December 4, 2024

China implemented control measures against Philippine ships that attempted to intrude into the territorial waters of China's Huangyan Dao on Wednesday, following China's release of territorial sea baselines for Huangyan Dao last month.

In response to claims by the Philippines regarding the use of water cannons by the China Coast Guard (CCG), Ding Duo, a deputy director of the Institute of Maritime Law and Policy at China's National Institute for South China Sea Studies, told the Global Times on Wednesday that using water cannon to restrict the Philippine vessels' intrusion into Chinese territorial waters should be considered restrained, and should the Philippines insist on going down on the wrong path, China could be forced to take even stronger measures.

Philippine Coast Guard vessels 9701 and 4409, along with government ships 3002 and 3003, attempted to enter China's territorial waters around Huangyan Dao and made unsafe approaches toward CCG vessels conducting routine law enforcement patrols on Wednesday, said CCG spokesperson Liu Dejun in a statement on Wednesday.

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