Even though the Biden administration and the Chinese government have been engaging on a personal level to ease differences, Beijing on Monday, claimed that an American naval ship had “illegally intruded” into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal. Notably, the latest development came at the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.Even though the Biden administration and the Chinese government have been engaging on a personal level to ease differences, Beijing on Monday, claimed that an American naval ship had “illegally intruded” into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal. Notably, the latest development came at the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.