China and the Philippines on Monday traded accusations after an encounter between vessels in contested South China Sea ‌waters, with Manila saying one of its navy personnel was struck on the head and Beijing saying Manila provoked the incident.
The Philippines said Chinese Coast Guard personnel aggressively struck one of its navy staff on the head with a wooden baton during an encounter in the Second Thomas Shoal on Monday in which a navy rubber boat was damaged.

China-Philippines sea clash: Taiwan warns of growing Chinese pressure at sea

The Philippines’ National Security Council (NSC) said Monday evening (June 17) that China used “dangerous maneuvers, including ramming and towing,” to interfere with a routine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea.

China used 'dangerous maneuvers' to harass Philippine supply ship in South China Sea

Taiwan on Tuesday drove away a Chinese coast guard boat that entered waters near its sensitive frontline islands, in a rise in tensions a day after China's coast guard boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat that a Taiwan minister said has triggered "panic".

Taiwan drives away Chinese coast guard boat as tensions rise