The Philippine military has alleged that Chinese boats illegally “seized” food and medicine airdropped to a Filipino outpost in the South China Sea The alleged incident happened on May 19 at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, which China claims as its own.Filipino troops are garrisoned on a grounded navy vessel there to assert Manila’s claims to the waters.There has been a series of confrontations involving Chinese and Philippine vessels near contested reefs, often during Philippine resupply missions.n18oc_world n18oc_crux