Editing People's Liberation Army Navy (section)

====Spratly Islands dispute====
The [[Spratly Islands dispute]] is a [[territorial dispute]] over the ownership of the [[Spratly Islands]], a group of islands located in the [[South China Sea]]. States staking claims to various islands are Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and People's Republic of China. All except Brunei occupy some of the islands in dispute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Island Tracker Archive |url=https://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 14 March 1988, Chinese and Vietnamese naval forces [[Johnson South Reef Skirmish|clashed]] over [[Johnson South Reef]] in the Spratly Islands, which involved three PLAN frigates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-China sentiment flares up in Vietnam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/3/14/anti-china-sentiment-flares-up-in-vietnam |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Al Jazeera |date=14 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2011, the Chinese frigate ''[[Chinese frigate Dongguan|Dongguan]]'' fired three shots at Philippine fishing boats in the vicinity of {{ill|Jackson Atoll|zh|五方礁}}. The shots were fired after the frigate instructed the fishing boats to leave, and one of those boats experienced trouble removing its anchor.<ref>{{cite news |title=China fired at Filipino fishermen in Jackson atoll |first=Tessa |last=Jamandre |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/06/02/11/china-fired-filipino-fishermen-jackson-atoll |work=[[ABS-CBN]] |date=3 June 2011 |access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Inside the Ring: China warship grounded |first=Bill |last=Gertz |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/8/inside-the-ring-china-warship-grounded/?page=all |newspaper=The Washington Times|date=8 August 2012 |access-date=10 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811152125/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/8/inside-the-ring-china-warship-grounded/?page=all |archive-date=11 August 2012 }}</ref>