A China Coast Guard ship is seen from a Philippine fishing boat at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, April 6, 2017.MANILA/BEIJING — The Philippines' military chief on Tuesday dismissed as "propaganda" a statement by China's coast guard that said it had driven away a Filipino navy gunboat from around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
The incident comes a day after China warned the Philippines against further "provocations" at an atoll in the South China Sea, saying such acts had violated Chinese territorial sovereignty, contravened international law and disrupted regional peace and stability.
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