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First, it was the People’s Liberation Army-Navy and Coast Guard that aggressively enforced China’s territorial claim over nearly all of the South China Sea based on a mythical ‘9-dash line’ .
Reports said two Chinese aircraft “executed a dangerous maneuver at around 9:00 am and dropped flares in the path of our NC-212i,” fumed Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner, referring to the recent incident over the disputed Scarborough Shoal. The latest incident follows an earlier clash off Second Thomas Shoal where one of our Navy men lost a thumb in a confrontation where the Chinese Coast Guard also confiscated or destroyed Philippine equipment, including firearms.
0:03 Following the Second Thomas Shoal clash the two countries agreed on a “provisional arrangement” for resupplying Filipino troops based on a decrepit warship grounded atop the reef, and also to increase the number of communication lines to resolve disputes in the waterway.
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