🚨 CHINA, PHILIPPINES TRADE ACCUSATIONS OVER MEDICAL EVACUATION The exchange centred on the evacuation on Thursday of an injured Filipino serviceman from the BRP Sierra Madre. Manila reports a near-doubling of Chinese military and coastguard vessels around contested South China Sea features in September. The BRP Sierra Madre is a Philippine naval vessel grounded on Second Thomas Shoal decades ago. Source: South China Morning Post #China #Philippines #SouthChinaSea #medicalmission
