'This is evidence of the Chinese militia's shell game in the Spratly Islands,' says the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
over the continued presence of hundreds of Beijing's ships in Julian Felipe Reef.
AMTI-CSIS noted that no automatic identification system or AIS signals were detected from ships in Iroquois Reef during that period –"unsurprising" since the swarm of ships in Julian Felipe Reef around March showed that"most Chinese militia vessels are equipped with weak, Class-B AIS transceivers that are rarely detected by satellite.", Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
"As was apparent in the aftermath of the mass deployment at Whitsun Reef, Chinese vessels leaving one contested area most often end up at another," AMTI-CSIS said.More recently, AMTI-CSIS reported that the number of Chinese ships spotted in Union Banks has been rising over the past three months.
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