An AFP photographer on the flight described seeing the helicopter tail the plane before drawing near the left ... Chinese vessels around the shoal. The Scarborough Shoal – a triangular chain ...

A Philippine plane warned a Chinese military helicopter over the South China Sea that it was "flying too close," as tension between the U.S. ally and Beijing soars.

The Philippine Coast Guard condemned "dangerous" manoeuvres by a Chinese Navy helicopter Tuesday as it flew within three metres (10 feet) of a surveillance flight carrying a group of journalists over ...

of a surveillance flight carrying a group of journalists over the contested Scarborough Shoal. An AFP photographer on the flight described seeing the helicopter tail the plane before drawing near ...