China und Philippinen beschuldigen sich gegenseitig, nachdem in umstrittenen Gewässern erneut Schiffe kollidieren

Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their [increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-get-drawn-conflict-south-china-sea-rcna166874).

Both blamed the other for the collision near Sabina Shoal, a disputed atoll in the Spratly Islands, where overlapping claims are also made by [Vietnam](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vietnam-sentences-real-estate-tycoon-death-fraud-rcna147329) and [Taiwan](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/autocracy-evil-taiwan-president-says-china-threatens-death-separatism-rcna158529). There were no reports of injuries.