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Mischief Reef, also known as Vành Khăn Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Vành Khăn), Meiji Reef (Chinese: 美濟礁/美济礁; pinyin: Měijì Jiāo) or Panganiban Reef [1] (Filipino: Bahura ng Panganiban), is a low tide elevation (LTE) reef/atoll surrounding a large lagoon in the southeastern region of Dangerous Ground in the east of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
Philippine officials and security experts fear Beijing is plotting to take over the shoal and militarise it as it did with Mischief Reef, which lies just 25 miles from the shoal.
Commander Tran Duc Thong ordered Second Lieutenant Tran Van Phuong and two men, Nguyen Van Tu and Nguyen Van Lanh, to rush to the reef in a small boat and protect the Vietnamese flag that had been planted there the previous day. [16] The Chinese landed armed soldiers on the reef, and the PLAN frigates opened fire on the Vietnamese ships.
The Philippine government revealed that a PRC military structure was being built at the Mischief Reef. Philippine President Fidel Ramos ordered increased patrols of the Philippine-controlled areas; the incident lead to numerous arrests of Chinese fishermen and naval clashes with PLAN vessels. 1999
The Philippines said on Wednesday its fisheries bureau aircraft was shadowed and approached by a Chinese navy helicopter while on patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in another face-off ...
Since then, Beijing has constructed military bases on Subi Reef, Johnson Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, fortifying its claims on the chain, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency ...
Philippine military presence in this region intensified after the 1995 Mischief Reef incident. [clarification needed] The Philippine Air Force has been active in striking even the markers set up by other countries to guide the latter's naval forces in this region. [citation needed] Int'l Name Philippine Name Description; Amy Douglas Bank / Reef
Southwest Cay incident (1975) East Sea Campaign (1975) Johnson South Reef skirmish (1988) ... Mischief Reef, First Thomas Shoal, Alicia Annie Reef; SW