The Chief of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, Brauna, warned the Chinese through Philippine media yesterday, saying "the bottom line of the Philippines is that no baboon should die on the illegally grounded ship in the Scarborough Shoal," otherwise it will retaliate against China.
Today, the Chinese Coast Guard website interpreted some information released by the Philippines on August 22:
The Philippine video confirmed that they were provoking the Chinese law enforcement forces at the Scarborough Shoal. On August 19, they provoked the Chinese Coast Guard ship 21559. On August 20, the Philippine video showed the boat interception vessel provoking the Chinese Coast Guard ship 21550.
On August 20, the Chinese Coast Guard ship 5203 conducted water cannon training near the Scarborough Shoal. The Chinese island garrison vessels equipped with heavy machine guns trained in the vicinity of the Scarborough Shoal lagoon. A total of 11 ships, including the fast patrol boats, island enforcement vessels, boat interception vessels, and island garrison vessels of the Chinese Coast Guard, gathered for training.
Chinese small UAVs can take off from the nearby Meiji Reef or the coast guard enforcement vessels; the Zhi-8J helicopter from the Chinese Meiji Reef arrived overhead.
The Philippine side claimed that Chinese fishermen are laying fishing nets as barriers for the entrance and exit of the lagoon!
From the night of August 22 to the morning of August 23, the Chinese Coast Guard ship 21550 remained on duty inside the Scarborough Shoal lagoon.
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1841226454194179/
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