China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China Sea

China held sea and air combat drills Wednesday at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area of reefs and rocks the Philippines also claims in the South China Sea. On Sunday, China published new baselines for the shoal including geographic coordinates.

China realizó maniobras de combate marítimo y aéreo el miércoles en el disputado arrecife de Scarborough, una zona de arrecifes y rocas en el Mar de China Meridional que también reclama Filipinas.

In response, China's ambassador Huang Xilian to the Philippines said late on Wednesday the baseline was a "necessary response" to the Philippines' new maritime law and a "routine