The United States has renewed a warning it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under attack in the disputed South China Sea, after a Chinese coast guard ship allegedly hit a Philippine patrol vessel with a military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of its crew.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr summoned Chinese ambassador Huang Xilian in Manila on Tuesday to express his serious concern "over the increasing frequency and intensity of actions by China against the Philippine coast guard and fishermen", Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said without elaborating.The Department of Foreign Affairs separately sent a strongly worded diplomatic protest to the Chinese embassy that "condemned the shadowing, harassment, dangerous maneuvers, directing of military-grade laser, and illegal radio challenges" by the Chinese ship.
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