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A total of 203 Chinese ships were spotted in the West Philippine Sea from Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 – the highest number of vessels to swarm the country’s waters this year — more than a fourth of which were deployed to Escoda Shoal that is emerging to be the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing.
“This is the highest we have recorded in the vicinity of our nine occupied features in WPS for this year,” Philippine Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said. Security analist Ray Powell of the maritime transparency initiative SeaLight warned the possibility of China is trying to push BRP Magbanua out of Escoda Shoal “cannot be discounted.”Escoda Shoal is about 140 kilometers off Palawan and about 1,200 kilometers from Hainan island, the nearest major Chinese landmass.In Bajo de Masinloc, 16 Chinese vessels were seen, including one Chinese Research Survey Vessel.
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