BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese vessels gathered near a disputed reef in the South China Sea are “fishing boats” sheltering from poor weather, the foreign ministry said Monday, a day after the Philippines described their presence as an incursion. China claims almost the entirety of the resource-rich sea, and has been accused by the United States of efforts to “intimidate, coerce and threaten other nations” to control it. The Philippines on Sunday said more than […]