The US State Department on Sunday condemned what it called “dangerous and escalatory actions” by the Chinese Coast Guard after its vessel collided with a Philippine Coast Guard vessel three times near Sabina Shoal on Saturday. “The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unlawful claims of “territorial sovereignty” over ocean areas where no land territory exists, and its increasingly aggressive actions to enforce them, threaten the freedoms of navigation and overflight of all nations,” spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement on Sunday.

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