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A file photo shows a wooden boat, with Filipino fisherman Arnel Satam on board, dwarfed by a Chinese Coast Guard vessel after he was intercepted for attempting to enter Scarborough Shoal. AFPThe China Coast Guard has deployed another ship at Bajo de Masinloc, to join the buildup of Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, ex-US Defense Attache Ray Powell said.
Powell provided digital imagery showing the trajectory of the third China Coast Guard ship as well as at least eight Chinese militia vessels and two CCG ships closer to the shoal. Beijing on Friday criticized the United States, Japan and the Philippines and defended its actions in the South China Sea as “lawful” after US President Joe Biden hosted a trilateral meeting in Washington.A joint statement issued by the leaders of the trio of nations voiced “serious concern” over Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea, slamming its behavior as “dangerous and aggressive.”
China foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing “firmly opposes the relevant countries manipulating bloc politics, and firmly opposes any behavior that provokes or lays plans for opposition, and hurts other countries’ strategic security and interests”.
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