rsf dr deepmala mahla, thank _ acceptable. clashes between coastguard ships from china and the philippines in the south china sea. the filipino government, led by president marcoer, has authorised increasingly aggressive patrols to challenge the dominant chinese presence in areas both countries claim as their own. our correspondentjonathan head witnessed a confrontation this morning near the disputed scarborough shoal. i'm on board the philippines coastguard vessel the chinese media are saying they expelled, we are being shadowed you can see over there one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour behind us, in fact so many chinese ships in this area, they dominate it and kept the philippines out of here 12 years ago, part of a mission to re—establish a philippines presence. i would not say they have kept the philippines out they have corralled some of the filipino votes but this one is going back to help one vessel we are in scarborough shoal and it tends to come back to show support filipino fishermen who traditiona