oil passes -- that have put the region on edge.
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