SUMMARY

Claim: A video claims that joint maritime military forces from the United States and the Philippines destroyed 350 illegal Chinese vessels attempting a voyage to Scarborough Shoal.

Why we fact-checked this: This claim was made in a Youtube video posted on December 19 with the title, “Brutal attack! 350 illegal China vessels destroy by US-Philippines navy near Scarborough shoal.”

The video is owned by YouTube-verified channel RE FILES and has 199,062 views, 2,800 likes, and 190 comments as of writing.

The narrator in the video says that tensions in the South China Sea had escalated in recent months as “the United States Navy intercepted a Chinese warship engaged in provocative actions within free economic shipping lanes.”

No Chinese ships destroyed: Contrary to the video’s cl…

Source:https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/philippines-us-navy-did-not-destroy-china-vessels/