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THE Chinese Embassy in the Philippines has asserted that it is not responsible for the recent tension in the South China Sea, instead blaming the United States anew for inflaming the situation in the important maritime passageway.This was the embassy’s response to a statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the US and the Philippines have a “shared concern” about China’s actions that “violate international law and the rights of the Philippines.
The Chinese coast guard said then that “it took control measures in accordance with the law against Philippine ships that illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Ren’ai Reef,” the name Beijing uses for Second Thomas Shoal.The Second Thomas Shoal, which is occupied by a small Philippine navy contingent but surrounded by Chinese coast guard ships and other allied vessels, was the site of several tense skirmishes between Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships in the past year.
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