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A COALITION of crusading fishermen and their allies onboard some 100 wooden boats have backed off from their second attempt to inch much closer towards the Bajo de Masinloc, otherwise known as Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing ground secured by Chinese troops in the disputed South China Sea, on May 16.
” The Chinese blockade force included eight China Coast Guard ships, one People's Liberation Army Navy ship, and other 34 Chinese militia boats which moved around the shoal “to intercept the Philippines civilian convoy.” On April 30, Chinese Coast Guard ships blasted high-pressure water cannons at Philippine civilian vessels en route to the shoal.
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