According to a release released by the China Coast Guard, on December 9, three Philippine official vessels illegally intruded into the waters near China's Scarborough Shoal, and China took legal measures to control the three ships.
The Philippines** began to hype up the Chinese coast guard vessel's use of water cannons to intercept its vessel near Scarborough Shoal. According to reports and public footage, China Coast Guard ships 3305 and 3302 carried out control operations against three Philippine ships. The three Philippine vessels, which belong to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), are trying to infringe on China's sovereignty in the name of "transporting supplies" to Philippine fishing boats. However, China took decisive action and successfully stopped the illegal actions of the Philippine side.
According to Philippine **, at 9 a.m., two Philippine ships, "Datu Sanday" and "Datu Tamblot", were strongly driven away by the water cannons of Chinese coast guard ships, and the two ships tried to "accompany" another ship, "Datu Bankaw", to carry out so-called "resupply" activities at the scene. The Chinese coast guard vessels continued to use water cannons for hours until noon. According to the report, there may be other Chinese fishing vessels at the scene, carrying out coordinated interception missions together.
In fact, the Chinese coast guard did not directly use water cannons at first, but demanded that the Philippines stop its violations through radio warnings. Faced with fruitless warnings, China had to respond with water cannons. This happened in the previous Ren'ai Jiao incident, where a Philippine ship ignored Chinese warnings and attempted to force its way into Chinese waters, only to be expelled by the Chinese coast guard with water cannons. However, according to footage later released by the Chinese Coast Guard, the Chinese vessel behaved very restrained in the handling process, not only taking care of the safety of the Philippine vessel when it was driven away, but also maintaining restraint to avoid escalating the situation.
Although the CCG has tougher tactics this time, such as deploying naval guns, it has chosen to use water cannons, underscoring China's resolute attitude in restraint. This incident shows that the sovereignty issue of Scarborough Shoal is absolutely unprovoked and that China will never compromise. The Philippines must face up to China's position, respect China's sovereignty, and avoid falling back into provocative acts that harm its own interests.
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