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China warned the Philippines that it will bear the consequences for allowing the flotilla of civilian ships to sail over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal purportedly to assert the country’s territorial sovereignty over it.
“China made a goodwill arrangement in 2016 for Filipino fishermen to fish with a small number of small fishing boats in the adjacent waters of Huangyan Dao, while China continues to oversee and monitor relevant activities of the Filipino fishermen in accordance with law,” Wang said, in a press conference Wednesday night.
On Wednesday, five wooden-hulled commercial fishing ships and some 100 fishing boats set sail towards Bajo de Masinloc, a feature within the West Philippine Sea, which is expected to conclude within three days. Beijing has been insisting that the West Philippine Sea is part of their territory, which includes Bajo de Masinloc.The fish-rich reef is about 240 kilometers west of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon and nearly 900 kilometers from Hainan, the nearest major Chinese land mass.
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