China's 'Monster' ship held intrusive patrol near Scarborough —expert

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China Coast Guard 5901 known as "The Monster," the largest coast guard ship in the world, conducted a “brief intrusive patrol” near Scarborough Shoal, a maritime expert said on Friday.

Scarborough Shoal, also called Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal, is located within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.However, it is a place of tension as China claims almost the entire South China Sea. Its territorial claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.On April 30, the PCG said Chinese Coast vessels fired water cannons at Philippine civilian vessels en route to the shoal. The water attacks had caused damage to Philippine vessels.

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