The Philippine Coast Guard said 42 Chinese maritime militia vessels, accompanied by naval and coast guard presence, were anchored neared the island of Thitu.
this week said it continued to track dozens of armed Chinese fishing vessels around a disputed island in the South China Sea, part of Beijing's"gray zone" efforts to assert sweeping claims in the energy-rich waters.
The unmarked fishing boats, which remained within the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea of the Philippine-controlled island on Monday, were conducting"a form of harassment," a Philippine official told the local press. "Since the completion of China's artificial island outposts in 2016, militia boats have been deployed to the SpratlysChinese fishing boats anchored near Beijing-administered Subi Reef, part of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, as seen from the Philippine-held island of Thitu on April 21, 2017.a bilateral level
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