<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/04/24/asean-south-china-sea-code-of-conduct-philippines/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-24T14:48:01.517Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/XBXRRF567RGDLJ6FWA2PML47QQ.JPG?auth=8c1c80c2b5d758e9949b3872de9486989b9aacd9aaee3a5dac8af19952720f79&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An Oct. 12, 2025, photo distributed by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a China coast guard ship, right, deploying a water cannon at a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries vessel near Thitu island in disputed waters of the South China Sea.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>