August 12, 2024

The Philippines has continued to neglect China's goodwill efforts to calm tensions by sending a Philippine Air Force aircraft to illegally enter the airspace over China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island) in the South China Sea on Thursday, and issuing a complaint on Saturday over the professional and legitimate actions by the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in response to such intrusion.

Chinese observers and military experts on Sunday slammed the Philippines' latest actions, calling them a petty attempt to constantly bolster Manila's victimhood narrative in the South China Sea. They emphasized that the Chinese military's response was unarguably responsible, restrained, and fully compliant with international laws and norms.

A Philippine Air Force NC-212 aircraft had illegally intruded into the airspace over Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea on August 8, interfering with China's regular training activities despite repeated warnings from the Chinese side, read an official release by the PLA Southern Theater Command on Saturday.  

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