The government of the Philippines summoned the Chinese ambassador to account for an incident earlier this week in which a Chinese coast guard vessel sprayed a Philippine fishing boat with a water cannon.
Meanwhile, Beijing is demanding that the Philippines tow away BRP Sierra Madre, a WWII-era shipwreck stranded on the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. The ship serves as a makeshift base, and China complains that Manila is using it as a way to project power over parts of the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea that are claimed by both countries.