The US has briefly deployed two warships in a disputed South China Sea shoal the place two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week whereas making an attempt to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high-seas accident that raised alarms about maritime security.
Each China and the Philippines declare Scarborough Shoal and different outcroppings within the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan additionally lay overlapping claims within the contested waters.
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