China urges Philippines to halt provocation after ship-ramming incident

BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The China Coast Guard (CCG) has warned Manila to immediately halt its infringements, provocations and inflammatory actions after a Philippine vessel intentionally rammed into a CCG ship in waters around China's Huangyan Dao on Wednesday.

"Otherwise, the Philippines will be held accountable for all consequences arising from this," the CCG spokesperson Liu Dejun said.