February 26, 2024

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)'s recent claim that the China Coast Guard (CCG) blocked the automatic identification system (AIS) signal of a Philippines vessel in waters near China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island), was fake and fabricated, sources familiar with the matter confirmed with the Global Times on Monday. 

Chinese experts said that the Philippines is trying to portray itself as a victim by discrediting China's professional and rational law enforcement through "cognitive warfare." They added that if Manila continues its provocation and abuses Beijing's goodwill and restraint, it will incur more severe countermeasures.

Philippine media recently hyped that their vessel BRP Datu Sanday, which was "supplying fuel to fishermen" near Huangyan Dao, was "harassed" by a China Coast Guard vessel and three other Chinese ships on February 22, citing PCG, which has accused the Chinese side of "shadowing, vessel transponder jamming and other 'dangerous maneuvers'."

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